1 Day - SOFIA

Arrival in Sofia. English-speaking guide meets the group at the airport. Transfer to a hotel. Overnight in Sofia. 

2 Day SOFIA-KOPRIVSHTITZA-KALOFER-SOKOLITSA ( 190 km.)

Breakfast. City tour of Sofia including St. Nedelya Sq., St George Rotunda (4^th c.), the Presidential Office Building, the National Theatre, the City Garden, Russian Church St. Nicolas, the Parliament Square, St. Alexander Nevski Memorial Cathedral, St. Sofia Church (6^th c). Departure for Koprivshtitza town, situated in the heart of the Sredna Gora Mountain Range. Tour the town famous for the numerous museums, old stone bridges and walls, wooden yard gates, more than 120-year-old buildings and courtyards in their original colours. Then departure for Kalofer. Visit Kaloferska House where the tourists will see the exhibition including an antique loom. There visitors can try their hand at weaving a traditional carpet, traditional dress and festival costumes, tools and musical instruments / Kalofer bag pipe/. Proceed to village of Sokolitsa for overnight.  

3 Day KARLOVO-PLOVDIV ( 60 km.)

Breakfast. Morning departure for Karlovo. Short tour of Karlovo including the ethnographic museum in the old part of the town where there is an exhibition of some authentic costumes and masks. Visit "Suchurum" waterfall and lunch nearby. During the lunch you will enjoy the unique folklore performance "Kukeri"- men dressed with carnival costumes always with masks on their face who dance ritually to frighten the evil force or to welcome the fruitfulness of the nature. During the performance you will be introduced with the symbolic of the ritual. After lunch continue to Plovdiv. Upon arrival tour the Old Town of Plovdiv - an imposing open-air museum, situated on the three hills of the ancient Trimontium. Visit the Ancient Theatre (a well-preserved Roman amphitheatre), the Ethnographic Museum and some other interesting sites. Overnight in Plovdiv.

4 Day PLOVDIV - DOBARSKO - BANSKO (150 km.)

Breakfast.. Departure for Dobarsko village. Upon arrival meeting the tourists with a folklore demonstration in the old church yard: singing songs and dancing horo (a round dance), presentation of traditional customs by "The Grannies of Dobar". Tasting local dishes: baniza (cheese pastry), homemade milk and cheese. After lunch proceed to Bansko. Accommodation in a hotel. Dinner in a traditional local restaurant where the tourists will enjoy the unique authentic performance of "Banski Starcheta" folklore group. 

5 Day BANSKO-MELNIK-ROJEN -MELNIK ( 100 km.)

Breakfast. Departure for Melnik. Accommodation in a hotel. Transfer to Rojhen Monastery. Afternoon visit of Kordopulova's house with degustation of the famous local wine. In the evening the tourists will have the chance to see an authentic folklore program "The spirit of the Old Melnik" with music and dances typical for this part of Bulgaria as well as craft demonstrations, lecture for costumes, instrumentals and the history of the region. Overnight in Melnik. 

6 Day MELNIK-RILA MONASTERY-SOFIA (175 km.)

Breakfast. Morning departure for the Rila Monastery - the most famous and the most fascinating monastery in Bulgaria, under UNESCO protection. Tour of the monastery and visit to the monastery church, museum, and kitchen, known as Magernitsa. Arrival in Sofia. Transfer to the Museum of foreign Art where the tourists will see the performance of women choir "Cosmic Voices of Bulgaria". After then the group will have dinner with folklore performance including fire-dancing. Overnight. 

7 Day SOFIA

Breakfast. Free time and departure transfer.