Rhodope Mountains Local Wine and Meal
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We will pick you up from an address of your choosing (in Plovdiv). We will leave for Rhodope mountain, the drive is about 55 minutes long. Once we arrive at the foothill of the Thracian sanctuary Belintash, we will hike for about 20 minutes along a forest path until we get to the rock formation that is Belintash - the Stone of Knowledge, where you will enjoy a spectacular view of the mountain. After that, we will walk down a secret path and after a 15-minute hike it will take us to some traditional Bulgarian cabins where we will have a glass of local wine (red or white) and we'll get to try a traditional Bulgarian meal. That will take about 50 minutes. Then we will bring the car and pick you up. We leave back for Plovdiv.
Belintash is a mystical Thracian sanctuary hidden deep in the heart of Rhodopean Mountains. "The Stone of Knowledge." According to popular belief, this is what belintash means. However, if you visit the Thracian sanctuary of Belintash, located 30 km from Asenovgrad in the Rhodope, you’ll discover few hard facts but plenty of rumors of mysterious events.
Local legends multiply so quickly that whatever kernels of truth may have existed have been lost under layers of fiction. In the upper platform of the structure there are carved round holes, gutters, niches and steps. Some people think this is a sky map. The length of the rock site is approximately 300 meters with an altitude of 1225 m. Despite the numerous theories, all researchers agree that Belintash was