Travelling distance: 210 km
After breakfast in Kladovo, our tour continues to Vratna monastery. According to the legend, the monastery was established in the 14th century, and got its name from the Vratna River. The river in turn got its own name from the word meaning door (that is, bridges, gates, arches – natural archways). And it is precisely this river – together with its canyon, and the three grand arches created in ancient times by strong forces of nature – that leaves you breathless and makes you believe that a little bit of magic happened alongside natural processes. Our next stop is the breweries of Negotin – a complex of traditional wine cellars in the villages of the Negotin area (Rajac, Rogljevo, Štubik, Smedovac). Our hosts will greet us in one of the breweries – their home – and welcome us with a little of the local specialties and wine of very pleasant taste, color, and bouquet, and we’ll get to know some interesting stories about life in these breweries, and what the grape harvest season is like. We continue our trip into Bulgaria, and after border formalities, we take a brief panoramic tour of Vidin, where the Vidin fortress guards the picturesque riverbanks of the Danube. We then follow up to Magura Cave, known for cave paintings more than 8000 years old. Our final stop for the day is Belogradchik. There we will sort out our accommodation in a B&B type of lodging and have dinner there. End of activities and bedtime.