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The mythology of the legendary singer, musician, magician and healer, Orpheus, dates back 3000 years and probably has much older roots. Much of what we know comes from the writings of the ancient Greeks, but in fact Orpheus was a native Thracian born in the Rhodopi mountains.
Orpheus sang and played the lyre, and his music was so beautiful that he could charm the birds and the beasts. When his bride, the nymph Evredika (Euridice), died from a snakebite, Orpheus went to the underworld to plead for her return. His music so captivated Hades and Persephone, the king and queen of the land of the dead, that they agreed to his request on one condition: Orpheus must not look back upon Evredika until they had both reached the upper world. But Orpheus looked back a moment too soon, before the sun had laid its eye upon Evredika. At once she slipped back into the land of darkness and was lost to him forever. |
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| Day 1 | Arrival at Sofia |
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We meet you at the Sofia airport.
Transfer to the hotel. You will enjoy a delicious dinner in a traditional restaurant with a folklore program. |
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| Day 2 | Sofia – Plovdiv |
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You will travel to Plovdiv.
A contemporary of Troy, older than Athens and Constantinopol, Plovdiv is a city upon layers of cities and an epoch upon layers of epochs.
Plovdiv is all in one: a Thracian and classical Greek polis, the pride of Philip of Macedon, the capital of Thrace under the Roman Empire, a centre of Byzantinism, a stronghold of the Bulgarians, a dream of the crusaders.
Visit of Ethnographic museum, Hildian’s house /with impressive woodcarvings and painted walls/, the church “St. Constantin and Elena” the oldest in the town, Lamarthin’s house, the Roman theatre and stadium etc.
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