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The Valley of Roses
In the morning you will head to the “Mekka” of the roses - Kazanlak (the cultural center of the Rose Valley, where the world-wide famous Rose Festival takes place. Visit the Rose Museum in Kazanlak, renowned for rose production and the trade of rose oil, a key aspect of the region's identity and Bulgaria's economy. Join in May/June to partake in rose picking and create rose-based desserts like jam, guided by a professional pastry chef. Worth visiting is also the copy of the Kazanlak Thracian Tomb which is included in the UNESCO Heritage List. It is dated to the end of the IV century BC. and the beginning of then 3rd-century BC. Later you will continue to the second largest city in Bulgaria which was European Capital of Culture in 2019 – Plovdiv.