Top Plovdiv Food Tours

Explore the Plovdiv countryside without the stress of planning on a private half-day tour with convenient round-trip transport from your local accommodations. In addition to navigating, your guide offers an inside perspective on the region often unheard by visitors. Highlights include a private winery tour and complimentary tastings, a traditional Bulgarian lunch, and the option to visit local historic landmarks.

Taste an unforgettable selection of Bulgarian wines with appetizers. We have sorted the best of the best so that you can say "Yes, I tasted true Bulgarian wine". Come and try this absolute favorite experience in Plovdiv.

Take a break from the city without the hassle of navigating on a private day trip through the Plovdiv countryside. In addition to providing round-trip hotel transport, your guide offers background and historical anecdotes at each stop on the itinerary. Tour a winery and sample their selection, chat over a traditional Bulgarian lunch, and round off the day with a stop at the historic Bachkovo Monastery.

The Ultimate Private Plovdiv Urban Wine Tour is a privately guided tour with an innovative concept which takes you to a very professional wine tasting through different types of wines and then shows you Plovdiv in an unique way. 4 hours of pure oenological and cultural experience. Fully customizable with flexible starting times at your own pace.

The best price/quality ratio of a wine tour showing you 4 wineries in the Thracian valley, 2 of which are one of the most unique - Edoardo Miroglio and Midalidare. All wine tastings and tours of the winery are included as well as all transportation. Tours of Plovdiv and the Old Town are included. This trip is the best for wine lovers which adds also some culture and history from one of the min sights in Bulgaria.

An amazing way to travel from Plovdiv to Sofia is the Plovdiv <==> Sofia Wine Shuttle with two wine stops along the way and a delicious lunch. Your friendly and competent Tour Leader/Driver will make sure that you get from your pick-up point in Plovdiv to your drop-off point in Sofia. Spend the day tasting 10 Bulgarian wines (5 per winery), trying Bulgarian dishes and enjoying the company of each other and the people at the wineries. Join the wine shuttle from Plovdiv to Sofia - a fun way to travel!

Start the day with a hotel pick-up from your Tour Leader at 9 am. Head south-east towards Harmanli and the greek border to visit a small and unknown wine region in Bulgaria called Sakar. In this region, the wineries are small, family-owned and intimate. We visit a winery and are welcomed inside by the winemaker/owner, who will tell us the story behind the wine cellar and give us a guided tasting of a selection of their wines. We make a stop at a regional tasting center for lunch accompanied by a selection of wines from another family wine producer from the region. Head back to Plovdiv in the late afternoon/early evening with a smile on your face and memories to last a lifetime! Drop-off at your hotel/AirBnN/Rental Apartment!

Discover the wines and craft beers of the Plovdiv region on this fun afternoon trip starting at 1 pm! Enjoy a wine experience at a local winery and learn more about the local varieties of the region, wine making technology and the history behind Bulgarian wine. Your winery visit ends with a tasting of five (5) wines. Visit a cultural site in Plovdiv region! Get an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at a local craft brewery located in a rural area outside of Plovdiv, learn all about the beer making process from the brew master and enjoy a few beers in the fresh air. After a full afternoon of wines, beers, a cultural experience, tasty appetizers and fun moments, we head back to Plovdiv. Drop-off wherever you want at about 18.30!

Spend the day in the smallest wine region in Bulgaria- Valley of Roses visiting a winery. Meet the people working hard to produce high quality wines and make their region recognizable for not only rose oil but wines. Enjoy a Bulgarian lunch. Enjoy the visit to a site related to rose oil production and discover the curious facts about the rose oil extraction.

Embark on a journey through the most picturesque part in the country- the central Balkans. Pass the valley of wine and admire the breathtaking views which the two surrounding mountains – Sredna Gora and Stara Planina are hiding in their foot. Visit Koprivshtitsa - one of the most historical towns in Bulgaria, preserving the highest number of authentic houses and monuments from the 19th century. You will learn about Bulgarian Renaissance architecture and its peculiar elements. Our lovely hosts in Koprivshtitsa will introduce you to the most traditional dishes in the region, revealing the secrets of these long-kept recipes. In the end, take your time and relax in the surroundings of the beautiful vineyards of Starosel winery and indulge into the exquisite flavors of one of the best wine selections in the valley of the Thracian kings.

On this day tour, you will get lost in the Bulgarian history and nature – literally! We are heading to one of the most beautiful and enchanting mountains – the Rhodope Mountains. Ancient customs and traditions still echo back through the fields of this picturesque landscape. Stroll around the vast valley of the Thracian Kings and visit one of the oldest Roman/Christian religion settlements in Bulgaria. Admire the beautiful frescoes on its ceiling. Despite their scarcity, your guide, who is an art historian herself, will reveal some of the most intriguing artistic practices of early Christian times. Try some of the best wine selection of the region and learn about Bulgarian winemaking techniques. Following a typical lunch which our lovely hosts will prepare from their self-grown products, we will continue to the historical town of Batak where you will learn more about one of the most dramatic moments in Bulgarian history. The tour ends on the shore of the beautiful lake Tsigov Chark.

Tempting wine journey to explore one of the most modern wineries in Bulgaria situated at the foothill of the Rhodope Mountains. The local wine experts combine millennia of experience with the latest wine making technologies to create top notch wines. Some 5000 years ago the ancient Thracians inhabiting the territory of the present-day Bulgarian lands began to grow vines and make wine. Nowadays Bulgaria produces some of the finest wines in the world and is a reviving country on the global wine market. Local Bulgarian sorts of wines as Mavrud, Melnik, Gamza, Dimiat, Rubin and more are famous around the world and have won many international awards.

Travel back in time and visit one of the most preserved Thracian tombs on the territory of Bulgaria. While admiring the stunning paintings on the ceilings, you will learn about the history of Thracian people and the traditions behind their ritual ceremonies. Following such an enchanting meeting with the ancient times, you will head towards the city of Haskovo, where you will get the chance to see the tallest statue of Virgin Mary and Christ in the world. Trying the local cuisine will be one of the highlights of this tour. Our lovely hosts will reveal the secrets behind Bulgarian culinary making. The journey ends with a stop at one of the few known monasteries in Bulgaria hiding a fascinating history behind its walls. Finally, take a moment to relax in the countryside surrounded by blossomed vinayards and the pleasant aroma of the Bulgaria Mavrud wine.

In Starosel is located one of the biggest Thracian cult complexes. Archaeologists presume that the most powerful Odrissy king - Sitalk -was buried here. Starosel Winery Complex offers not only the opportunity to taste wine grown in the land of the Thracians but only to immerse yourselves in the atmosphere of an age long gone. Hissarya is famed for its hot mineral springs, significant Roman ruins, archeological museum, green parks, and swimming pools. Our private day trip would bring you to 2 of the best destinations in proximity of Plovdiv. Your private local guide would make your trip unforgettable.