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Bulgaria - land of roses and beautiful mysterious voices!
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The rose, queen of flowers is one of the symbols of Bulgaria. For centuries Bulgarians have planted roses, picked their flowers and extracted their heavenly essence – attar of roses. The rose, this marvellous gift of the land, is admired and used in perfumery, pharmacy and food industry. The conditions in The Valley of Roses near Kazanlak proved to be more favourable for the cultivation of the rose than those in its own country of origin - Tunisia.The Rose Valley is not a geographical name – it is just a notion, associated with the location where the Bulgarian oil-bearing rose grows.
The rose oil is 3 times more expensive than the real gold. One kilogram rose oil can be extracted from 3000 kg of roses. This means, that for one gramme of rose oil are used more than 1300 rose blossoms! Every flower is picked by hands and preserved carefully for the distillation. More than 2000 people are occupied in the harvest every year.
There are only four countries in the world that produce rose oil today - Bulgaria, France, India and Turkey. The rose oil extracted in Bulgaria is considered the finest because of the characteristics of the country’s climate, and of the specific rose varieties. Bulgaria is known around the world for its superb oil-yielding roses harvested in Rose Valley near the town of Kazanlak.
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