Photos: Bernard Gagnon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 Pudelek (Marcin Szala), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Андрей Романенко, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo credits
Photos: Bernard Gagnon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 Pudelek (Marcin Szala), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Андрей Романенко, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Samovodska Charshia's working potters
Your local guide
Mila Georgieva
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Highlights
- A street of working craft shops
- The traditional Tarnovo glaze, explained
- A potter's wheel, up close
- Coppersmiths at work in doorways
- Trades kept alive for generations
About this tour
This session follows the crafts street where Tarnovo's potters and coppersmiths still work in view of passersby. You see the cobbled lane itself and then a potter's wheel turning close up, with the traditional local glaze explained as it goes on. It stays on this one street rather than touring the wider old town.
I move slowly between workshops, holding on the wheel for as long as a piece takes to shape. Questions about the crafts and the families behind them come up throughout, and I send a short note on the workshops we saw afterward.
This suits anyone curious about traditional trades kept alive in daily use rather than in a museum case. It also works well paired with a session on the older Revival streets nearby.
Included
- Live video session with a local guide
- A close look at the dishes and where locals buy them
- A short list of places and dishes to try later
Not included
- Food and drinks shown on camera
- Travel to the city
Itinerary
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Welcome and sound check 5 min
The guide joins the video call, checks the picture and sound with you, and gives you a quick sense of Veliko Tarnovo before heading out.
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Samovodska Charshia Street 21 min
The camera moves down the cobbled crafts street, and I explain how potters and coppersmiths have kept open workshops here for generations.
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A Working Pottery Wheel 21 min
You watch a potter throw a pot from a spinning wheel, and I point out the traditional Tarnovo glaze pattern most workshops still use.
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Your questions 9 min
Time to ask anything about Veliko Tarnovo: prices, safety, food, or whatever you are curious about.
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A short list to keep 4 min
Before you go, the guide sums up with a few things worth remembering: a dish to try: Tarator (cold cucumber and yoghurt soup) and Momina Krepost, worth a slower look.
Good to know
- A stable wifi or mobile connection makes the picture smoother than a shaky one.
- Any phone, tablet or laptop with a camera works. You watch, the guide does the walking.
- Times are shown in Sofia time, so check the time where you are before you book.
- The session is not recorded, and recording it yourself is not allowed. Feel free to take your own notes.
- Ask questions any time, out loud or in the chat. The guide will pause to answer.
- Sessions run in small groups, up to 10 people, so there is room for everyone to ask something.
Questions about this tour
What will the session cover?
The guide walks through Veliko Tarnovo, showing you Samovodska Charshia Street and A Working Pottery Wheel live on camera, plus whatever else you would like to see.
What happens if my connection drops?
Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up on anything you missed.
Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?
Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.
Do I need to buy or cook anything?
No. This is a conversation: the guide describes the dishes and where to find them, so you can try them yourself whenever suits you.
How it works
- You get one join link after booking.
- Join from any device: phone, tablet or laptop.
- We meet on Google Meet and the link comes with your booking. I keep close to the workshop doorways so the wheel and the tools stay in shot.
Times shown in Sofia time (EET)
Cancellation
Flexible
- Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
- Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
- If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
- Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.
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