Rupite - Melnik - Rozhen Monastery - Harsovo winery - Sandanski

Departure to Melnik - the smallest Bulgarian town with less then 400 inhabitants. En route visit Hursovo winery and have a wine tour. After lunch, explore Melnik's tourist attrcations. The town is associated with the impressive sandstone pyramids in its outskirts resembling giant mushrooms and towers. During the tour you will visit the Kordopulou’s house (named after the merchant Kordopulou to whom it once belonged). Today it is one of the largest wine cellars in Melnik. Continue to the nearby Rozhen monastery – one of the few well preserved medieval monasteries in Bulgaria. Back to Melnik for an overnight.

After breakfast, we will depart to village Rupite - a small village on the bank of Struma river where the Bulgarian prophetess Vanga lived and for which she claimed that had a special energy. Visit her temple dedicated to Virgin Mary. Spend some free time in Sandanski known for its curative climate and depart back to Sofia.