INTERNATIONAL MEETING
OF TOUR OPERATORS
PLOVDIV, 7-10 MAY 2013
Municipal Enterprise for Tourism - Plovdiv
tel.: +359 32 656 794, +359 620 453
tourism@plovdiv.bg, tic_plovdiv@abv.bg
www.plovdiv-tour.info www.eventsplovdiv.info
INTERNATIONAL MEETING
OF TOUR OPERATORS
PLOVDIV, 7-10 MAY 2013
There are few European cities with
such unique civilization overlay.
Depth of cultural layers in Plovdiv
reaches 10 - 12 meters
.
• Middle Ages
• Ottoman Period
• Bulgarian Revival in
Old Town reserve
• Modern History
The city of the hills, today six in number is
over 3000 years older than Rome and
contemporary of Troy. Daily Telegraph puts
PLOVDIV on sixth place as one of the oldest
living cities in the world
Immovable cultural heritage - more than
200 cultural artefacts. Movable cultural
property - 300 000, exhibited in five
Museums of Plovdiv - Archaeological
Museum, Historical Museum, Ethnographic
Museum, Natural History Museum and Art
Gallery.
Roman period (II-IV century) is a kind
of golden age of development
Of the ancient city.
Ancient theatre
•
•
•
•
Built in ii century ad under the rule
of Emperor TRAYAN
28 rows OF marble seats
6000 spectators
Representative monument
Ancient Stadium
• Built II century AD under the
rule emperor Hadrian
• Dimensions 240 m long and 50 m
wide
• Marble seats 14 rows
• 30,000 spectators
• Contemporary scene
Hisar
• Plovdiv - Hisar - 45 km.
• A combination of
cultural-cognitive and
spa tourism
Plovdiv - Asenovgrad Bachkovo - Bachkovo
Monastery - Mount Athos
• Plovdiv - Asenovgrad - 18 km.
• Asenovgrad - Bachkovo - 8 km.
• Understanding the potential for
religious tourism
Plovdiv - Chepelare Smolyan
•
•
•
Plovdiv - Chepelare - 47 km.
Chepelare - Smolyan - 17 km.
Plovdiv is the gateway to the
mountains of Bulgaria and
the starting point for the
practice of mountaineering
and skiing
Routes of Wine
Old Town - wine and culture
ASENOVGRAD
BRESTOVITSA
BRESTNIK
Rose valley
Rose festival Kazanlak – 17 May – 21 June
Rose festival Karlovo – 31 May - 1 June
FOUR SEASONS CULTURE
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
VINARIA Wine Festival – 3 to 6 APRIL 2013
Antique Festival - 17-19 May 2013
International Chamber Music Festival - 10-20 June 2013
Week of Crafts - 24 - 30 June 2013
VERDI OPERA Festival – 15 June – 5 July 2013
International Folklore Festival - 29 July - 4 August 2013
Autumn SALON OF THE ARTS - 1 September - 31 October 2013
Night of Museums and Galleries - September 2013
Plovdiv rock fest – September 2013
Plovdiv Jazz Evenings International Festival - October 2013
YOUNG wine PARADE – 22 – 24 November 2013
Weekends under the hills
More than 2,000 restaurants and
entertainments await guests of the city
and offer a combination of abundance
of food and musical entertainment
from performing any genre.
THANK YOU!
WWW.PLOVDIV-TOUR.INFO
WWW.EVENTSPLOVDIV.INFO