Highlights:
Get your bearings in Sofia, a city largely rebuilt after WWII but still retaining it's charm.

If hiking is your thing, get out of the cities to the Rila Mountains and make the 2 day trek to the Rila Monastery which was founded in 927AD.

Or if hiking seems too much like hard work, hit the beaches of the Black Sea coast.

Sample some uniquely Bulgarian cuisine including kapama, sirene po shopski and banitza each made of either cheese, meats and pastry.

Make a stop in Nesebar, one of Europe's oldest cities and UNESCO listed. Full of archaeological and architectural gems and also right on the beach.