Nina Kavardjikova Tour

Bulgaria 2010

July 31-August 12, 2010

In cooperation with Carpe Diem Travel BG

Date / Day / Overnight / Program
July 31 / SA / Sofia / Arrival in Sofia.
Sofia Airport pick ups.
Hotel check in
Aug. 1 / SU / Stara Zagora / Departure for Stara Zagora
Plovdiv: Life music and dance lunch plus Old City sightseeing
Stara Zagora hotel check-in
Aug. 2 / MO / Stara Zagora / Visit to a Thracian village near Stara Zagora
Dance/instrument lessons with village group
Village houses visit
Life music dinner-and-dance with the village group
Aug. 3 / TU / Stara Zagora / Morning dance/instrument lessons with a professional researcher and musicians
Trip to the town of Sliven
Wine tasting near Sliven.
Dance lessons with an ethnic Karakachani dance teacher
Life music dinner-and-dance
Aug. 4 / WE / Stara Zagora / Morning and afternoon dance/instrument lessons with a professional researcher and musicians
Free time in Stara Zagora
Mehana dinner with our music teachers’s band
Aug. 5 / TH / Koprivshtitsa / Visit to Kazanluk Historic museum and Kosmatka tomb in the Valley of Thracian Kings (UNECSO site)
Lunch in Kazanluk
Trip to Koprivshtitsa
Two next door Koprivshtitsa hotels check-in
Free time at the festival
Aug. 6 / FR / Koprivshtitsa / Free time at the festival
Aug. 7 / SA / Koprivshtitsa / Free time at the festival
Aug. 8 / SU / Gotse Delchev / Morning free time at the festival
Departure for Gotse Delchev
Hotel with a swimming pool (in Gotse Delchev outskirts) check in
Dinner and dance with life music by our music teachers’ band
Aug. 9 / MO / Gotse Delchev / Morning dance/instrument lessons with a professional choreographer and musicians
Afternoon: Mountain walk
Mehana dinner with life gipsy music
Aug. 10 / TU / Gotse Delchev / Morning dance/instrument lessons
Visit to a local Pomac village
Concert and dance lesson by locals
Life music dinner-and-dance with village group and our music teachers band
Aug. 11 / WE / Gotse Delchev / Morning dance/instrument lessons
Visit to a Christian village
Concert and group singing workshop by locals
Life music dinner-and-dance with village group and our music teachers band
Aug. 12 / TH / Sofia / Departure to Sofia
Hotel check -in
Sightseeing/Free time in Sofia
Aug. 13 / FR / Transportation to Sofia Airport.
Departures

Price:

Land only: EUR 1,634

For single room accommodations: Add EUR 185

Deposit by February 28, 2010: EUR 164

Second payment by April 7, 2010: EUR 1,000

Balance payment by July 7, 2010.

Minimum capacity: 25 people.

Maximum capacity: 35 people.

Tour is subject to cancellation by February 28, 2010 if minimum capacity is not reached.

The tour price includes:

  • All in itinerary activities.
  • 3 star hotels.
  • Double (in exceptional cases triple) occupancy rooms with private bathrooms with showers.
  • Breakfasts and dinners; diet and other special accommodations available upon upfront request
  • Two lunches.
  • Ground transportation in an air conditioned bus.
  • Professional tour guide.

The tour price excludes:

  • Alcohol consumption.
  • Private instrument lessons upon request (EUR 10 per person per 60 minutes on one-on-one basis or EUR 5 per person per 60 minutes for a group lesson).
  • Koprivshtitsa video, equipment or other fees.
  • Personal insurances.
  • Air fare.

NOTES:

The tour’s idea is to enjoy Bulgaria’s ethnic folklore in village atmosphere by daily contact with locals via life music and dance.

To experience the country’s ethnic variety, we will dance and sing with Bulgarian pomacs, karakachani, gypsies and turks.

Most evenings include life music and dance dinners in “kafana” atmosphere.

Local musician(s) and dance teacher will be with us at all times except for Koprivshtitsa.

Dances and music taught will be from all regions of Bulgaria with emphasis on ethnic styles.

For further information and sign-up, please contact:

Nina Kavardjikova

Marne 34

1186 PB Amstelveen

Netherlands

Phone: +31-20-647-6713

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