One-of-a-kind festival takes place annualy in the Town of Razgrad - the Festival of Bulgarian Yoghurt. Visiting this unique event you will experience a true celebration: it is not just presenting different types and variations of yoghurt but a real feast for local people and numerous visitors. And even gastronomes will be impressed by the way how one’s well being is being taken care of - with plenty of delicious and appetisingly national and local specialties!

 

Yoghurt Fair - sample itinerary - arrival  in Varna

  

     

Day 1. Arrival

Arrival at Varna Airport. You will be welcomed by a professional tour guide. Transfer to the hotel. Dinner and overnight in Varna or nearby resorts.

 

Day 2. Varna - Aladzha rock monastery -The Stone Forest - Shumen

Sightseeing tour of Varna - see the Museum of History, the Cathedral and the remainders of the Roman Thermae. Visit to the Aladzha rock monastery situated in the natural park of Golden Sands. Lunch. After the lunch  visit to the natural phenomenon “Stone Forest" nearby Varna. Continue to the north-east part of the country to see the region, where Bulgaria was “born” in the 7th century. Dinner and overnight in Shumen

 

Day 3.  Yoghurt Fair

After breakfast we will take you to the town of Razgrad known as the “yoghurt capital” of Bulgaria to participate the unique Bulgarian Yoghurt Fair and the National Traditional and Art Crafts Festival. You will enjoy an impressive programme:  show of traditional Bulgarian customs, folklore dance programmes from different parts of the world, funny carnival, “yoghurt-queen” election and many other attractions. The Fair is a paradise for gastronomes: rich tastings on the yoghurt exhibition, tastings of delicious and appetisingly national and regional  specialties: various types of home-made yoghurt, cheese, salads, pastries, bread, cakes, cookies…Dinner and overnight in Shoumen.

 

Day 4. Madara Horseman, monument “Founders of Bulgaria”, Kabiyuk, Youghurt Fair

After breakfast drive to the surroundings of Shoumen to visit to the monumental complex “Founders of Bulgaria” and then the rock relief  “The Madara Horseman” (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage). Enjoy the visitor’s program in the oldest stud farm in the country – Kabiyuk, situated nearby Shoumen. Lunch and continue to Razgrad to enjoy the second day of the Yoghurt Fair. Dinner and overnight in Shoumen.

 

Day 5. Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari, Youghurt Fair

After breakfast the journey will take you to the North West to visit the Thracian tomb of Sveshtari (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage) dating from the first half of the 3rd century B.C. Lunch and continue to Razgrad to enjoy the third day of the Yoghurt Fair. Dinner and overnight in Shoumen.

 

Day 6. Veliko Turnovo, Arbanassi

After breakfast the journey continues  to the old museum town Arbanassi - a monument of Bulgarian architecture from the 17th-18th century featuring interesting ethnographic houses, old churches and monasteries. Lunch. Visit  the old royal capital of  Veliko Turnovo, known in history as one of the most beautiful towns after Constantinople. Visit the Medieval fortress of Tsarevets with the relics of the former king’s palace and the reconstructed patriarchal church. Wine tasting and dinner in Shoumen. Overnight in Shoumen.

 

Day 7.  Shoumen-Varna-Balchik- Cape Kaliakra

After breakfast leave Shoumen and drive back to Varna. Take the pleasant trip to the Northern Black Sea coast. See the palace of the Romanian queen Maria in Balchik  and second largest botanical garden in Eastern Europe. Continue to shrouden in legend Cape Kaliakra and enjoy splendid views on the rocky coast. Lunch and time at leirure. Dinner and overnight in Varna or nearby resorts.

 

Day 8.  Departure

Transfer to Varna  airport and departure.

  

     

Services:

-2 HB in 3 or 4 star hotel in Varna or nearby resorts

-5 HB in a 3 star hotel in Shoumen or vicinity

-participation in the Yoghurt Fair in Razgrad

-5 x lunch

-1 x wine tasting

-sightseeings & entrance fees according to the tour description

-all transfers according to the tour description

-professional tour guide from/to airport

-Groups over 20 participants -  1 free in DBL room per every 21 participants

  

     

Would you like to take this tour? Contact us for more information and reservation. This tour can be booked for groups of minimum 6 guests. Costs depend on the number of participants and selected accommodation.