A tough-to-reach village in the mountains of central Bulgaria, Bata's remoteness has helped keep traditions alive – so it's ideal for an evening of Bulgarian entertainment. In a rural restaurant, you'll feast on traditional dishes with unlimited wine, watch fascinating folkloric rituals and see the spectacular fire dance – one of the country's oldest customs.
What people say about this experience
All reviews are verified
Based on 36 reviews
Review categories
Staff
4.3/5
Value for money
4.4/5
Service
4.3/5
Safety
4.3/5
Sort by:
F
FrRobLa
Traveled as a couple
September 26, 20254.6United Kingdom
The evening was excellent. The guide was friendly and had a good sense of humour. The band played international hits. The warmup act was great. Food was promptly served and there was water, soft drinks and unlimited wine. Folklore dancing was good but could do with an explanation as to what each dance meant. Fire walking was very entertaining too. However the coach transport was appalling. Half the seats were broken, they didn’t stay upright and were uncomfortable. Very sad reflection on TUI
J
Julie
Traveled as a couple
September 19, 20255United Kingdom
very enjoyable evening would highly recommend staff very organised serving food bit confusing for the pick up as we were told to go a bus stop but wasn’t clear which one so could of missed the trip if I hadn’t included my phone number when booking
K
Kerrie
Traveled with family
September 19, 20253United States of America
Coach pickup was as expected. Guide was pleasant and knowledgeable ( apart from not telling us how to get our "unlimited wine") The food was passable, just. We were expecting, from the TUI description, an evening of Bulgarian folklore entertainment not a live band doing Elvis songs, Amy Winehouse etc and a dancing cow, plate spinning !!! The actual Bulgarian dancing was very good. More of this and less of the other would have been great.
M
Maurice/Carol
Traveled as a couple
September 17, 20254.2United Kingdom
Desert we did not get any when everybody else got a small plate of melon
M
Malcolm
Traveled with family
September 12, 20254.2United States of America
The guide was great and clear, the evening overall was good. But where were seated most of the acts and dancers were facing away from us so all we got was thier backs, except when they interacted with the audience. The fire dance was OK except he picked up a young girl with a shott dress on and by doing that he was showing ALL of the young ladies behind. I felt her embarrassment. But as said overall it was good
T
TANYA
Traveled with family
August 8, 20253.4United States of America
The gentleman walking in the fire pit was holding a child over the fire and almost dropped her! She was too heavy for him. There were also big rats in the chicken and pheasant cages. I also came away with a load of flea bites on my legs.
