Travel: Liquid Rose Gold: Bulgarian_Rose_026

A band plans as Rose Queen Mihaela Hadzhieva, 18 (center,) poses for pictures alongside Bianka Nyagalova,18 (left,) and Elitza Slavcheva, 18 (right,) respectively second and first runners-up for Rose Queen in the Rose Festival in Kazanlak, a town situated in the Rose Valley of Bulgaria, during {quote}The Wisdom of the Rose{quote} parade, on June 03, 2018. The festival, situated in the Rose Valley of Bulgaria, celebrated 115 years in 2018. Photo by: Yana Paskova for National Geographic Traveler

A band plans as Rose Queen Mihaela Hadzhieva, 18 (center,) poses for pictures alongside Bianka Nyagalova,18 (left,) and Elitza Slavcheva, 18 (right,) respectively second and first runners-up for Rose Queen in the Rose Festival in Kazanlak, a town situated in the Rose Valley of Bulgaria, during "The Wisdom of the Rose" parade, on June 03, 2018. The festival, situated in the Rose Valley of Bulgaria, celebrated 115 years in 2018.

Photo by: Yana Paskova for National Geographic Traveler