想起年初時我是因為看到Pirin National Park及Seven Lakes的秀麗風景照片而決定來保加利亞的，某程度這兩個地方也是我最期待的行程，沒料到三天的行山之旅都因天氣緣故而受到影響，心裏少不免覺得可惜，若果換作年少的我大概會很鬱結吧。可是一想到我整個旅程中其實大部份時間都遇到明媚陽光，而且路上也看到不同的漂亮風光，這次旅程我也是收獲滿滿的。當然最重要是這幾年旅行的經歷或多或少也讓我體會到，享受旅行中的意外變化也是旅行中很重要的事。試想想︰若果沒有這一場雨，我很可能不會遇到今天的順風車之旅，而這些小故事難道不也是一道美麗風景嗎？
Day 1: June 17 (Sun) – Sofia
Flight: [Emirates] Hong Kong > Dubai; [Flydubai] Dubai > Sofia
Metro: Sofia Airport > Serdika (M2, 35 mins)
– Banya Bashi Mosque
– Ceatral Market Hall
– Church of Sveta Nedelya
Dinner @ The Pizza Shop
Accommodation: Santa Sofia Luxury Guestrooms @ Sofia (60 Euro / 2 nights)
Day 2: June 18 (Mon) – Sofia
Breakfast @ Atehe
– St. Sophia Basilica
– Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
– Sophia University
Lunch @ Krivoto
– Monument to the Soviet Army
– National Palace of Culture
– Ruski Pametnik
– Mall of Sofia
– Sofia Central Railway Station
Dinner @ Pri Makedoneca
Accommodation: Santa Sofia Luxury Guestrooms @ Sofia
Day 3: June 19 (Tue) – Sofia – Koprivshtitsa
Train: Sofia 7:20 AM > Koprivshtitsa 8:56 AM [Fast3621]
Bus: Train Station > Koprivshtitsa
– Apriltsi Mausoleum
– Church of Sveta Bogotoditsa
– Bridge of First Shot
Lunch @ Pizzeria Koprivshtitsa
– Benkovski Monument
Dinner @ 20th April Restaurant
Accommodation: Gozbrarov’s Guest House @ Koprivshtitsa (50 lev)
Day 4: June 20 (Wed) – Koprivshtitsa – Veliko Tarnovo
– Morning run
– Karavelov House
– Debelyanov House
– Church of Sveta Bogoroditsa
– Kableshkov House
– Bridge of the First Shot
– Lyutov House
Lunch @ Complex Galeria
Bus: Koprivshtitsa 2 PM > Train Station
Train: Koprivshtitsa 3:02 PM > Tulovo 5:12 PM || Tulovo 5:19 PM > Veliko Tarnovo 7:28 PM [Fast3623 || Fast4652]
Bus (VT Train Station) to Street@Play Hotel
Dinner @ Casa di Bianco
Accommodation: Play Hotel @ Veliko Tărnovo (54 Euro / 2 nights)
Day 5: June 21 (Thu) – Veliko Tarnovo
Bus to Tsarevets
– Tsarevets
Lunch @ Ivan Asen Restaurant
– Church of the Forty Martyr
– Church of the Dormonition
Afternoon tea @ Art and Coffee Vladishki Most
– Church of Sveti Dimitar
– Dinner @ Shtastkiveca
Accommodation: Play Hotel @ Veliko Tărnovo
Day 6: June 22 (Fri) – Veliko Tarnovo – Burgas
– Monument to the Assens @ Assenovtsi Park
– Sts Cyril and Methodist Church
– St Nikolai Church
– Arterial route @ Varosha district
– Sarafina House
– Nativity of Saint Mary’s Church
Lunch @ Ethno
Bus to West Bus Station
Coach: Veliko Tarnovo West Bus Station 2:30 PM > Burgas West Bus Station 5:50 PM [M-Bus]
Taxi: Burgas West Bus Station > Hotel Bulair (10 lev)
Dinner @ Hugo’s Pizza and Bar
Accommodation: Hotel Bulair @ Burgas (72 Euro / 2 nights)
Day 7: June 23 (Sat) – Burgas – Nessebar
– Morning run
Breakfast at Hotel Bulair
Bus: Burgas South Bus Station 9:40 AM > Nessebar 10:40 AM [Bus 11]
– Old Nessebar
Lunch @ Robinzon Fish and Grill
Bus: Nessebar 5 PM > Burgas South Bus Station 6 PM
Dinner @ Ethno
Accommodation: Hotel Bulair @ Burgas
Day 8: June 24 (Sun) – Burgas – Plovdiv
– Morning run
Breakfast at Hotel Bulair
– Maritime Park & Beach
– Port Burgas
Lunch @ Rose Restaurant
Train: Burgas 2:30 PM > Plovdiv 6:50 PM [8612]
Taxi: Train station to Mini Hotel (10 lev)
Dinner @ Terzo Mondo
Accommodation: Mini Hotel @ Plovdiv (65 Euro / 2 nights)
Day 9: June 25 (Mon) – Plovdiv
Breakfast @ Da, ze Teb
– Old Bath
– Nebet Tepe
– Ethnographic Museum (outside)
– St. Constantine and St. Helena Orthodox Church
– Zlatyu Boyadzhiev Gallery
– Sv. Dimitar Church
– Lamartin House
– Roman Amphitheatre (outside)
Lunch @ Bar and Dinner Arena
– Roman Stadium
– Dzhumaya Mosque (outside)
– Sahat Tepe
– Sv. Marina Church
– Trakart
– Sv. Ludvig Catholic Cathedral
– Small Basilica
Dinner @ Restaurant Piacere
Accommodation: Mini Hotel @ Plovdiv
Day 10: June 26 (Tue) – Plovdiv – Bansko
Taxi to train station (5 lev)
Train: Plovdiv 11:23 AM > Septemvri 11:58 AM
Narrow Gauge Railway: Septemvri 12:34 PM > Bankso 5:07 PM
Accommodation: Family Hotel Dzhangal @ Bansko (34 lev / 1 night)
Day 11: June 27 (Wed) – Bansko – Blagoevgrad
Breakfast at Family Hotel Dzhangal
– Hiking at Pirin National Park
Car: Family Hotel Dzhangal to bus station (10 lev)
Bus: Bansko 4:15PM > Blagoevgrad 5:15PM
Dinner @ Bar Diva II
Accommodation: Hotel Kardinal @ Blagoevgrad (47 lev / 1 night)
Day 12: June 28 (Thu) – Blagoevgrad – Rila – Sapareva Banya
Bus: Blagoevgrad 7 AM > Rila Town 7:40 AM
Bus: Rila Town 7:40AM> Rila Monastery 8:10 AM
– Rila Monastery
Lunch @ Nearby restaurant
Bus: Rila Monastery 3 PM > Dupnitsa 4:15 PM
Bus: Dupnitsa > Sapareva Banya 5:10 PM
Dinner @ Bokhemi
Accommodation: Guest House Dani @ Sapareva Banya (40 lev / 1 night)
Day 13: June 29 (Fri) – Rila Seven Lakes
Car: Sapareva Banya -> Chairlift (18 lev)
Chairlift -> Rilski Lakes Hut (18 lev for 2 ways)
– Hiking at Seven Lakes, Rila National Park
Dinner @ Geĭzera
Accommodation: Slavina Guest House @ Sapareva Banya (20 Euro / 1 night)
Day 14: June 30 (Sat) – Sapareva Banya – Sofia
Bus: Sapareva Banya 9:10 AM> Dupnitsa 9:50 AM
Coach: Dupnitsa 10:50 AM > Sofia Central Bus Station
Metro: Central Railway Station > NDK
Lunch @ Warsteiner Pub
Taxi: DITER Hotel > National Museum of History (< 7 lev)
– National Museum of History
Taxi: National Museum of History > Starbucks@NDK (< 7 lev)
Dinner @ Avtentichno by SIS Coop
Accommodation: Hotel DITER @ Sofia (96 lev / 1 night)
Day 15: July 1 (Sun) – Sofia
Breakfast @ Hotel DITER
– Church of St. George
– Sofia Synagague (outside)
– Zhenski Pazar Women’s Market
Lunch @ Restaurant al-Baghdad
Metro: NDK > Sofia Airport (45 min, M2, switch train at Serdika )
Flight: [Flydubai] Sofia > Dubai
Day 16: July 2 (Mon)
Flight: [Emirates] Dubai > Hong Kong
– Veliko Tarnovo Hotel Play: 54 Euro，從酒店走約5分鐘便已進入古城區，但若要到城堡Tsarevets則約需20分鐘，還好在酒店坐公車只需十分鐘便到。酒店房間超級大設備也很新淨，性價比來說挺不錯。
酒店大廳，房間及酒店都是現代簡約的設計
– Burgas Hotel Bulair: 72 Euro含早餐，酒店附近有火車站、公車站(南站)、食肆、步行街、漁人碼頭及海灘，位置非常方便，在這一個熱門的旅遊區域來說它算是一間性價比很高的酒店。
– Plovdiv Mini Hotel: 65 Euro，酒店位於文創區Kapana 內，從火車站/公車站坐車過來約需10分鐘，不過酒店離古城區和其他景點不遠，房間則屬不過不失。
酒店正門
– Bansko Family Hotel Dzhangal: 64 lev，顧名思義就是家族經營的旅館。從火車站/公車站要走20至30分鐘才到旅館──而且還是上坡路，所以建議在預訂後和旅館聯絡pickup。我們雖然訂的是雙人房，結果獲分配到頂樓的房間，內裏有一大一小房間，房間面積大概可以再多住2、3個人吧。
Family Hotel Dzhangal
– Blagoevgrad Hotel Kardinal: 47 lev，酒店離火車站/公車站約15分鐘路程，從酒店走5分鐘便是大學區，房間的設備不過不失。
– Sapareva Banya Guest House Dani: 40 lev，是家族經營的民宿，離巴士站約5分鐘路程，房間有點小。
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