USC: Serbia, Bulgaria & Romania (2023)

Depart the United States. Overnight flight to Europe.

Arrive in Belgrade, Serbia. Check into hotel. Tour Palace of Parliament/Walking tour of Belgrade.

Day trip to Serbia Stara Planina.

Visit Local Farm; learn more about herbs grown there and traditional medicinal practices.

Travel to Sofia. Check into hotel. Walking Tour of Sofia.

Travel to Stolat, Bulgaria
Stone & Compass Center – Nature Walk
Stone and Compass Center – Bulgarian 101

Stone &Compass Center – Honey: Medicine and Commerce

Veliko Turnovo Tsarevets – Bulgarian State and the City of the Tsars

Herb Lecture & Hike
Learn how to make herbal teas ect.

Travel to Varna
Varna Cathedral
Museum of the History of Medicine
Sea Garden
Varna Roman Baths
Stone Forest

Travel to Bucharest. Check into hotel. Bucharest Old Town Walking Tour. Dinner at Traditional Romanian Restaurant

Meet with a practicing apitherapist and learn about the history of apitherapy in Romania
Visit a plafar — natural pharmacy selling products made from plants, honey and beeswax
Visit Romanian Peasant Museum

Day trip to Romanian spa in Mangalia or Eforie Nord

• More than one third of Europe’s mineral and thermal springs are found in Romania. The spas use natural factors to provide relief for medical disorders and illnesses including rheumatism, endocrine, kidney, liver, respiratory, heart, stomach and nervous diseases as well as metabolism and gynecological disorders.

Return to Bucharest evening

Day trip to local fields to learn about/forage for medicinal herbs
Farewell Dinner

Departure Day from Bucharest and return to the US