Vegena Ltd., Sofia, Bulgaria, a licensed tour operator in Bulgaria under No 00059, is currently one of the leading incoming tour operators in Bulgaria, offering tours of Bulgaria to tourists from all over Europe, Japan, Far East countries, North and South America. Vegena Ltd. is an appointed member of Japan Association of Travel Agents /JATA/ and the proud winner of the most prestigious Bulgarian Association of Travel Agents /BATA/ award of Tour Operator of the Year for 2002.

The staffer of the Bulgarian tour operator Vegena Travel was at the booth Nr. 6A08 at FITUR tourism trade fair in Madrid / 20.01 - 23.01.2010 / in order to let the tourists know more about a tour operator in Bulgaria and tours to Bulgaria and Romania.

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Combined tours of Bulgaria and Romania offer visits of the impressive Rila monastery with marvelous frescoes, the Thracian Tomb in Kasanlak, the Rock hewn Ivanovo churches, the wall paintings in the Church of Nativity in Arbanassi, Veliko Tarnovo, a genuine gallery of art, the Thracian gold treasures, the Roman ruins in Sofia, the Roman Theatre in Plovdiv, Boyana church in Sofia, and the Valley of Roses in Bulgaria, the Bucovina monastries and especially the monastery of Voronet, called the Sistine Chapel of the Orient, the wooden churches of Maramures, the historical center of Sigishoara, Sibiu, Targu Mures, Curtes de Arges, the fortified churches of Transylvania and more.

You are invited to do your choice:

Budget escorted combined tours of Bulgaria and Romania for 2009 and 2010 with minimum two participants, no air tickets, see details in All Tours:
Budget winter tour of Bulgaria and Romania 2009 - 2010, 15 days, price 1620 EURO , in winter season of 2009 and 2010,
Budget winter tour of Bulgaria 2009 - 2010, 8 days, price 800 EURO , in winter season of 2009 and 2010,
Budget classical tour of Bulgaria and Romania 2010 with guaranteed departure dates, 15 days, price 1620 EURO , in year 2010 start at 27 March, 08 May, 12 June, 10 July, 07 August, 28 August, 11 September 2010,
Budget classical tour of Romania 2010 with guaranteed departure dates, 8 days, price 700 EURO , in year 2010 start at 3 April, 15 May, 19 June, 17July, 14 August, 4 September, 18 September 2010,
Budget classical tour of Bulgaria 2010 with guaranteed departure dates, 8 days, price 800 EURO , in year 2010 start at 27 March, 08 May, 12 June, 10 July, 07 August, 28 August, 11 September 2010,
Budget Rose Festival Day tour of Bulgaria 2010 with guaranteed departure dates 4 days, price 695 EURO , starts only at 04 June 2010.

Budget short tour of Bulgaria 2010 minimum 2 personnes, price 820 Euro,
Budget short tour of Bulgaria that ends in Bucharest 2010 minimum 2 personnes, price 895 Euro.

Escorted day trips one day tours with minimum two participants, see details in All Tours:
Half day walking sightseeing tour excursion of Sofia, Bulgaria, price : 25 EURO,
Day trip: one day sightseeing tour of Sofia with lunch, Boyana church, Bulgaria, UNESCO site, price : 55 EURO,
Half-day sightseeing tour Jewish heritage in Sofia, price 39 Euro,
Day trip: one day tour to the Monastery of Rila, Bulgaria, UNESCO site, price : 90 EURO,
Day trip: one day tour to Plovdiv and the Bachkovo Monastery, Bulgaria, price : 110 EURO,
Day trip: one day tour to Melnik, Bulgaria, wine tasting, price : 145 EURO,
Four Days Sofia City Break Tour 2010, guaranteed best prices in 3 stars hotel: 299 EURO !

Budget tours in Bulgaria of UNESCO sites. Guided tours of sites inscribed on the World Heritage List.

Cultural

Ancient City of Nessebar (1983)
Boyana Church (1979)
Madara Rider (1979)
Rila Monastery (1983)
Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo (1979)
Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak (1979)
Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari (1985)

Natural

Pirin National Park (1983)
Srebarna Nature Reserve (1983)

Tours of Bulgaria of sites submitted on the Tentative List, Bulgaria, UNESCO sites.

Two neolithic dwellings with their interior and household furnishings and utensils completely preserved (1984), City of Stara Zagora, in the district of the Higher Institute of Medicine
The Magoura cave with drawings from the bronze age (1984)
The ancient town of Nicopolis ad Istrum (1984)
The late ancient tomb of Silistra (1984)
The Bachkovo Monastery (1984)
The town of Melnik and the Rozhen Monastery (1984)
The Rocks of Belogradchik (1984)
The Vratsa Karst (1984)
The Central Balkan Park (1984)
The Roussensky Lom National Park (1984)
The Pobiti Kamani Natural Monument (1984)
The Ancient Plovdiv (2004)
Thracian Tomb with Wall Paintings beside Alexandrovo village (2004)
Pirin National Park World Heritage Site (2006).

Free advices and tips of tours of Sofia, Bulgaria.

Tour at the National Art Gallery, Sofia, that is Bulgaria's national gallery and houses over 50,000 pieces paintings of Bulgarian art. The National Art Gallery, Sofia is located on Alexander Battenberg Square in the capital city of Sofia, open Tuesday – Sunday 10:30 – 18:00. The National Art Gallery occupyis most of the historic and imposing edifice of the former royal palace of Bulgaria. The royal palace of Bulgaria, third Bulgarian kingdom, was a typical example of Second Empire architecture with chateauesque connotations, was constructed in two stages, the first lasting between 1880 and 1882 during the rule of Knyaz Alexander Battenberg.

Tours of Bulgaria at the Archaeological Museum, Sofia, see www.naim.bg , is an archaeological museum in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The address of The National Archaeological Museum in Sofia is 2 Saborna Street, 1000 Sofia. It is near the Presidency, the Sheraton Balkan hotel, and the Nationasl bank buildings, on Alexander Battemberg Square, the biggest square in Sofia. It occupies the building of the largest and oldest former Ottoman mosque in the city, Büyük camii (Grand Mosque), built from stone around 1474 under Mehmed II.

Tours of Bulgaria at the National Museum of history, Sofia, see www.historymuseum.org . The address of the National Museum of history is 16 Vitoshko lale Street, Boyana district, 1618 Sofia, Bulgaria. Founded in 1973, the National museum of history in Sofia contains more than 650,000 exhibits and is one of the largest history museums on the Balkans, Europe.
Visitors information. Working hours Movember – March 09:00 – 17:30. The box office closes at 16:45.
April – October 09:30 – 18:00. The box office closes at 17:30.
Closed on official holidays – 1 January, 3 March, 24 May, 24 and 25 December.
Tickets price cost of the National Museum of history, Sofia, adult 10 BGN, student and children 1 BGN.

Escorted tours of Bulgaria at the Boyana Church, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Property Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in Bulgaria in 1979 under Nr. 42
Architecture: 10th - 11th century, 13th century and 19th century
Frescoes: 11th - 12th century, 1259, 14th century, 16th-17th century and 1882
Opening Hours
01 of April – 31 of October from 9:30 a.m. to 17:30 p.m.
01 of November – 31 of March from 9:00 a.m. to 17:00 p.m.
The Boyana Church owes its world fame above all to the frescoes from 1259, which demonstrate the exceptional achievements of mediaeval Bulgarian culture. The frescoes follow the canon of icon-painting established by the Seventh Ecumenical Council held in Nicaea in 787.

Guided tours of Bulgaria at Saint Sophia Church, that is the second oldest church in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The basic cross design of the present basilica, with its two east towers and one tower-cupola, is believed to be the fifth structure to be constructed on the site and was built during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in the middle of the 6th century (527-565 BC).

Tours of Bulgaria at the Rotonda Church of Saint George. The Rotonda Church of Saint George round church is an early Christian red brick rotunda that is considered the oldest preserved roof structure building in the city Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is situated behind the Sheraton Hotel, amid remains of the ancient town of Serdica. Built by the Romans in the 4th century AD, it is mainly famous for the 12th-14th century frescoes inside the central dome.

See news: ... Bulgaria is best kept tourist secret says www.livingscotsman.com a British travel news site in Internet on 12 January 2010. The tourists of tours to Bulgaria can read these recommendations and see images of Bulgaria and the best places to visit. Skiing in Bulgaria is cheaper than in the Alps and the Black Sea coast offers both traditional and specially built resorts and some of the best beaches in Europe, Scotsman said. The top ten travel destinations for tours in 2010 are as follow: first Kyoto Japan, Morocco, South Africa the host of the World football cup in June 2010, Bulgaria, Istanbul the city cultural capital of Europe in 2010, Nepal, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Suriname, and Iceland. The tourists enjoy travel to these places in 2010. ...

... Bulgaria is ranked the eighth best-value tourist destination for 2010 globally by travel guide firm Lonely Planet www.lonelyplanet.com on Nov. 3, 2009. Iceland, London, and Thailand are the top three in the ranking in Lonely Planet’s Best In Travel 2010 guide, which contains the world's hottest travel trends, destinations, journeys and experiences for the year ahead. The tourists of tours in Bulgaria have best-value excursions in Bulgaria. Bulgaria is the only mainland European country in the best-value ranking. Welcome to Bulgaria ! ...

... Bulgaria is among the top 10 most affordable destinations in the world according to the German-language Yahoo! Travel Magazine on April 2, 2010. The other countries where Europeans can go a long way with their euro for a memorable holiday are Malaysia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Croatia, Turkey, Egypt and Hungary. The tourists of tours in Bulgaria enjoy travel in 2010. ...

... Britons would be better off financially if they went on holiday and tours in Bulgaria rather than in Brighton, according to a survey by Tesco Travel Money. Holiday hotspots in Turkey and Cyprus are also cheaper for a UK family of four than a stay on the Sussex coast in Brighton, the survey found. While a week in the Bulgarian capital Sofia would cost a family of four GBP 1,221, a seven-night break in Brighton would set them back GBP 2,209. ...

... Thousands of tourists of tours of Bulgaria, including tourists of Vegena Ltd., joined the Fest of rose in Kazanlak, Bulgaria in June 2010. The tourists of tours of Bulgaria took part in the old ritual of rose picking in the morning in the rose plants field near Kazanlak with young people in old dresses, dances and live music and in the barbeque grill buffet lunch in Balgaran picnic restaurant with typical dishes from Bulgarian food and show of dances of Kukeri mask men. Some tourists see the show of majorettes and the Queen of the rose in the central street of Kazanlak. All tourists of tours of Bulgaria took home unforgettable smell of the Bulgarian oil rose, food and dances from Bulgaria of the Fest of rose in Kazanlak, Bulgaria. ...

... Several Bulgarian ministers will be working on the drafting of a National Strategy for the development of cultural and historical tourism and cultural tours in Bulgaria.Tthe Bulgarian government was going to allocate sufficient funds for the completion of the troubled tourist center at the Ancient Thracian city and fortress of Perperikon, located near Kardzhali. ...

... The tourists of tours in Bulgaria enriched their cultural experience in the cultural tours of Bulgaria by visits of the exhibition of the sculptures by the French impressionist Edgar Degas in Sofia, Bulgaria. The National Art Gallery of Bulgaria presents an exhibition of The Complete Collection of 74 bronze sculptures by the French impressionist Edgar Degas in September 2010. The exhibition will be open on 2 September 2010 in the National Art Gallery, Sofia for two months. The collection, owned by the US private “M.T. Abraham Center for visual arts”, comes to Bulgaria after its almost five-month stay in Greece. The most expensive exhibit of the French impressionist Edgar Degas from the collection presented in September in the National Art Gallery in Sofia is the sculpture named Little Dancer, Aged Fourteenth. This sculpture reached a price of USD 19 million at the Sotheby’s auction house in 2009. Edgar Degas worked in various artistic media: oils and pastels, etchings and photography, painting on monotype plates and sculptures in wax, as well as writing poetry. He exhibited only one sculpture in his lifetime: “The Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen” – a realistic wax sculpture which he dressed in real clothes. This unusual work was presented at the 1881 sixth Impressionist exhibition in Paris, arousing much curiosity and criticism. It is well documented that every Degas bronze was cast after the artist’s death by recently discovered plasters. Edgar Degas focused his sculptures on five main themes, presented in the complete collection as five chapters: dancers in motion, dancers behind the scenes, bathers, portraits and horses. ...

... A delegation of the American Jewish Committee, headed by its Executive Director David Harris, arrived in Bulgaria on 22 of August 2010. The visit of the delegation and the Executive Director of American Jewish Committee, was in favor of tours of Bulgaria both from American tourists and the Jewish tourists from the state of Israel. The delegation arrived to take part in the Summer University of the European union of Jewish students, which took place in Eastern Europe for the first time. ...

... The tours in Bulgaria remained the cheapest tourist destination on the Balkans, according to an article of the newspaper “Vecher” of Scopie, Macedonia FYR on 9 of August 2010. The publication points out that a 10-day hotel accommodation in Bulgaria costs EUR 70, but if one is prepared to search more, they can find a 10-day stay for the mere EUR 40. The other plus noted in the article is the price of beer in Bulgaria – less than EUR 1 ...

... The fair of traditional crafts of Bulgaria started in Oreshak, Bulgaria on 13 of August 2010. The tourists of tours in Bulgaria enriched their cultural experience in the cultural tours on crafts in Bulgaria and bought original clay pots, copper vessels, wooden works, colorful rugs and many others works of craftsmen of Bulgaria. Traditionally, the culmination of the fair is Sunday's great Orthodox Christian holiday Dormition of the Holy Mother of God (called by Catholics the Assumption of Mary). That day is also the temple holiday of the glorious Troyan Monastery in Oreshak and many people traditionally flock to it. ...

... The great folk songs festival in Koprivshtitza, Bulgaria took place from 6 August till 8 of August 2010. It is said that 13,000 singers, dancers and performers from Bulgaria and abroad showed the authentic old songs and dances of Bulgaria on seven separate stages in Voivodenetz, Koprivshtitza and on two stages in the center of Koprivshtitza. More than 200,000 tourists of tours in Bulgaria and general public viewed the performers. ...

...The Rock-hewn churches of Ivanovo are sites of UNESCO List of World Cultural Heritage in Bulgaria. They are a favourite place to visit of tours in Bulgaria. Located at a height of 6 to 8 metres, the compound was founded in the 12th century and was inhabited by monks till the 17th century. Chronicles and the preserved church murals show that the community of hermits also created a blossoming literary center during the 13th - 14th century. The tourists of tours of Bulgaria visit the Rock-hewn churches of Ivanovo which are sites of UNESCO List of World Cultural Heritage in Bulgaria. ...

... The Thracian tomb, Kazanlak is included in the UNESCO world heritage list of historical and architectural monuments. The Thracian tomb, Kazanlak is a must to visit in tours of Bulgaria. Kazanlak is a live small town and Pallace hotel in Kazanlak offers high quality services and welcome attitude to tourist of tours of Bulgaria. The Thracian tomb, Kazanlak dates from the Hellenistic period, around the end of the 4th century B.C. It is located in the romantic Valley of Roses, near the town of Kazanlak, and comprises three rooms built of brick – a lobby, a corridor and a dome. ...

... The 58 members of Executive Board of UNESCO designated Irina Bokova, a Bulgarian candidate for the position of Director-General on 22 September 2009. On 15 October, the nomination will be submitted to the approval of the General Conference of 193 Member States the organization of UNESCO. Once confirmed, she will be the first woman Director-General of UNESCO. Irina Bokova is Bulgaria's Ambassador to France and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. Eight other candidates contested the job of UNESCO Director-General. UNESCO has been the organization of UN for education, science and culture for 64 years. ...

... The Madara rider of UNESCO World Heritage List in Bulgaria. Huge parts of tours of Bulgaria offer visiting the Madara rider rock relief dated 710 AD. The Madara horseman is an early medieval large rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of Madara. The relief depicts a majestic horseman 23 meters above ground level in an almost vertical 100 meters high cliff. The horseman, facing right, is thrusting a spear into a lion lying at his horse's feet. An eagle is flying in front of the horseman and a dog is running after him. The scene symbolically depicts a military triumph. The monument is dated back to circa 710 AD and has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List in Bulgaria since 1979. ...

... Bendida or Bendis was an ancient mother goddess of the old Trachian tribes who inhabited the lands of today’s Bulgaria since 5 century B.C. A decree of the oracle of Dodona required ancient Greeks Athenians to grant land for a shrine or temple for Bendida or Bendis a Thracian goddess divinity. Both cult and festival of Bendida or Bendis a Thracian goddess divinity became so popular that in Plato's time 429 - 413 B.C. its festivities were naturalized as an official ceremonial of the city-state, called the Bendideia. Among the events were nighttime torch-races on horseback, mentioned in Plato's Republic, 328. See details in Hot News.

Join budget combined tours of Bulgaria and Romania and see the UNESCO World Heritage monuments.