5 days · 4 nights
Thracian wine country, the Rose Valley and dinner cooked with a village grandmother, for your own group.
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Ask about datesA short loop from Sofia for a group of ten or more travelling together, built around Bulgaria's food and its very old wine tradition. Taste wine at a Thracian temple, in the vineyards near Plovdiv and at a modern cellar near Rila Monastery, cook dinner in a Pirin mountain village, and finish with a folklore night back in Sofia.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Sofia
Day 1 · Sofia
A private transfer brings you from Sofia airport to your hotel, where you meet the guide who travels with you. Dinner is at a Bulgarian restaurant with a modern feel, followed by an evening drive past the city lights.
Starosel, the Rose Valley and Plovdiv
Day 2 · Starosel, the Rose Valley and Plovdiv
Drive into the countryside to the Thracian temple near Starosel, a tomb from the 4th or 5th century BC thought to belong to a Thracian ruler. In a cellar built to old traditions nearby, taste five selected wines. Learn how rose oil is made at the Rose Museum, then carry on to Plovdiv for dinner in the old town.
Plovdiv, Pirin Mountains and Bansko
Day 3 · Plovdiv, Pirin Mountains and Bansko
Walk Plovdiv's old town, the Roman theatre and the Revival-era Hindliyan House. Visit a nearby winery to taste three of its wines and, weather permitting, walk the vineyard park. In the afternoon a grandmother in a Pirin mountain village welcomes you into her home to cook dinner together, with folk songs and dancing from her neighbours, before you continue to Bansko for the night.
Rila Monastery and Sofia
Day 4 · Rila Monastery and Sofia
Drive through the mountains to Rila Monastery, with its painted arcades and frescoes, then lunch nearby on the grilled trout the area is known for. Taste at a modern wine cellar before returning to Sofia for a farewell dinner with folk music and the Nestinari dance, performed barefoot on glowing embers when the weather allows.
Sofia
Day 5 · Sofia
Breakfast, then a private transfer to the airport for your flight home.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Sofia · 2 nights
Your first and last nights. Or similar
Plovdiv · 1 night
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Bansko · 1 night
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Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
Bulgaria
8 days · 7 nights
Varna → Plovdiv → Sofia → Veliko Tarnovo → Rousse → Varna
A loop of Bulgaria from Varna on the Black Sea for a group of ten or more travelling together, with a private guide and vehicle from day 2 to day 7. You see all seven of the country's cultural UNESCO sites, from the old town of Nessebar and Rila Monastery to the Thracian tombs and the Madara Rider, with nights in Plovdiv, Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo and Rousse along the way.
Bulgaria
8 days · 7 nights
Sofia → Veliko Tarnovo → Varna → Plovdiv → Sofia
A round trip from Sofia for your own group of ten or more. You travel north to the old capital of Veliko Tarnovo, east to Varna and Nessebar on the Black Sea, then back across the country to Plovdiv and the Rose Valley before two nights in Sofia with a day at Rila Monastery.
Bulgaria
8 days · 7 nights
Varna or Burgas → Plovdiv → Sofia → Veliko Tarnovo → Varna or Burgas
Collect your car at Varna or Burgas and drive a loop of the country: south along the coast to Nessebar, through the Rose Valley to Plovdiv, on to Sofia, then over the Balkan Mountains to Veliko Tarnovo before a last night by the sea. Hotels, the car and a suggested route are arranged; the stops along the way are yours to choose.
A short loop from Sofia for a group of ten or more travelling together, built around Bulgaria's food and its very old wine tradition. Taste wine at a Thracian temple, in the vineyards near Plovdiv and at a modern cellar near Rila Monastery, cook dinner in a Pirin mountain village, and finish with a folklore night back in Sofia.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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