damascena ethnographic complex

This is an interesting attraction in central Bulgaria, on the highway between Sofia and Burgas (between the towns of Pavel Banya and Kazanlak). Day tours (like Traventuria) from Sofia, to the Rose Valley stop here. There is a brief guided tour of the rose oil processing plant and the museum showing the history of processing rose oil. There's a nice gift shop (with rose oil products including soap, etc.) and rose gardens as well as a café. If you visit the Rose Valley, especially during the season when they're actually processing the oil (May-June?), this is quite worthwhile.