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Budget friendly city break in Sofia with Rila monastery

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Escape to Sofia - the capital of Bulgaria, discover the history and charm of the city, which name means "Wisdom". Your private guide will show you the place, bring you to Rila Monastery UNESCO site and the smallest town in Bulgaria - Melnik to taste some local red wines. And you will stay at a 3* central hotel. We have included as we;; a dinner at a traditional restaurant in Sofia, walking distance from your hotel, where you will taste some local dishes. 4 days / 3 nights (in double room)Package price: 425 EUR per personTransportation fund (paid in cash): 100 EUR per personEnvironmental contribution for the whole trip (obligatory): 5-10 days trip – 5 EUR per person / 11 and more days trip – 8 EUR per person Price is valid for min. 2 travelers  
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Bulgaria – Unique Local Wines and Traditional Cuisine – 8 days

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During the tour, you will taste some unique local varieties: Broad Leave Melnik – reportedly a favourite of Winston Churchill’s; Mavrud  ( southern Bulgaria ), Gamza, Dimyat, Misket, etc. And enjoy special dishes: Shopska salad ( voted Europe`s favourite food in 2016 at European Parliament’s Facebook page ), Bean soup, Thracian barbeque, Stuffed peppers, Tarator, Banitsa ( cheese pastry ), Bulgarian Yoghurt with honey…Bulgaria grows over 3000 wine varieties and is a renowned exporter to more than 70 countries, ranking among the 15 leading wine producing countries in the world. It is the only country celebrating a wine growers day – Trifon Zarezan on 14th Feb.An interesting fact: Some historic researches say, that the area of nowadays Bulgaria may claim property to the first vine protection decree in 2 c. AD as well as to the first prohibitionist laws implemented in history by the Bulgarian Chan Krum during his reign from 802 to 814 AD. The wine cellar may also be Bulgarian invention since Bulgarian monastic orders had first been reported to have stored wine in cool vaults deep under the ground level.
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