Picking Roses Workshop & Extracting Rose Oil in the Rose Valley
Truly authentic, local and bespoke. The activity happens in 2 destinations - Karlovo and Damascena near Kazanlak as the order is reconfirmed with the customers. It's an activity of a lifetime!
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Picking Roses Workshop & Extracting Rose Oil in the Rose Valley
What's included in Picking Roses Workshop & Extracting Rose Oil in the Rose Valley
(Subject to Option Inclusions)One of the most authentic, old and most respected customs and crafts in Bulgaria - picking roses and producing rose oil! In this tour, you can not only personally get to know the flower of the gods - the oil-bearing Kazanlak Rose, which is grown only in these latitudes, but also take part in the ancient ritual on picking roses with the local rose-pickers dressed in folk traditional costumes, with the tasting rose sweet, gulovitsa and rose liqueur. And then you will visit an old house where you will learn to brew the rose oil and extract the rose water. You will see local mode of life and centuries-old Bulgarian customs and traditions, which local residents will share with you. A visit to the Bulgarian Rose factory will take you to a demonstration of rose soap making. The operator reserves the right to make amendments in the programme/itinerary because of the different time of rose maturing in the region. The activity happens in 2 destinations - Karlovo and/or Damascena near Kazanlak as the order is reconfirmed with the customers.
Food Menu
DESSERT - Rose sweet, Gulovitsa & Rose liqueur
Inclusions
- On the spots guide services
- Making soaps
- Picking rose ritual (during the picking season)
- Workshop-demonstration of extraction of rose oil from mini distillery
- Tasting of rose sweet, gulovitsa and rose liqueur
- Visit to the largest private Bulgarian Rose oil factory
- Transport from / to the meeting point (by request & extra charge) and in between the sights
- Meals
- Insurance
- Personal expenses
- Entrance fees not mentioned explicitly
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- We will contact you after booking for further information of the starting time and exact meeting point. The activity happens in 2 destinations - Karlovo and Damascena near Kazanlak as the order is reconfirmed with the customers.
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Ticket Redemption
After booking we shall send voucher according to the Bulgarian legislation which you need to show.