Day 3 : SOFIA - RUSE
Breakfast. Departure for Ruse. On the way – sightseeing tour of Pleven. A visit to Pleven Panorama, the only such monument on the Balkan Peninsula, built in honor of the 100th anniversary of Bulgaria’s Liberation from the Ottoman Empire. The battles near Pleven during the Russo-Turkish Liberation war (1877-1878), that brought the end of the 500 year Turkish enslavement, were vital for the outcome of the war. The five-month-long siege by the liberation troops ended when the city was finally taken after three epic attacks. The Pleven Panorama is built on a hill near Skobelev Park, where during the Third Assault on Pleven one of the war’s most bloody battles took place. In the Panorama are recreated events from the Russo-Turkish war and the epic battles for Pleven. The perfect combination of historical facts and their artistically-emotional recreation on the Panorama canvas leaves an unforgettable impression. Lunch. Continuing our road to Ruse, the fifth biggest city in Bulgaria and the biggest Bulgarian port-city on the Danube river. Ruse is also known as the “Little Vienna”, because of the architecture of its monuments in baroque, rococo, secession and neoclassicism styles. In the center of Ruse one can find the most beautiful city houses in Bulgaria, built after the Liberation (1878). Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner. Overnight stay in Ruse.
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