Music, Wine and Thracian Culture - Opera Festival in Old Plovdiv

ITINERARY

Day 1. Arrival

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

Day 2. Sofia sightseeing, Plovdiv

Sightseeing tour of Sofia - see the St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral, the Church of St. Sofia, the Russian Church of St. Nicolas, the 4th century Rotunda of St. George and a part of the remainders of the old Roman settlement. A visit to the valuable Icon Exhibition in the crypt of the Cathedral. Lunch in Sofia and continue to Plovdiv. Overnight in Plovidiv.

In the evening: concert/opera as per Festival Programme

Day 3. Plovdiv, Bachkovo Monastery

Sightseeing tour of Old Plovidv - enjoy the romantic atmosphere of the old town, visit the Ethnographic museum, the Church of St. Konstantine and Helena, the impressive Roman Theater (2nd century AC) and the art gallery „Philipopolis“. Leave the city in the afternoon to visit the country’s second largest monastery - Bachkovo, see the monastery’s church and refectory, known for their splendid frscoes. Overnight in Plovdiv

In the evening: concert/opera as per Festival Programme OR dinner in a traditional restaurant in Old Plovdiv

Day 4. Thracian Culture in the Valley of the roses

A journey to the Valley of the Roses and its main city - Kazanluk. En route stop to visit the largest Thracian temple-tomb in southeast Europe - the tomb of Starossel. Continue to Kazanluk and see the Thracian Tomb (UNESCO world cultural heritage), the newly discovered Tomb ‘Golyama Kosmatka’ and the Memorial Church in the town of Shipka Lunch in Kazanluk and return to Plovdiv. Overnight in Plovdiv.

In the evening: concert/opera as per Festival Programme or Folk Style Evening

Day 5. Departure

Transfer to Sofia airport.

SERVICES

-4 BB in selected accommodation

-3 x 1st class concert ticket

OR 1 x 1st class concert/ opera ticket + 1 Folk Style Evening + 1 dinner

OR 2 x 1st class concert/ opera ticket + 1 x Folk Style Evening

-1 x dinner

-2 x lunch

-transfers according to the programme description

-sightseeings & entrance fees according to the programme description