Plovdiv and bachkovo monastery tour is excellent way to see in one day bulgarias second largest city and monastery plovdiv is preparing for european capital of culture in 2019 and it is more beautiful than ever in its 3 000 years of history hidden in the amazing rodopi mountains bachkovo monastery will reveal to you amazing frescoes from the 17th century on the walls of its three churches and give you the opportunity to admire them in the sacred silence that reigns here from the middle ages