Weekend: Sofia – Kazanlak

Route: Sofia, Kazanlak
4 days / 3 nights
Weekend: Sofia – Kazanlak
Weekend: Sofia – Kazanlak
Weekend: Sofia – Kazanlak
Weekend: Sofia – Kazanlak
Weekend: Sofia – Kazanlak
Weekend: Sofia – Kazanlak
Weekend: Sofia – Kazanlak
 
 

The program includes 2 nights on BB basis in Sofia, 1 night on FB basis in Kazanlak; transfers with an air-conditioned car or minivan; English speaking guide throughout the trip. 

PROGRAM

DAY 1: Arrival at Sofia airport. Transfer. Accommodation at the hotel. Overnight stay in Sofia.

DAY 2: Breakfast. Departure to Kazanlak – the city of artists, roses and Thracian kings. A visit to the Rose Museum, which has unique exhibits relevant to the production of rose oil from the year 1660 until today. Lunch. 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) and 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. Accommodation at the hotel . Dinner. Overnight stay in Kazanlak.

DAY 3: Breakfast. Return to Sofia. Accommodation at the hotel. In the afternoon - sightseeing tour of Sofia – St. Nedelya Cathedral, St. George Rotunda, Russian Church of St. Nicolas, St. Sophia Church, St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Ivan Vazov National Theater. Overnight stay in Sofia.

DAY 4: Breakfast. Transfer to Sofia airport. Departure.

Price: on request

Price includes

  • 2 nights on BB basis in Sofia, 1 night on FB basis in Kazanlak;
  • transfers airport – hotel – airport;
  • transfer Sofia – Kazanlak – Sofia;
  • full day sightseeing tour of Kazanlak as per above mentioned program including lunch and dinner with English speaking guide;
  • half day sightseeing tour of Sofia with English speaking guide;
  • entrance fees for Rose Museum, Iskra Museum of History and Thracian Tomb in Kazanlak.

RUAL TRAVEL can provide tickets for performances of the National Opera Theatre in Sofia.