INTERNATIONAL FOLKLORE FESTIVAL “SOFIA FEST”
Location: SOFIA, Bulgaria
Director: WOFA
Application Deadline: 1 April, 2024
SOFIA
By far Bulgaria’s biggest city, Sofia is one of Europe’s most compact and walkable capital cities. It’s usually bypassed by tourists heading to the coast or the ski resorts, but they’re missing out on something special. Sofia has a young and dynamic vibe, like a city waking up after decades of slumber, and is becoming a confident and cosmopolitan European capital. The old east-meets-west feel is still here, with a scattering of onion-domed churches, Ottoman mosques and Red Army monuments topped with air-punching Soviet soldiers, but these days they share the skyline with glitzy shopping malls, five-star hotels and the best bars and clubs the country has to offer. Although no grand metropolis, Sofia is nevertheless an attractive and cultured city with plenty to keep you busy for several days or more. Museums, art galleries, theatres, fine restaurants, they’re all here. Sofia is also a surprisingly green city, with huge swaths of parkland within the city boundaries and the ski slopes and hiking trails of mighty Mt Vitosha right on the doorstep.
Festival Program
1 Day 21.10.
14:00 Arrival in Sofia. Accommodation in the selected accommodation unit.
19:00 Dinner Free time for the individual activities.
2 Day 22.10.
07:30 Breakfast
10:00 Briefing with the organizers, other participating ensembles, local ensembles, and the local authorities. Free time for the individual activities
17:00 Dinner
18:30 Gathering of the groups. Defile.
19:00 Opening ceremony of the festival. Performances of the groups. Closing ceremony of the festival, plaque and diploma award, exchange of the presents between the groups and the organizers. End of the festival. (The detailed program of the festival and the order of appearances will be submitted to the groups on their arrival) Optional going out in the disco club
3 Day 23.10.
07:30 Breakfast
10:00 Optional excursion to mount Vitosha, Royal palace, Aleksander Nevski church, city sightseeing.
19:00 Dinner
22:30 GoodbyeParty dinner in the restaurant with the live music (Optional)
4 Day 24.07.
07:30 Breakfast
12:00 Departure groups. End of service
PRICE PER PERSON 89€ HOTEL 3*
Price include:
Accommodation in the hotel in base HB / breakfast and dinner /
Participation on the festival Plaques, Souvenirs, diploma, photo, DVD.
Companion during the festival
Price does not include:
Optional excursions, night outs, parties, sightseeing, bus parking fee (where required), foreigner city tax (where required, for the participants above 14. Y.o. excluded the group leaders and drivers) Insurance for passengers. Other individual costs of the participants.
SUPPLEMENTS: Supplement extension of stay: 26€ per day per person 4**** Hotel Supplement for the double room 5€ per day/per person Supplement for the single room 15€ Per day/Per person