Tour “Let’s celebrate the Bulgarian rose in the Rose Valley!”

The program begins with a visit to the rose gardens near Karlovo, where the Queen of Roses will personally greet us with pita bread. We will watch the “Rose” ritual and a rich folklore program – the blessing of the rose gardens, songs, dances, and mummers. After picking roses and taking pictures, we will head to the Ethnographic Complex “Damascene”, nestled at the foot of the Balkans. We will follow closely the technology of rose brewing and learn interesting facts about the history of the oil-bearing rose and its application. We will caress our senses among the beauty and aroma of cool gardens with over 150 species of roses. After looking at an ethnographic collection and an ancient installation for the production of rose oil, we will see a modern distillery with unique architecture and hand-painted murals. The program includes visits to a unique Thracian cultural center with fragments of Thracian shrines and mounds, a Biopark for Wildlife, and an Exhibition of bronze statues.

We will visit the Kalofer Lace Creative Center, which has a permanent exhibition with the most beautiful and original samples of local masters. Called “white magic”, it is one of the finest women’s handicrafts, preserved to this day, which in the past provided food for Kalofer women. In 1910 in Kalofer was opened the first and only in our country Lace School “Labor” with a two-year course of study. Overnight.

Departure for Kazanlak, where we will visit the Museum of the Rose – the only museum of its kind in our country. The first museum exposition of the Kazanlak rose was shown in 1967. The modern museum has a rich collection of objects, paintings, and documents that reveal the history of Bulgarian oil-bearing rose cultivation. Exhibited are tools for processing rose gardens, tools for storage and export of rose oil, and rose water. There is also a reproduction of a rose oil warehouse and the first laboratory for the study of rose oil, established in 1907.

We will also visit the specialized exhibition of perfumes and rose products “With the scent of a rose.” Later we will join the beautiful rhythm of the Defile of Aroma and Beauty in the center of Kazanlak, and then we will try exquisite rosé wines during the Rosé Wine Expo Kazanlak, which is held for the 11th time. We will also walk to the heart of Old Kazanlak, where the representatives of the Papazovi family lived – the first to bring the glory of the Bulgarian rose oil to Europe and the United States.