Sunday. 18 November, 2018 - Saturday. 24 November, 2018
Week 47
Thursday. 22 November, 2018
12:00 am

Long weekend in ancient Plovdiv and weekend wine festival

HIGHLIGHTS:

• The Annual Young Wine Parade of Plovdiv introduces over 20 local wine producers
• Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture 2019
• The Thracian Valley Wine Region is 2nd Best Wine Travel Destination of 2017 by Wine Enthusiast
• Wine tasting
• Private Tour Leader

OLD PLOVDIV – A JOURNEY TO ANTIQUITY

Plovdiv is one of the most ancient cities in the world with signs of habitation dating as far back as the 6th millennium BC. The Old Town of Plovdiv is listed in UNESCO World Heritage site. It’s small, quiet and picturesque and a real gem for culture and history lovers!

During the festival wine producers present in the unique atmosphere of the old houses their new wines. Tastings are accompanied by cultural events, lectures, devoted to wine, date information on wine producers and more. The event ends with the "Night of Masters of Wine," during which the professional jury and the audience award the best young wines. New wine tastings are part of wine culture and an opportunity for manufacturers to advertise and sell their products. There is also "Visitors choice" awards, determined by the results of questionnaires that each tasted fills in for the white, the red and the rose wine. Each completed questionnaire participates in a lottery with a prize - a selected bottle of sweet wine and corkscrew.
Friday. 23 November, 2018
10:30 am

Fun 10 bridges walk distance 7 miles. London Bridge to Chelsea Bridge.

The Crosse Keys

Details

As this walk was so popular last time I am doing this again but capping at 25.

Come and join me on an interesting walk crossing over London Bridge, Southwark, Milennium, Blackfriars, Waterloo, Hungerford, Lambeth, Vauxhall & Chelsea Bridge.

We will meet in The Crosse keys Pub in Gracechurch street for coffee, where I will have a room for us.

After coffee we will make our way crossing the bridges to National Film Theatre Waterloo for coffee and a loo stop.

From there we will carry on crossing the bridges with Chelsea Bridge being the last one.

You will then have a choice of walking to Battersea Park Station which is about 10 mins away, or bring your own sandwiches or have lunch from the café van in Battersea Park.

After lunch we will end up at the Lighthouse Pub in Battersea Park Road for a drink.

With Battersea Park Station not far to walk to., or buses that will take you to Victoria or London Bridge or Clapham Junction.

Time will be given for photographs and the walk will be at a medium pace.

This walk in not suitable for you if you are a slow walker or have a knee problem.

If you need any more details please Paul on 07530 675739. (Not a smart phone)

Details

As this walk was so popular last time I am doing this again but capping at 25.

Come and join me on an interesting walk crossing over London Bridge, Southwark, Milennium, Blackfriars, Waterloo, Hungerford, Lambeth, Vauxhall & Chelsea Bridge.

We will meet in The Crosse keys Pub in Gracechurch street for coffee, where I will have a room for us.

After coffee we will make our way crossing the bridges to National Film Theatre Waterloo for coffee and a loo stop.

From there we will carry on crossing the bridges with Chelsea Bridge being the last one.

You will then have a choice of walking to Battersea Park Station which is about 10 mins away, or bring your own sandwiches or have lunch from the café van in Battersea Park.

After lunch we will end up at the Lighthouse Pub in Battersea Park Road for a drink.

With Battersea Park Station not far to walk to., or buses that will take you to Victoria or London Bridge or Clapham Junction.

Time will be given for photographs and the walk will be at a medium pace.

This walk in not suitable for you if you are a slow walker or have a knee problem.

If you need any more details please Paul on 07530 675739. (Not a smart phone)
11:00 am

GUIDED GASTRONOMIC SAFARI ROUND FITZROVIA

Warren Street tube

Discover the foodie delights of this hedonistic part of London; former home of radicals, revolutionaries and the intelligentsia, it still has a Bohemian vibe with a whole host of hidden gastronomic treasures.