JOIN-IN GROUP TOUR WITH GUARANTEED DEPARTURES

30.05.2020 - visit of performance in Sofia Opera house

The program includes 7 nights on HB basis – 3 nights in Sofia, 3 nights in Pavel Bania, 1 night in Plovdiv; transfer with an air-conditioned minivan, minibus or coach; professional guide throughout the entire trip.

Useful links:
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/culture.html
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/traditions/june

PROGRAM

29.05.2020(FRIDAY): Arrival at Sofia airport. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner. Overnight stay in Sofia.

30.05.2020 (SATURDAY): Breakfast. Sightseeing tour of Sofia – St. Nedelya Cathedral, St. George Rotunda, Banya Bashi Mosque, Sofia synagogue – the largest synagogue on the Balkan peninsula, the Presidency and the seat of the Government, Ivan Vazov National Theater, the former Royal Palace, Russian Church of St. Nicolas, St. Sophia Church, St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, National Assembly Square with the monument of the Russian tsar Alexander II named “Tsar Liberator”, Sofia University and National Library. Time at leisure. 19h00 – visit to a performance in Sofia Opera house. Dinner. Overnight stay in Sofia.
Useful links:
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/cities/view.html?lid=657&cid=72
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/world_heritage/boyana_church
http://www.flickr.com/photos/incomingbulgaria/sets/72157626139590239/

31.05.2020 (SUNDAY): Breakfast. Visit to the National Museum of History and the Boyana Church. In the Museum a visitor will be able to see the most impressive Thracian treasures, found on the territory of modern day Bulgaria: the Panagyurishte and Rogosen gold treasures, the treasures from Borovo, Kralevo, Letnica, as well as multiple gold burial artefacts, found in different Thracian burial complexes, most famous of which are those found in the Mogilan burial chamber near Vratsa. Here a visitor can also see finest gold objects found in the Neolithic necropolis of Varna (around the 4th millenium B.C.). That exhibition shows the greatest moments In Bulgarian history. The Boyana Church is included in the UNESCO List of World Cultural Heritage and has preserved frescoes of an unknown artist, which date back to the year 1259. The frescoes impress with the spirituality and expressiveness of their images, created 7 years before the birth of Giotto di Bondone, considered to be the first Renaissance artist. Departure to Pavel Bania – a SPA resort situated in the Rose valley, 24 km from Kazanlak. Arrival. Dinner. Overnight stay in Pavel Bania.
Useful link:
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/world_heritage/boyana_church

01.06.2020 (MONDAY): 07h00 - breakfast. 07h30 – Visit to the rose fields to assist to the rose picking. All tourists will be welcomed by young girls wearing typical national costumes and live folklore music. The girls will then accompany tourists into the rose gardens showing them personally how the rose buds are picked. For that purpose each one of them is caring a wicker basket. Baskets will be distributed among tourists too so they can pick some rose buds by themselves. 15-20 min free time in the gardens is provided for that purpose. The whole tour will end-up with a short folklore program (about 15 – 20 min). Departure for Kazanlak to assist to the Carnival parade of the Rose festival 2015. Traditional lunch. In the afternoon - visit to the rose-distillery. A specialist will introduce visitors to the old way to extract oil from roses, the modern way of extracting oil in the rose-distillery. In the evening – return to Pavel Bania. Dinner and overnight stay in Pavel Bania.

02.06.2020 (TUESDAY): Breakfast. Return to Kazanlak – the capital of the Rose Valley. Visit to Iskra Museum of History (the most recently discovered gold, silver and bronze findings from the Thracian mounds are on display in the new treasury). Visit to the Art gallery. Kazanlak is place of birth of many famous Bulgarian artists like Dechko Uzunov, Nenko Balkanski, Ivan Milev, Chudomir etc. The local Art museum is one of the oldest and richest in the country and is home to extremely valuable collection of icons from XVIII – XIX centuries, as well as a remarkable collection of paintings and sculptures from Stancho Lisichev, Tsanko Lavrenov, Vladimir Dimitrov – the Master, Dechko Uzunov, Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, Ivan Lazarov, Dimitar Kazakov – Neron, Toma Trifonski, Anton Antonov etc.Visit to the Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak. The tomb is part of a great Thracian necropolis that dates back to the 4th century BC. It has been part of the UNESCO List of World Cultural Heritage since 1979. In the evening – return to Pavel Bania. Dinner and overnight stay in
Pavel Bania.
Useful links:
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/cities/view.html?lid=614&cid=72

03.06.2020 (WEDNESDAY): Breakfast. Departure to Plovdiv (ancient Philippopolis) – the most important city of southern Bulgaria and of great historic and artistic interest with some of the best Classical remains, churches, mosques and Bulgarian National Revival buildings in the country. Arrival. Sightseeing tour of Plovdiv – a tour of the old town which consists of one of the most spectacular ensembles of town houses from the period of the Bulgarian National Revival (middle of the 18th century until the end of the 19th century). Visit to the Saints Constantine and Helena Church, Roman Theatre. Visit of the Ethnographic Museum offering a wide range of objects from furniture and jewellery to traditional handicrafts and housed in an exceptional house built in 1847 by the Greek merchant Argir Koyumdjiuglu. Visit of the museum of Zlatyu Boyadzhiev – one of the most eminent Bulgarian postwar painters. Accommodation at the hotel in Plovdiv. Time at leisure. Dinner. Overnight stay in Plovdiv.
Useful links:
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/cities/view.html?lid=636&cid=72
http://www.flickr.com/photos/incomingbulgaria/sets/72157626474926586/

04.06.2020 (THURSDAY): Breakfast. Departure to Sofia via Rila Monastery – the biggest monastery in Bulgaria, founded in the 10th century by the monk and hermit St. John of Rila, patron and protector of Bulgaria. The monastery served as the center for cultural and spiritual life of the Bulgarian people, during the centuries of foreign enslavement. The tour includes a visit to the monastery, the main church and the monastery museum. Departure for Sofia. Arrival. Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner.
Useful links:
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/places_of_interest/Monasteries/Rila_Monastery/index.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/incomingbulgaria/sets/72157626152993899/

05.06.2020 (FRIDAY): Breakfast. Transfer to Sofia airport. Departure.

Package price on HB basis per person according to the accommodation of the group and
valid for a group of minimum 20 pax:

Hotel	Package price pp in DBL	Single suppl
Sofia - Hotel Accord 3*
Pavel Bania – hotel Sevtopolis 4*	485	95
Plovdiv – hotel Star (former BW Bulgaria) 3*

Hotel	Package price pp in DBL	Single suppl
Pavel Bania – hotel Sevtopolis 4*	515	125
Plovdiv – hotel Leiptzig 4*

Hotel	Package price pp in DBL	Single suppl
Sofia – hotel Best Western City 4*
Pavel Bania – hotel Sevtopolis 4*	585	135
Plovdiv – Dedeman Trimontium 4*

Package price on HB basis per person according to the accommodation of the group and
valid for a group of minimum 30 pax:

Hotel	Package price pp in DBL	Single suppl
Sofia - Hotel Accord 3*
Pavel Bania – hotel Sevtopolis 4*	485	95
Plovdiv – hotel Star (former BW Bulgaria) 3*

Hotel	Package price pp in DBL	Single suppl
Sofia - Hotel Accord 3*
Pavel Bania – hotel Sevtopolis 4*	465	125
Plovdiv – hotel Leiptzig 4*

Hotel	Package price pp in DBL	Single suppl
Sofia – hotel Best Western City 4*
Pavel Bania – hotel Sevtopolis 4*	535	135
Plovdiv – Dedeman Trimontium 4*

Package price on HB basis per person according to the accommodation of the group and
valid for a group of minimum 40 pax:

Hotel	Package price pp in DBL	Single suppl
Sofia - Hotel Accord 3*
Pavel Bania – hotel Sevtopolis 4*	415	95
Plovdiv – hotel Star (former BW Bulgaria) 3*

Hotel	Package price pp in DBL	Single suppl
Sofia - Hotel Rodina 4* (standard rooms) or hotel Budapest 3*
Pavel Bania – hotel Sevtopolis 4*	440	125
Plovdiv – hotel Leiptzig 4*

Hotel	Package price pp in DBL	Single suppl
Sofia – hotel Best Western City 4*
Pavel Bania – hotel Sevtopolis 4*	509	135
Plovdiv – Dedeman Trimontium 4*

Price includes:

• 3 nights НB in Sofia, 3 nights НB in Pavel bania, 1 night НB in Plovdiv;

• 1 lunch;

• All transfers and transport with a luxurious coach;

• English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Greek or Turkish speaking guide throughout the entire trip;

• All entrance fees for museums, listed in the program (National Museum of History and Boyana Church in Sofia; the Iskra museum of history, the art gallery and the Thracian tomb in Kazanlak; Saints Constantine and Helena Church, Roman Theater, the Regional Ethnographic Museum and the museum of Zlatyu Boyadzjiev in Plovdiv; the Rila monastery museum);

• Visit of the rose fields and of a rose-distillery in the Rose valley, the Carnival parade of the Rose festival 2020 and official lunch;

• for 25 paying pax - 1 free of charge;

Price of a ticket for the performances of Sofia Opera house – from 15 to 40 EUR per person per performance depending on the performance, on the places and on the moment of the reservation.

Hotels:

Sofia:
Hotel Accord***
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/Hotels_in_Bulgaria/view.html?hid=5350
Hotel Budapest***
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/Hotels_in_Bulgaria/view.html?hid=5262
Hotel Best Western City****
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/Hotels_in_Bulgaria/view.html?hid=2635

Pavel Bania
Hotel Sevtopilis****
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/Hotels_in_Bulgaria/view.html?hid=9447

Plovdiv:
Hotel Star (former BW Bulgaria)***
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/Hotels_in_Bulgaria/view.html?hid=3687

Hotel Liptzig****
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/Hotels_in_Bulgaria/view.html?hid=3583

Hotel Ramada Trimontium****
http://www.incomingbulgaria.com/i.php/Hotels_in_Bulgaria/view.html?hid=3531

The price is valid for a join-in group tour of 10 participants. On the above mentioned dates you can join an existing group and take advantage of prices and services of group travel.

Rual Travel can provide prices on request for groups of more or less than 10 persons. For any inquiries please contact us on the following e-mail - rual@incomingbulgaria.com