Self guided walking holiday in Bulgaria

This tour is a lifetime experience and the best way to get to know the nature and the habits in the heart of Rodopi Mountains.

The villages this trip passes through have been closed for decades as being located in the restricted border area between Bulgaria and Greece. At recent times we have started to promote those regions not only because of their famous hospitality and untouched nature, but also in order to foster the efforts of the local people in developing a quality product, that is really connected to the conservation of the local environment.

The accommodations that we have chosen are family-owned guesthouses, where all clients are served organic food of a very high ecological value. Furthermore they may have the chance to enjoy in one of the places a unique home-made folklore program including traditional songs, dances and bagpipe playing. We encourage our tourists not to avoid the nature fountains that are abundant in the area for filling up their water bottles.

As typical of all departures, this tour very rarely gathers more than one group on the same route at the same time. This ensures a pleasant and a very relaxed walk for couples or small family groups who can enjoy the landscapes and the cart roads following their own pace.

We believe that what we have now as an environment is not a legacy from our ancestors but something we have borrowed from our children. We will do our best to preserve it and improve it as much as we can. We directly support nature conservation projects, donating money, or providing vehicles for different NGO actions like forestation activities, monitoring of waterfowl, winter counts, research projects on specific species/habitats etc. We provide local nature conservation NGOs with discounted prices on our rent a car services or hostel accommodations for their every day job, workshops, training etc. common initiatives.

We recycle paper and reuse paper in our office; all printer cartridges (incl. laser jets) are also subjects of regular recycling. An online version of our printed brochure is available for online viewing at the website, which reduces considerably our paper consumption in terms of print runs and mailing envelopes. We have also adopted a variety of energy efficiency measures at our offices like outer wall insulation, energy saving light bulbs etc. A bird feeder, supplied with huge amount of seeds, is always available by our office in severe winters.