Tour One: Exploring the Western
Strandja Reserve
This is a full day outing.
- We
begin our trip driving through the Strandja Nature Reserve
via the villages of Bulgari, Gramatikovo to Malko Tarnovo.
While in Malko Tarnovo, we will visit several "National
Revival" buildings as well as the Strandja museum complex
which is housed in four "National Revivial" buildings. From
Malko Tarnovo, we travel northwards to the village of Brashlyan.
Brashlyan is the best preserved village in the
Strandja region with over 80 preserved sites (some which are
over 300 years old). Some of the sites that we will
visit will be the "old village school," the chapels of St.
Pantheleymon and St. Leftera as well as the bell house of
the ST. Dimitar Church.Brashlyan has been set aside as an
Ethnographic Village and the architecture is unique to this
specific region in Bulgaria. We will have an option of
either returning to Sinemoretz or stay a while longer for a
traditional dinner in this
unique village. This may be decided
during the trip (dinner costs are not included!)
Maximum of 6
people.
PRICING
Full Day Outing: 50€/pp: Single supplement:20€.
Price includes:
Transportation, bottled water, guide, lunch in local
restaurant (optional
Dinner in Brashlyan)
Tour Two: Exploring the Eastern
Strandja Reserve
This is a full day outing.
-
We begin our
trip in the by heading north on the coastal highway to Velika and a
visit to
the
Serafimovi Botanical Gardens. The gardens are home to
one of the world's largest privately held collection of cacti,
poppies and endemic flora of the Strandja region. One can
also find a lot of subtropical plants like kiwi, bamboo,
laurel, fig-trees, lemons growing there
(a donation, or a purchase of some of the cacti plants
on sale is strongly recommended for the upkeep of
the gardens). We will then backtrack on the
coastal highway and begin our drive inland towards the villages of Kosti
(within the Silkosia Biosphere) Balgari (a visit to St.
Constantine and Elena Church), Kondolovo and Gramatikovo.
Each of these villages provide a unique perspective of
architecture, myth and history. Balgari with its fire
dancers (first weekend in June) and Gramatikovo with it's
village architecture and Thracian tombs. We will meet with
the locals who will provide you with an "insider's" view of
the Eastern Strandja. Maximum of 6 people.
PRICING
Full Day Outing: 45€/pp: Single supplement:20€.
Price includes:
Transportation, bottled water, guide, lunch at a local
restaurant
