The oil-bearing rose - Rose damascene mill. f. trigintipetala – was carried over to Bulgaria from India through Persia, Syria and Turkey. In the valley, situated between Stara planina mountain and Sredna gora mountain it finds its second motherland. The Kazanlak valley took the name Rose valley. On 21-st of May 1837 the German field-marshal Helmuth von Moltke said: ‘Kazanlak is the European Cashmere, the Turkish Gülestan – the country of the roses.’ In 1967 was opened a museum exhibition of the Kazanlak rose which in 1969 grows in the one of its kind Museum of the Rose. With rich exhibits, photo and documentary materials is followed the 330-years history of the Bulgarian rose-production. Exhibited are original vessels for production of rose oil -  distillers, for preservation and transport -  konkums, bottles, crates, instruments for separation of the rose oil from the rose water, patterns of rose-trading houses, original pictures and documents of the rose-trading families etc.

The tourists have the chance to buy rose, menthol and lavender oils, different products from the oil-bearing rose, rose liquor, gül brandy and souvenirs connected to the customs and the culture of the rose-producers.

Annually, each first Saturday and Sunday of June, in Kazanlak is organized a traditional Festival of the Rose which offers to the visitors unforgettable memories connected to the beauty, revelry and hospitality of the Bulgarian.

Contacts:

Address: Kazanlak, 49 Osvobozhdenie Blvd.

Each day from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm,

phone: 0431 6 40 57,

Lectures on: English and Russian languages