Routes
Day-by-day travel routes through Europe’s second cities, each with an honest budget and the best months to go.
Tbilisi
Tbilisi and Kazbegi: five days of baths, wine and the high Caucasus
Three days in Tbilisi's old town and newer creative districts, a day at the ancient capital of Mtskheta, and a night under the glaciers at Stepantsminda.
- Duration
- 5–7 days
- Budget
- €260–420 per person
- Best season
- May–Oct
- food
- wine
- mountains
- history
Sofia → Plovdiv
Sofia to Plovdiv: five days, two Bulgarian cities and Rila Monastery
Mineral springs and a mountain at the edge of the capital, a day at Bulgaria's most famous monastery, then two days among Roman ruins and the crafts quarter of Plovdiv.
- Duration
- 5–6 days
- Budget
- €230–350 per person
- Best season
- Apr–Oct
- history
- mountains
- food
- architecture