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2025 Shared Kazanlak Rose Festival Tour

Name: 2025 Shared Kazanlak Rose Festival Tour
Address: Bulgaria

Indulge in the world of the most beautiful flower on Earth - Queen Rose. Attend the festivities of the famous Kazanlak Rose Festival. Enjoy picking roses in the vast rose fields.

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Highlights

Attend the Rose festival and enjoy the parade on the main street
Visit the beautiful Plovdiv
Enjoy rose picking in a beautiful setting in the Rose Valley
Visit the Damascena Rose distillery and admire hundreds of varieties of roses

Description

Brief itinerary: Day 1 – June 6 - Sofia - Plovdiv - Kazanlak Day 2 – June 7 – Kazanlak festivities Day 3 – June 3 - Kazanlak - Sofia DAY BY DAY ITINERARY Day 1 – June 6 – Friday – Sofia – Plovdiv - Kazanlak At 8:30am meet your guide at the St Aleksander Nevski Cathedral. Departure to Plovdiv. Tour of Plovdiv - the second largest town of Bulgaria, an area since the time of Philip, King of Macedonia, father of Alexander The Great. Its unique location on these ancient crossroads has stimulated cultural and political influences from East and West civilizations and yet maintained its unique cultural identity. The most impressive building of Roman time that has come to us rising above the city is the Antique Amphitheatre by Emperor Marcus Aurelius during the 2nd c. A.D. Its magnificent arcade adorned with marble statues is simply breath-taking. The Roman Stadium is also constructed during the II century and reproduces the layout in Delphi, Greece. Within the center of the ancient major town of the Roman province of Thrace remains of stone paved streets, foundations of buildings and columns and ancient fortress walls and gates reside. Proceed to Kazanlak. Arrive in your hotel. B Accommodation in Kazanlak in hotel Parisi or hotel Magnolia (two nights) Day 2 – June 7 – Saturday - Kazanlak In the morning departure to the Damascena rose distillery. Enjoy rose picking accompanied by folklore dances. Walk around the distillery and admire hundreds of verities of roses. Have lunch in the distillery. Leave back to Kazanlak at 2 pm. Arrive in Kazanlak. Visit the Museum of Roses. From 3pm to 5pm you can join the cultural program provided by your guide. Departure to the Buzludzha monument perched on one of the peaks dominating the town of Kazanlak. This is one of the largest communist monuments in Europe. On the way back visit the Golyamata Kosmatka Thracian tomb dating to the 4th century BC. You will get acquainted with the Thracian civilization and will get a lot of information about these ancient tribes populating the area of the present-day town of Kazanlak. In the evening enjoy the festive ambience on the main square and the concert on the main stage. Day 3 – June 8 - Sunday - Kazanlak rose festival - Sofia Day of festivities: Two main events mark the celebrations – harvesting ritual in the rose gardens and the parade along the streets of the town. At 8:30am departure to Enio Bonchev distillery for rose picking OR attend the rose picking organized by the Kazanlak Municipality. Subject of further confirmation until we get the program launched by the Municipality. Enjoy rose picking for two hours. At 11am leave to Kazanlak. At 11:30 – 11:40am take your seats for the parade. At noon follow the Carnival parade and the procession which will close the festivities. End of the parade at 1:30pm. Free time for lunch. At 3pm departure to Sofia. Arrive in Sofia at 6pm. Drop off in your hotel. End of service.

Includes

PRICE INCLUDES: ACCOMMODATION IN TOTAL 2 OVERNIGHTS In Kazanlak (two nights) Hotel Parisi OR Hotel Magnolia TRANSFERS AND TRANSPORTATION All transfers and transportation with private vehicle according to program Fuel costs, parking fees TOURS / GUIDES / FOOD 2 Breakfasts ROSE PICKING ON JUNE 7 and JUNE 8 SEATS FOR THE PARADE ON JUNE 8 Visit the Damascena and the Enio Bonchev rose distillery Admissions (the Roman theater in Plovdiv, the Museum of Roses in Kazanlak, the Thracian tomb in Kazanlak) Professional English-speaking Private Tour Guide Admission fees for sites and museums as per program Organisation, VAT