Varna - Balchik - Aladja Rock Monastery

Individual excursion from Varna. Transport: car/van.

Aladja Monastery is situated in a beautiful area 14 km north of Varna, near Zlatni Pyasatsi Resort (Golden Sands Resort), in the centre of Zlatni Pyasatsi Nature Park (Golden Sands Nature Park). There are no reliable historical records as to when the monastery was established, but there is evidence that it already existed in the 10th – 12th centuries. Aladzha Monastery is one of the few cave monasteries in Bulgaria where the different premises and their functions are clearly distinguishable. The monastery premises are carved and arranged on two levels in a limestone rock that is almost 40 m high. The monastery church, the monastery cells, the refectory, the kitchen, the small cemetery church, the crypt (ossuary), and the farm premises are all situated on the first level. The second level is a natural rock recess in the eastern part of which lies the monastery chapel.

«Balchik — The Palace» (50 km North from Varna) is the former summer residence of the Romanian Queen Maria Alexandrina Victoria de Edinburg (1875 – 1938). It is situated approximately 2 km south-west of Balchik in a beautiful locality between the Balchik rocks and the sea. The Palace is a designated archeological and constructional monument of culture and a monument of the gardening and landscape art.

Transport from your hotel to Balchik and back. Professional guiding services.

Entrance fees to museums, food and drinks Entrance ticket to Balchik residence: 10 leva (5 euro) p.p. Entrance ticket to "Aladja rock monastery: 5 leva (2.50 euro) p.p.

For cancellation up to 3 days, a full refund will be given. For cancellation up to 1 days, 50% refund will be given.