Piligramage Tour “The Christian Road to the Danube”

Vratsa – Montana – Vidin – Calafat – Drobeta Turnu Severin – Orsova – Dubova – Vratsa

Length of the pilgrimage route: 600 km
Trip duration: 5 days
Appropriate season: Year-round

This pilgrimage tour lasts for 5 days and includes visits to monasteries and churches located in and around the settlements Vratsa – Montana – Vidin – Calafat – Drobeta Turnu Severin – Orsova – Dubova – Vratsa. Some of the suggested monasteries offer accommodation and where this is not possible the pilgrims may prefer to chose a hotel or other type of accommodation. 

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Day 1
Day 1 Osenovlashki monastery – Vratsa – Klisura monastery

Visit to the Osenovlashki Monastery of the Seven Altars

Visit to the Ethnographic complex “Dyado Yotso” (optional)

Lunch in Vratsa

Visit to the Church St. Sopronius and the Ethnographic Museum

Departure to the Klisura Monsastery of Saints Cyril and Methodius and overnight accommodation in the Monastery

Day 2
Day 2 Montana – Drobeta Turnu Severin

Visit to the Lopushanski Monastery

Departure to the Montana

Lunch in Montana

Visit to the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Montana

Visit to the Montana History Museum, The Lapidarium – Open-air archaeological exposition and Castra ad Montanesium fortress, Montana (optional)

Departure to Romania

Dinner and overnight accommodation in Drobeta Turnu Severin

Day 3
Day 3 Orșova – Dubova

Visit to the Mraconia Monastery, the rock-carved bed of the Danube river, sculpture of Decebalus, Dubova cave, boat trip on the Danube

Lunch in Dubova area

Dinner and overnight accommodation it the Monastery of Saint Ana

Day 4
Day 4 – Orșova – Drobeta Turnu Severin

Visit to the Vodița Monastery and the Monastery of St. Ana, Orsova area

Visit to the Medieval Fortress of Severin

Dinner and overnight accommodation in Drobeta Turnu Severin

Day 5
Day 5 – Departure

How to get here?

  • Sofia International Airport, Bulgaria
  • Craiova International Airport, Romania
  • Otopeni International Airport, Bucharest, Romania
  • Car rental, bus, train, own transport, travel agencies in Bulgaria and Romania

Visa requirements

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria, address: 1113 Sofia, 2 Alexander Gendov Street; telephone: +359 2 948 2999; web site: https://www.mfa.bg/en/uslugi-patuvania/konsulski-uslugi/patuvane-bulgaria/viza-bulgaria
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania; tel. +40 21 232 55 07; Website: http://www.mae.ro/taxonomy/term/450/2

Tourist information centres in Bulgaria

Tourist information centres in Romania

County of Mehedinţi

County of Dolj

County of Olt