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08 Sep 10
The excavations at Perperikon, Bulgaria in August 2010 included a Thracian human idol from 5 century BC, an axe of bronze, a Roman lamp with female dancer, coins and a medieval silver tiara. All these are to be seen of tours of Bulgaria.
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03 Sep 10
The Minister of Finance declared on 8 of August 2010 new efforts on creating a special strategy for cultural tours and cultural tourism in Bulgaria and more funding of Thracian fortress Perperikon and Makaza border point with Greece.
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26 Aug 10
The tours of Bulgaria have another object of the exhibition of the National Art Gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria of the private US collection of 74 bronze sculptures by the French impressionist Edgar Degas in September and October 2010.
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24 Aug 10
The delegation of American Jewish Committee was in Bulgaria in August 2010 to develop the ties of Jews, the USA and Bulgaria and tours of Bulgaria from American tourists and the Jewish tourists from the state of Israel.
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22 Aug 10
The tourists of cultural tours to Bulgaria can visit in Oreshak both the annual fair of traditional crafts of over 200 craftsmen, started in August 2010, and the famous Troyan Monastery of 16 century hat is the third biggest monastery in Bulgaria.
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19 Aug 10
The tours of Bulgaria are the cheapest on the Balkans, wrote the newspaper Vecher of Macedonia FYR in August 2010 as 10-day hotel stay in Bulgaria costs mere EUR 40 and the price of beer is less than EUR 1. Monte Negro offers EUR 60 for 10-day stay.
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16 Aug 10
The great folk songs festival in Koprivshtitza, Bulgaria was in August 2010. 13,000 performers from Bulgaria and abroad showed the authentic old songs and dances of Bulgaria and lots of tourists of tours to Bulgaria viewed them.
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10 Aug 10
The web check-in service of Wizz Air, the low-cost airlines, does not impact on the rest of the boarding procedure as passengers to be at the boarding gate no later than 30 minutes before the scheduled departure time of the flight.
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06 Aug 10
Wizz Air the low-cost company of flights to Bulgaria has introduced its new free of charge web check-in service on www.wizzair.com from seven days up to three hours before the scheduled departure time of the flight.
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02 Aug 10
The tourists of UK enjoy cheap tours and holidays in Bulgaria, Cyprus and Turkey in 2010. Tesco Travel Money reported in July 2010. A week in the Sofia, Bulgaria would cost of four Britons of GBP 1,221, as the same in Brighton, UK would cost GBP 2,209.
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29 Jul 10
There are new excavations of July 2010 of a residence of rulers of Thrace of 4 century BC near Hissar and Kazanlak in Bulgaria. Ruins of a palace in Thrace of the time of Philip II of Macedon (359 BC - 336 BC), the father of Alexander the Great.
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06 Jul 10
Some tours of Bulgaria see the arms and gold of the Thracian tribe of Odris in the National history museum in Sofia, Bulgaria till 30 of October 2010. The hundreds artifacts were dated as far as 5 to 1 century BC.
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22 Jun 10
The water along Bulgarian beaches of the Black Sea is 98.9 per cent clean, said the EU 2009 report released in June 2010, confirmed V. Nikolov, the Head of the Basin Directorate of Black Sea region on 14 June 2010. The tours of Bulgaria enjoy sea side.
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15 Jun 10
Some tours of Bulgaria visited the Festival of roses in Kazanlak, Bulgaria on 6 of June 2010. The tourists from Japan, Europe and Latin America saw rose picking, the girl Queen of roses, live music, dances, old dresses and typical Bulgarian food.
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08 Jun 10
Cimber Sterling, the low-cost airlines, has flights from Sofia to Copenhagen as there are not any other flights at this destination now. The return tickets plus airport taxes starts at 208 euros for the spring time of 2010.
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01 Jun 10
Cimber Sterling, the Danish low-cost airlines, begin flying from Sofia to Copenhagen from 28 of March 2010 twice per week, in Thursday and Sunday. More tourists in these low-cost flights can join the tours in Bulgaria.
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25 May 10
The low-cost airlines that fly to and from Sofia include Wizz Air, EasyJet, German Wings, Hamburg International Airlines and Fly Niki. Their share of the flights was 10 per cent in 2008, and 26 per cent in 2009.
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18 May 10
Only the rulers and their families could have ancient gold jewels of the unique exhibition of the National history museum in the National palace of culture in Sofia, Bulgaria up to 24 of May 2010. The tours of Bulgaria offer seeing this gold jewels
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14 May 10
The Night of museums on 15 of May 2010 offers free entrance for tourists of tours of Bulgaria in the National gallery of paintings, the crypt with orthodox icons paintings in Alexander Nevski church in Sofia and other museums in Bulgaria.
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13 May 10
The tourists of tours in Bulgaria can see unique exhibition of the National history museum of jewels found in Bulgaria in the National palace of culture in Sofia, Bulgaria from 11 till 24 of May 2010.
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11 May 10
The Shalom Organization of Bulgarian Jews gave its Shofar awards in the Jewish Culture Centre in Sofia in the presence of Israeli Ambassador on 2 of May 2010. Maxim Minchev, the Director of BTA, took the Award for Ethnic Tolerance of Jews.
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04 May 10
Sofia, Bulgaria hosted the 51 session of the European Commission of United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) on 28 and 29 of April 2010. Taleb Rifai, the Secretary General of the UNWTO participated in it.
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27 Apr 10
Yahoo Travel Magazine proclaimed in April 2010 Bulgaria among the 10 most budget travel destinations in the world. The other countries in this ranking are Malaysia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Croatia, Turkey, Egypt and Hungary.
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20 Apr 10
Famous persons of Bulgarian Jews, who have settled in Israel, established a Bulgarian Israeli Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv in February 2010. They aim to develop knowing more about culture of Bulgaria and studding of Bulgarian Jews in Israel.
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13 Apr 10
The flights of the low-cost carrier FlyNiki from Vienna to Sofia are local time 10 am. On Sundays, flight from Vienna is at 7:20 pm and it arrivs at 9:50 pm. The plane departs from Sofia at 10:30 pm and arrives in Vienna at 11 pm.
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06 Apr 10
The first spring time stork arrived at Belozem, Bulgaria on March 17, 2010. EuroNatur named Belozem as EU place of white stork due to 139 nests there. The storks migrate in March from Africa to make and grow there little birds in Bulgaria.
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30 Mar 10
The first Bulgarian easyHotel opened doors in Sofia on March 11, 2010. The hotel has 57 rooms and offer basic services. Prices start at EUR 10 per night. The reservations are made online similar the budget airlines' policies.
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23 Mar 10
The 67th anniversary of the rescue of estimated as 67,000 Jews in Bulgaria and the end of the Holocaust was commemorated at the memorial plaque behind the building of the Parliament of Bulgaria on March 10, 2010. See Jewish heritage tours in Sofia.
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16 Mar 10
EasyJet, the low cost airline, has announced a 30 per cent reduction in prices of ticket for flights from Bulgaria. The promotion opened on March, 11 until March 16, 2010 and it is effective for the period of April 19 – July 15, 2010.
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09 Mar 10
Low-cost carrier FlyNiki, of ex F1 champion Niki Lauda, offers flights from Sofia to Vienna. As a schedule time from Monday till Friday, the FlyNIki plane will depart from Sofia airport at 1:15 pm and will land in Vienna 1:45 pm local time.
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02 Mar 10
FlyNiki, an Austrian low-cost airline, began on February 1, 2010 flights Vienna - Sofia six times a week. A low-cost airline ticket plus taxes starts at 29 euro. The tours in Bulgaria possibly can have more tourists in these low-cost flights.
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23 Feb 10
A new low-cost airline company set foot in Bulgaria in December 2009. The price of low-costs tickets of flights of Hamburg International Airlines, the low-cost airline company, from Berlin to Sofia starts at 49 euros in January 2010.
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16 Feb 10
Bulgaria is the only mainland European country in the best-value ranking travel destinations of www.lonelyplanet.com. The tourists of tours in Bulgaria have best-value excursions in Bulgaria.
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09 Feb 10
4 to 10 best-value travel destinations in the world ranking for 2010 of www.lonelyplanet.com are South Africa, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Bulgaria, Kenya and Las Vegas. Tour operators offer tours to these hot travel destinations 2010.
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02 Feb 10
Bulgaria is 8th best-value world travel destinations for 2010 of Lonely Planet www.lonelyplanet.com. Iceland, London, and Thailand are the top three in the ranking of this 'Best In Travel 2010' guide on the world's hottest travel destinations.
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26 Jan 10
Bulgaria is at 4-th place among the best travel destinations in the world that has to be visited in 2010 by the British travel site www.livingscotsman.com. East meets West in tours to Bulgaria in this fascinating corner of the Balkans, Europe.
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19 Jan 10
The tours in Bulgaria join probably the biggest international festival of Bulgarian masks and dances, tied to the beginning of spring, with about 5,000 masked amateur performers on the marches on 30 and 31 of January, 2010 in Penik, Bulgaria.
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12 Jan 10
Visit the booth of the Bulgarian tour operator Vegena Travel Nr. 6A08 at FITUR tourism trade fair in Madrid / 20.01 - 23.01.2010 / to know more about our cultural tours of Bulgaria and the Balkan countries.
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05 Jan 10
There are ruins of a Roman sanctuary of Nymphs, and a Roman villa, dated c. 2 AD at Kasnakovo, Haskovo, Bulgaria. The tourists of travel to Bulgaria can see them. The Nymphs were female water spirits and their sanctuaries were near water wells.
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22 Dec 09
First Festival of Japanese art and culture was held in Bulgaria in September – December 2009 on 50 years of diplomatic relations of Bulgaria and Japan and 20 years of Days of Japanese Culture in Bulgaria. Tourists join cultural tours in Bulgaria.
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15 Dec 09
The Daily Telegraph wrote that British archaeologists proclaimed Plovdiv, 4000 BC, as the sixth oldest city in the world. The oldest was Jericho, 9000 BC, in Palestine. Enjoy short one day tours from Sofia to Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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08 Dec 09
French experts on wine and marketing said tour operators in Bulgaria offer wine tours in Bulgaria as good combination of wine, history, culture, religion, and civilization and bad lack of road infrastructure and direction signs on roads.
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01 Dec 09
The Ambassador of Japan said Bulgaria was an interesting importer of food of ecologically pure quality products. Bulgaria had to export vegetables, pork, chicken and Bulgarian wines. Tourists joined wine tasting tours in Bulgaria.
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24 Nov 09
The Ambassador of Japan to Bulgaria said also that Bulgaria was also well-known in Japan for its rose oil. Exports of this Bulgarian product to Asia have increased. Tour operators in Bulgaria offer tours of Rose fest in the Valley of Roses in June.
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17 Nov 09
The Ambassador of Japan to Bulgaria advised on 5 of November 2009 the market of Bulgarian yogurt was broadening in other countries. Meiji Dairie had 60 per cent of the market in Japan. Japanese tourists can have tour of yogurt in Bulgaria.
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10 Nov 09
The archeologists unearthed ruins of a vilage, a wall and 300 anciant artifacts of marble, clay and bones of 5000 years BC at Sushina, Shumen, Bulgaria. The tour operators in Bulgaria make tours to see these artifacts at the local history museum.
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03 Nov 09
The archeologists found ruins of a Roman villa at Vladislavovo, Varna, Bulgaria, at anciant Roman town of Odessos, dated c. 3 AD . The tourists of excursions of Bulgaria can see the well preserved local Roman Thermae baths in Varna.
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27 Oct 09
An anciant sanctury, pieces of copper tools, wood and three graves, dated 6000 years BC were found by archeologists at Sozopol, Bulgaria. The tourists of escorted tours of Bulgaria can see these artifacts at the local history museum.
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20 Oct 09
The archeologists found a seal of lead of tzar Simeon the Great, 10 c. A.D. at Preslav, Bulgaria. There were images of Jesus Christ and Mary the Virgin on the seal. The tourists of cultural tours of Bulgaria can see it at the local museum.
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13 Oct 09
The Parliament removed the State tourism agency of Bulgaria on 8 of October 2009. The Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism is in charge of state functions of regulation and control of tours business of tourist agents and tour operators in Bulgaria.
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06 Oct 09
A joint team of Bulgarian and Greek archeologists found ruins of walls of big house and fine vessels dated middle Neolithic age of 6000 years BC near Chirpan, Bulgaria. The tourists of escorted tours of Bulgaria can see them later.
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01 Oct 09
UNESCO lodged fire dancers Nestinari from Bulgaria in the list of cultural heritage of humanity on 30 of September 2009. Nestinari fire dancers are a popular attraction for tourists of tours in Bulgaria.
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29 Sep 09
Most tours of Bulgaria include visits of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. The archeologists found there a ring of lilies of a French king and women's jewelry, possibly from Lille, dated 13 c. A.D. The tourists of historical tours of Bulgaria can see them.
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22 Sep 09
Irina Bokova, the ambassador of Bulgarian to France and ex foreign minister of Bulgaria, was elected for Director General of UNESCO, the agency of UN for culture, science and education. The second final candidate Farouk Hosny has made anti Jews statements
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18 Sep 09
Vegena Ltd., a member of JATA, one of the main incoming tour operators in Bulgaria, takes part for a fifth year in the tourism expo JATA WTF, Tokyo, Japan on Sep. 18-20, 2009. 100,000 visitors from 136 countries see the stand of Bulgaria on JATA WTF.
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17 Sep 09
Sofia, Bulgaria celebrates the day of Saint Sofia on 17 Sep. Sofia and her daughters, Faith, Hope and Love, believed in Christ. Adrian, Roman emperor, (117-138) order to be beheaded the girls due to their religion and Sofia to watch and suffer.
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15 Sep 09
The archeologists found ruins of an old church at Lubimetz, Bulgaria, dated 12 c. A.D., on a basement of another ancient church dated 6 c. A.D. Escorted tours of a travel agency in Bulgaria can visit it.
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10 Sep 09
The ruins of the monastery Saint Mary Pantenas at Melnik, Bulgaria, dated 13 c., were found. Melnik was the capital of small state. Not only can include travel to Bulgaria tasting wine from Melnik but visits of these ruins also.
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04 Sep 09
A Thracian tomb of c. 3 BC of a rich woman was found at Krushare, Sliven, Bulgaria, with candelabrum, a vessel of glass, golden neckle, bracelets and crown. The tourists of guided tours of Bulgaria can see them at the local history museum.
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28 Aug 09
The archelogists found a Roman marble statue of goddess Kibela, Phenice, dated c. 3 AD at the Roman town Nikopolis ad Istrum, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. One says the tourists of tours of Bulgaria can see it at the local history museum.
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21 Aug 09
The tourists of tours of Bulgaria visit Nessebar, a site of UNESCO's world heritage list. Tadamichi Yamamoto, a representative of Japan in UNESCO, has visited Nessebar and said it is unique combination of historic places and natural beauty.
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15 Aug 09
The tourists of tours in Bulgaria visit the Rose valley, Kazanlak. They see the process of making rose oil. The BBC news said that 40 percent of the world's rose oil has been produced in the Rose valley of Bulgaria because of its micro-climate.
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08 Aug 09
The archelogists found a grave of a noble princess dated 14 c. at Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria with more of 100 golden and silver rings, ears, gems and dresses. The tourists of tours of Bulgaria can see these artifacts at the local history museum.
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01 Aug 09
The archelogist Prof. V. Nikolov claimed he had found a Thracian sanctuary, dated 2000 years BC, with nine graves and a stone scepter at Kran, Kazanlak, Bulgaria. One says the tourists of tours of Bulgaria can see them later.
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24 Jul 09
The archelogists found anciant clay figures of animals and women, spoons and forks dated at Copper Stone Age at Varchare, Momtchilgrad, Bulgaria. One says the tourists of tours of Bulgaria can see these artifacts at the local history museum.
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03 Jul 09
A small clay chair falos figure dated 4000 years BC was found at the Thracian town of Perperikon, Kardjali, Bulgaria. One says the tourists of tours of Bulgaria can see it at the local history museum.
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27 Jun 09
The biggest anciant Thracian water container on the Balkans of 12 to 6 to 6 meters of 270,000 liters water was found cut at the rocks at the Thracian town of Perperikon, Bulgaria. The tourists of tours of Bulgaria can see it at Perperikon.
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20 Jun 09
Post Office travel services UK have anounced the tours of Bulgaria 2009 as the cheapest travel destination. They said ten typical items will cost tourists GBP 42 in Bulgaria. The Daily Telegraph wrote Bulgaria ousted Thailand as cheapest place.
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12 Jun 09
A rearly seen seal of Andronicus II Paleolog, the Emperor of Bysantium, was found near a Roman road at the Thracian town of Perperikon, Kardjali, Bulgaria. One says the tourists of tours of Bulgaria can see it at the local history museum.
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05 Jun 09
A Thracian bronse spear of 3000 years, at the time of the war of Troy, was found at the Thracian town of Perperikon, Kardjali, Bulgaria. One says the tourists of tours of Bulgaria can see it at the local history museum.
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28 May 09
The Thracian tomb of Alexandrovo, Bulgaria, dated 4 c. B.C., was found in 2000. The frescoes of war and hunting scenes were of live people and animals. The tourists of tours of Bulgaria can visit the replica of this Thracian tomb, Bulgaria.
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18 May 09
Prince Akishino of Japan opened a museum and a replica of a Thracian tomb, built with the financial aid of Japan, at Alexandrovo, Bulgaria on 15 of May 2009. The tourists of tours of Bulgaria can visit the replica of this Thracian tomb, 4 c. B.C.
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14 May 09
The archaeologist Prof.N.Ovtcharov said 250,000 tourists, possibly some of tours of bulgaria, visited the Thracian city of Perperikon, Bulgaria in 2008. Perperikon is at 15 km of Kardzhali. One says that steep steps there are for younger tourists.
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06 May 09
Four big anciant Thracian clay pots with hard covers for black Thracian wine, dated c. 4 AD, were found at the Thracian town of Perperikon, Bulgaria. One says the tourists of tours of Bulgaria can see them later at the local history museum.
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27 Apr 09
Small Thracian clay idols, 3000 years old, were found near the Thracian town of Perperikon, Kardjali, Bulgaria. They showed that the old Thracians were a part of Cretan-Mycenaean civilization that is estimated as the first European civilization.
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20 Apr 09
An anciant Roman road, possibly a part of Via Egnatia, tools of a blacksmith and a coin, dated 4 c. A.D., were found at the Thracian town of Perperikon, Kardjali, Bulgaria. The tourists of tours of Bulgaria can see it at Perperikon.
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14 Apr 09
The archeologist Prof. N. Ovtcharov showed a clay tile with pictorial writing, from 5 c. BC. It has five images. This is the third similar tile from this time found in Bulgaria.
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07 Apr 09
The archeologists found seven rooms on second palace in the center of the sanctuary Perperikon. It was build similar to the first palace that had been found at the foot of the acropolis Perperikon, holly place of god Dionysus.
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12 Mar 09
Municipality of Kazanlak announced new dates for the annual Rose Festival. This year, the festival will be in the last weekend of May- 30 and 31 May. Experience this unique event with our Rose Festival Tour. The new departure date is 26 May 2009.
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20 Feb 09
New highlight for Bulgarian cultural tourism: recently discovered Thracian tomb in Alexandrovo /Haskovo/ with unique frescoes from IVc. B.C. will apply to be included as UNESCO site.
Its replica can be seen at The Museum of Thracian Art in May.
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09 Dec 08
Japan International Cooperation Agency /JICA/ has donated a website with detailed information about the museums in Bulgaria:
http://www.jicabg.com/museum/
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09 Dec 08
74 original works by Picasso will be exhibited in the National Gallery
for Foreign Art in Sofia for 3 months (17 Dec-15 Mar 2009).Visit the exhibition with our tour Sofia City Break along with the historical and cultural highlights of Bulgarian capital.
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07 Nov 08
Vegena Travel announced new promotion: "PAY NOW AND GET TWO OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS FREE". It is valid for "Classical tour of Bulgaria" and "Classical tour of Bulgaria & Romania". For more details and conditions, please visit our "Tours" section.
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07 Oct 08
Vegena Travel will participate at the forthcoming WTM in London (10.11 - 13.11.2008). Please be kindly invited to visit our stand EM 150 and to get acquainted with our new cultural tours of Bulgaria and the Balkan countries.
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19 Sep 08
Vegena Travel announced two additional dates for The Best of Bulgaria tour 2008: 18th October and 08 November. Join and explore the beauty and the unique culture of Bulgaria.
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06 Feb 08
Vegena Travel announced two additional dates for two of the Guaranteed Departure Tours-
The Best of Bulgaria:
02nd April 2008 and
16th April 2008;
The Best of Bulgaria and Turkey:
05th April 2008 and
19th April 2008
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11 Jan 08
Vegena Travel will participate at FITUR, Madrid /30.01 - 02.02.2008/. You are kindly invited to visit our stand 10B06 and get acquainted with our offers for cultural tours in Bulgaria and Balkan countries.
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