& the Balkans
Travel Guide ~ Landmarks ~ Cultural Tours ~ Travel Tips
Rose Valley For over 3 centuries Bulgarians have planted roses, picked their flowers and extracted their heavenly essence – the attar of roses. Rosa Damascena The valley of Kazanluk, known as Rose Valley, the largest producer of rose-oil in the world, is magically transformed with breathtaking blooms in May and early June each year when …
Kazanluk Tomb A Thracian tomb, dated to the late 4th – early 3rd century B.C. The murals in the burial chamber and in the corridor are of exclusive artistic value. Ivanovo Rock Churches A rock monastery compound with partially preserved churches. The murals in the Church of the Holy Virgin, described as some of the …