Dancing Adventure - Tour The Unique Folk Dances Of Bulgaria - 15 Days
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14x Breakfast
14x Breakfast
14x Dinner
14x Dinner
15x Lunch
15x Lunch
Accommodation included: 14 nights
Accommodation included: 14 nights
Entry/Admission - St. Kyriaki Cathedral...
Entry/Admission - St. Kyriaki Cathedral Church
Entry/Admission - Tsarevets Fortress
Entry/Admission - Tsarevets Fortress
Entry/Admission - Arbanassi
Entry/Admission - Arbanassi
Entry/Admission - Varna Archaeological Museum
Entry/Admission - Varna Archaeological Museum
Entry/Admission - Aladzha Monastery
Entry/Admission - Aladzha Monastery
Entry/Admission - Albena Resort
Entry/Admission - Albena Resort
Entry/Admission - Sozopol Old Town
Entry/Admission - Sozopol Old Town
Entry/Admission - Strandja Nature Park
Entry/Admission - Strandja Nature Park
Entry/Admission - Mezek Thracian Tomb
Entry/Admission - Mezek Thracian Tomb
Entry/Admission - Villa Armira
Entry/Admission - Villa Armira
Entry/Admission - Perperikon
Entry/Admission - Perperikon
Entry/Admission - Bachkovo Monastery
Entry/Admission - Bachkovo Monastery
Entry/Admission - Plovdiv Old Town
Entry/Admission - Plovdiv Old Town
Entry/Admission - Bezbog - peak...
Entry/Admission - Bezbog - peak in Pirin Mountains
Entry/Admission - Municipality Koprivshtitsa
Entry/Admission - Municipality Koprivshtitsa
Entry/Admission - Thracian Temple Complex...
Entry/Admission - Thracian Temple Complex Starosel
Entry/Admission - Hisarya
Entry/Admission - Hisarya
Entry/Admission - Thracian Tomb of...
Entry/Admission - Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak - Copy
Entry/Admission - Sofia Airport Transfer
Entry/Admission - Sofia Airport Transfer
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Flight tickets, drinks, tips and personal expenses.
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Itinerary
Day 1: Sofia - the capital of Bulgaria
Stop At: St. Kyriaki Cathedral Church, pl. "Sveta Nedelya" 20, 1000 Sofia Center, Sofia, Bulgaria
We start the day meeting our instructor-choreographers for about 2 hours. The training is focused on two of the most widely known Bulgarian folk dances โ Ra-che-โni-ca and โPra-vo Ho-โro. Lunch follows, and then a walking tour and some free time in the capital Sofia. The day ends with dinner at a traditional Bulgarian restaurant with a folklore show program.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star hotel in Sofia city center
Day 2: Arbanasi or Veliko Tarnovo
Stop At: Tsarevets Fortress, Tsar Asen Square, 5000 ะฆะฐัะตะฒะตั, ะะตะปะธะบะพ ะขััะฝะพะฒะพ, Bulgaria
We depart to the old capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom โ Tarnovo. There will be sightseeing and free time. The training presents the beautiful E-โle-ni-no Ho-โro.
Duration: 1 day
Stop At: Arbanassi, 5029 Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
and the outstanding town-museum of Arbanasi. In both places there will be sightseeing and free time
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star hotel in Arbanassi or Veliko Tarnovo
Day 3: Varna town and Aladzha monastery
Stop At: Varna Archaeological Museum, Bul. Maria Louisa 41, Varna 9000 Bulgaria
After breakfast we are going to the Northern part of the Black Sea coast. We will visit Varna โ the third biggest town in Bulgaria, also known as the sea capital of the country.
Duration: 1 day
Stop At: Aladzha Monastery, In Naturpark, Varna 9000 Bulgaria
The same day we visit the magnificent Aladzha Monastery โ one of the few cave monasteries in Bulgaria. The dance of the day is โSbo-ren-ka.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight 3-star hotel in one of the best Black sea resorts Sts. Konstantin & Helen or Albena
Day 4: Sts. Constantine and Helen resort or Albena Black sea resort - second day on the beach
Stop At: Albena Resort, 9620 Albena, Bulgaria
We are not touring โ just a day to enjoy the fine sand beach, sea and sun. We will have a repetition of all the dances we learned till the day and get a bonus dance from the area, the easy and enjoyable โ โVar-nen-sko Ho-โro.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight 3-star hotel in one of the best Black sea resorts Sts. Konstantin & Helen or Albena
Day 5: Sozopol - the most romantic ancient Black sea town
Stop At: Sozopol Old Town, Apolonia str. 1, Sozopol 8130 Bulgaria
We are moving south to the romantic and artistic ancient town of Sozopol. Weโll have fun along the cobblestone streets of the old town and its bustling beaches. Here we learn the Thracian Ra-che-โni-tsa (a bit different from the one you know from day 1 - youโll have to tell the difference).
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star hotel in Sozopol
Day 6: Sinemorets - the smallest Black sea town
Stop At: Strandja Nature Park, 1 Yanko Maslinkov St., Sinemorets Bulgaria
In the morning we depart further down south to the small village of Bulgari in The Strandzha Mountains. This is the only place where the barefoot dance on smoldering embers called โnestinariโ is still performed as a ritual in its almost authentic form. During the day we will repeat the dances we already know, out in the open air. We will have the opportunity to witness the ritual activities around the celebrations dedicated to Sts. Constantine and Helen and to dance together with local people. In the evening we will have a unique experience watching the authentic nestinari dance.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star hotel in Sinemorets
Day 7: Eastern part of Rhodope mountain
Stop At: Mezek Thracian Tomb, Mount of Sheynovets, Mezek Bulgaria
Heading towards the town of Ivaylovgrad, we will pass through the Thracian beehive tomb at the village of Mezek. It is the largest and one of the most impressive tombs of Mycenaean type in Bulgaria, famous for the remarkable archaeological find โ a bronze sculpture of a wild boar in natural size. We will have the opportunity to taste some outstanding Bulgarian wines at the Katarzhina wine cellar, which will help us learn easily the next dance in our tour from the Rhodope area โ โSvor-na-to Ho-โro.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star hotel in Ivaylovgrad
Day 8: Plovdiv - the cultural capital of Europe in 2019
Stop At: Villa Armira, ัะป. ะะตะนะพ ะฏะฒะพัะพะฒ, 6570 Ivaylovgrad, Bulgaria
We get a break from the dance training and visit 3 significant places: an exquisite architectural monument. The first one is from the Roman era โ villa Armira.
Duration: 1 day
Stop At: Perperikon, 10 miles from the town of Kurdzhali Bulgaria
The second is the archaeological complex of Perperikon โ one of the most ancient monumental megalithic structures, entirely carved into the rocks, where the famous Temple of Dionysius is located;
Duration: 1 day
Stop At: Bachkovo Monastery, 10km south of Asenovgrad on the main road between Assenovgrad and Smolyan, Bachkovo 4251 Bulgaria
And the last for the day is Bachkovo Monastery โ one of the largest and oldest East Orthodox monasteries in Europe dated back to the 11th century AD.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star hotel in Plovdiv
Day 9: Plovdiv - second day in the cultural capital of Europe in 2019
Stop At: Plovdiv Old Town, Plovdiv 4000 Bulgaria
The day is dedicated to Plovdiv โ the oldest city in Europe and second biggest Bulgarian town. Remains of ancient, medieval, National Revival and modern culture coexist and are interwoven into the unobtrusive, irresistible and eternal beauty of this city. During the training we will learn a new dance โ Pai-โdush-ko Ho-โro.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star hotel in Plovdiv
Day 10: Pirin mountain - Bezbog, Vihren or Yavorov hut
Stop At: Bezbog - peak in Pirin Mountains, Dobrinishte 2777 Bulgaria
We will enjoy The Pirin Mountains. First we will visit Bansko ski resort and then go up the mountain. There will be walking tours, hiking and open air dance trainings. It is time to start learning some extraordinarily beautiful dances from the Pirin area like Dzhan-โgu-ri-tsa and โMa-le-shev-sko Ho-โro.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Bezbog, Vihren or Yavorov hut
Day 11: Second day in Pirin mountain - Bezbog, Vihren or Yavorov hut
Stop At: Bezbog - peak in Pirin Mountains, Dobrinishte 2777 Bulgaria
We have the same program as the previous day.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Bezbog, Vihren or Yavorov hut
Day 12: Koprivshtitsa - charming town-museum from Revival time
Stop At: Municipality Koprivshtitsa, Koprivshtitsa, Lyuben Karavelov St 16, 2077 ะกัะตะดะฝะฐ ะผะฐั ะฐะปะฐ, Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria
Departure to Koprivstitsa โ an authentic village from the Bulgarian National Revival period.
Nestled in the foot of The Sredna Gora Mountains, the village charms with its picturesque ornamented old houses and their large eaves, stone fences and wide wooden gates. Learning Chet-โvor-no Ho-โro.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in holiday houses in Koprivstitsa
Day 13: Roman town Hisarya famous for its mineral springs
Stop At: Thracian Temple Complex Starosel, Selo Starosel Chetinyovata Mogila, Hissarya 4175 Bulgaria
Again, the day will be a mixture of sightseeing and dancing. We will start with Starosel โ the Thracian temple complex, which is the oldest ever found Royal Thracian complex with a mausoleum.
Duration: 1 day
Stop At: 4180 Tsentar, Hisarya, Bulgaria
Then we continue to Hisarya โ a town founded in 4th โ 3rd century BC, famous for its healing mineral waters.
Duration: 1 day
Stop At: Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak - Copy, ul. "Tyulbenska" 8, 6100 Partyulbe, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Last for the day, we will visit the most significant tombs in The Valley of The Thracian Kings.
The last new dance will be โTri-te โPa-ti.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star SPA hotel in Hisarya
Day 14: Roman town Hisarya famous for its mineral springs - second SPA day
Stop At: 4180 Tsentar, Hisarya, Bulgaria
Trainings, SPA and relax. Repetition of all dances.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star SPA hotel in Hisarya
Day 15: Arrival in Sofia and transfer to the airport for the return flights
Stop At: Sofia Airport Transfer, Blv. Cristopher Columbus 1, Sofia 1309 Bulgaria
Arrival in Sofia and transfer to the airport for the return flights
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 1: Sofia - the capital of Bulgaria
Stop At: St. Kyriaki Cathedral Church, pl. "Sveta Nedelya" 20, 1000 Sofia Center, Sofia, Bulgaria
We start the day meeting our instructor-choreographers for about 2 hours. The training is focused on two of the most widely known Bulgarian folk dances โ Ra-che-โni-ca and โPra-vo Ho-โro. Lunch follows, and then a walking tour and some free time in the capital Sofia. The day ends with dinner at a traditional Bulgarian restaurant with a folklore show program.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star hotel in Sofia city center
Day 2: Arbanasi or Veliko Tarnovo
Stop At: Tsarevets Fortress, Tsar Asen Square, 5000 ะฆะฐัะตะฒะตั, ะะตะปะธะบะพ ะขััะฝะพะฒะพ, Bulgaria
We depart to the old capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom โ Tarnovo. There will be sightseeing and free time. The training presents the beautiful E-โle-ni-no Ho-โro.
Duration: 1 day
Stop At: Arbanassi, 5029 Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
and the outstanding town-museum of Arbanasi. In both places there will be sightseeing and free time
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star hotel in Arbanassi or Veliko Tarnovo
Day 3: Varna town and Aladzha monastery
Stop At: Varna Archaeological Museum, Bul. Maria Louisa 41, Varna 9000 Bulgaria
After breakfast we are going to the Northern part of the Black Sea coast. We will visit Varna โ the third biggest town in Bulgaria, also known as the sea capital of the country.
Duration: 1 day
Stop At: Aladzha Monastery, In Naturpark, Varna 9000 Bulgaria
The same day we visit the magnificent Aladzha Monastery โ one of the few cave monasteries in Bulgaria. The dance of the day is โSbo-ren-ka.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight 3-star hotel in one of the best Black sea resorts Sts. Konstantin & Helen or Albena
Day 4: Sts. Constantine and Helen resort or Albena Black sea resort - second day on the beach
Stop At: Albena Resort, 9620 Albena, Bulgaria
We are not touring โ just a day to enjoy the fine sand beach, sea and sun. We will have a repetition of all the dances we learned till the day and get a bonus dance from the area, the easy and enjoyable โ โVar-nen-sko Ho-โro.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight 3-star hotel in one of the best Black sea resorts Sts. Konstantin & Helen or Albena
Day 5: Sozopol - the most romantic ancient Black sea town
Stop At: Sozopol Old Town, Apolonia str. 1, Sozopol 8130 Bulgaria
We are moving south to the romantic and artistic ancient town of Sozopol. Weโll have fun along the cobblestone streets of the old town and its bustling beaches. Here we learn the Thracian Ra-che-โni-tsa (a bit different from the one you know from day 1 - youโll have to tell the difference).
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star hotel in Sozopol
Day 6: Sinemorets - the smallest Black sea town
Stop At: Strandja Nature Park, 1 Yanko Maslinkov St., Sinemorets Bulgaria
In the morning we depart further down south to the small village of Bulgari in The Strandzha Mountains. This is the only place where the barefoot dance on smoldering embers called โnestinariโ is still performed as a ritual in its almost authentic form. During the day we will repeat the dances we already know, out in the open air. We will have the opportunity to witness the ritual activities around the celebrations dedicated to Sts. Constantine and Helen and to dance together with local people. In the evening we will have a unique experience watching the authentic nestinari dance.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star hotel in Sinemorets
Day 7: Eastern part of Rhodope mountain
Stop At: Mezek Thracian Tomb, Mount of Sheynovets, Mezek Bulgaria
Heading towards the town of Ivaylovgrad, we will pass through the Thracian beehive tomb at the village of Mezek. It is the largest and one of the most impressive tombs of Mycenaean type in Bulgaria, famous for the remarkable archaeological find โ a bronze sculpture of a wild boar in natural size. We will have the opportunity to taste some outstanding Bulgarian wines at the Katarzhina wine cellar, which will help us learn easily the next dance in our tour from the Rhodope area โ โSvor-na-to Ho-โro.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star hotel in Ivaylovgrad
Day 8: Plovdiv - the cultural capital of Europe in 2019
Stop At: Villa Armira, ัะป. ะะตะนะพ ะฏะฒะพัะพะฒ, 6570 Ivaylovgrad, Bulgaria
We get a break from the dance training and visit 3 significant places: an exquisite architectural monument. The first one is from the Roman era โ villa Armira.
Duration: 1 day
Stop At: Perperikon, 10 miles from the town of Kurdzhali Bulgaria
The second is the archaeological complex of Perperikon โ one of the most ancient monumental megalithic structures, entirely carved into the rocks, where the famous Temple of Dionysius is located;
Duration: 1 day
Stop At: Bachkovo Monastery, 10km south of Asenovgrad on the main road between Assenovgrad and Smolyan, Bachkovo 4251 Bulgaria
And the last for the day is Bachkovo Monastery โ one of the largest and oldest East Orthodox monasteries in Europe dated back to the 11th century AD.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star hotel in Plovdiv
Day 9: Plovdiv - second day in the cultural capital of Europe in 2019
Stop At: Plovdiv Old Town, Plovdiv 4000 Bulgaria
The day is dedicated to Plovdiv โ the oldest city in Europe and second biggest Bulgarian town. Remains of ancient, medieval, National Revival and modern culture coexist and are interwoven into the unobtrusive, irresistible and eternal beauty of this city. During the training we will learn a new dance โ Pai-โdush-ko Ho-โro.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star hotel in Plovdiv
Day 10: Pirin mountain - Bezbog, Vihren or Yavorov hut
Stop At: Bezbog - peak in Pirin Mountains, Dobrinishte 2777 Bulgaria
We will enjoy The Pirin Mountains. First we will visit Bansko ski resort and then go up the mountain. There will be walking tours, hiking and open air dance trainings. It is time to start learning some extraordinarily beautiful dances from the Pirin area like Dzhan-โgu-ri-tsa and โMa-le-shev-sko Ho-โro.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Bezbog, Vihren or Yavorov hut
Day 11: Second day in Pirin mountain - Bezbog, Vihren or Yavorov hut
Stop At: Bezbog - peak in Pirin Mountains, Dobrinishte 2777 Bulgaria
We have the same program as the previous day.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Bezbog, Vihren or Yavorov hut
Day 12: Koprivshtitsa - charming town-museum from Revival time
Stop At: Municipality Koprivshtitsa, Koprivshtitsa, Lyuben Karavelov St 16, 2077 ะกัะตะดะฝะฐ ะผะฐั ะฐะปะฐ, Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria
Departure to Koprivstitsa โ an authentic village from the Bulgarian National Revival period.
Nestled in the foot of The Sredna Gora Mountains, the village charms with its picturesque ornamented old houses and their large eaves, stone fences and wide wooden gates. Learning Chet-โvor-no Ho-โro.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in holiday houses in Koprivstitsa
Day 13: Roman town Hisarya famous for its mineral springs
Stop At: Thracian Temple Complex Starosel, Selo Starosel Chetinyovata Mogila, Hissarya 4175 Bulgaria
Again, the day will be a mixture of sightseeing and dancing. We will start with Starosel โ the Thracian temple complex, which is the oldest ever found Royal Thracian complex with a mausoleum.
Duration: 1 day
Stop At: 4180 Tsentar, Hisarya, Bulgaria
Then we continue to Hisarya โ a town founded in 4th โ 3rd century BC, famous for its healing mineral waters.
Duration: 1 day
Stop At: Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak - Copy, ul. "Tyulbenska" 8, 6100 Partyulbe, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Last for the day, we will visit the most significant tombs in The Valley of The Thracian Kings.
The last new dance will be โTri-te โPa-ti.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star SPA hotel in Hisarya
Day 14: Roman town Hisarya famous for its mineral springs - second SPA day
Stop At: 4180 Tsentar, Hisarya, Bulgaria
Trainings, SPA and relax. Repetition of all dances.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in 3-star SPA hotel in Hisarya
Day 15: Arrival in Sofia and transfer to the airport for the return flights
Stop At: Sofia Airport Transfer, Blv. Cristopher Columbus 1, Sofia 1309 Bulgaria
Arrival in Sofia and transfer to the airport for the return flights
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
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