•In the morning leave the hotel in Sofia
•Drive to the Rila Monastery - the biggest and most impressive Bulgarian monastery, dating from the National Revival period (18th-19th centuries)
•Continue to Sandaski, one of the famous Bulgarian balneology and SPA resorts
•Check-in your hotel, dinner and overnight

•After breakfast depart to the Rozhen monastery, situated 6 km northeast from Melnik
•Arrival in Melnik, the smallest Bulgarian town, a flourishing tobacco and wine-producing center during the 17th-18th centuries, well known in the European countries
•Visit one of the attractions in the town - the Kordopulov`s House, the biggest one on the Balkan Peninsula, dating from the Revival period
•Lunch with wine tasting in Melnik
•Depart through the picturesque mountain slopes to the town of Devin 
•Dinner and overnight in Devin

•Depart to Zlatograd
•Visit the Ethnographical Complex, showing the specific of the millennium-long history of the region - traditional lifestyle, local crafts and costumes
•Continue to Tatul - the sanctuary, dating back to the 2nd millennium B.C., believed it has been the tomb of Orpheus.
•Arrival in Kardzhali
•Check-in, dinner in the hotel, overnight

•In the morning depart to Perperikon, a large rock sanctuary (late Neolithic Age), which comprises an acropolis, temples, fortress and dwellings. According to the archaeologists this site may actually have been the renowned sanctuary of Dionysius.
•Continue to village of Aleksandrovo
•Visit the tomb of Aleksandrovo (4th century B.C.), one of the most impressive tombs found on our lands and one of the most valuable monuments of the Thracian culture
•Dinner with glass of wine in a restaurant in the Old town of Plovdiv
•Overnight in Plovdiv

•The journey goes on to Kazanlak - the town, known as a center of the rose-oil production in Bulgaria
•Visit the Historical Museum in the town and the Thracian Tomb (4th-3rd centuries B.C.)
•Continue to the so called Valley of the Thracian Kings near Kazanlak
•Visit one of the most interesting Thracian tombs - Goliama Kosmatka
•Return to Kazanlak
•Dinner and overnight in Kazanlak

•After breakfast depart to Starosel
•On the way stop in Hissar for a walking tour through the ancient town Diocletianopolis, a well-known resort during the Roman Empire
•Visit Starosel, an unique Thracian temple and a mausoleum in the vicinity of Starosel village, near Hissar. According to the researchers the palace belonged to the Thracian king Sitalk
•Continue to Sofia
•Dinner and overnight

•8 overnights on HB
- 2 in Sofia-hotel 4*
- 1 in Sandanski-hotel 4*
- 1 in Pamporovo-hotel 4*
- 1 in Devin-hotel 4*
- 1 in Kardzhali-hotel 3+/4*
- 1 in Plovdiv-hotel 4*
- 1 in Kazanlak-hotel 3+*
•Lunch and wine-tasting in Melnik
•Dinner with glass of wine in the Old Plovdiv (incl. in the HB)
•Guides` services and entrance fees to the attractions: Sofia-The Cathedral Alexander Nevski, Archaeological museum and Boyana church, Rila monastery, Sandanski, Rozhen monastery, Melnik-Kordopulov`s house, Devin, Zlatograd-the Ethnographical complex, Tatul, Kardzhali, Perperikon, the Tomb of Aleksandrovo, Plovdiv, Kazanlak - the Historical Museum and the Thracian tomb, Hissar, the Temple of Starosel
•Licensed guide during the whole itinerary (from/to Sofia airport)    
•Transfers and ground transportation by air-conditioned coach