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AYA Estate Relais & Châteaux
Zornitsa, Bulgaria · Independent · High Luxury
Vineyards, farm produce and equestrian life shape this Struma Valley estate near Melnik. The accommodation ranges across a boutique hotel, villas, a forest lodge and glamping, but the common thread is a working landscape rather than a sealed resort compound. Guests can move between tastings, riding, art and spa time, then return to cooking built around ingredients raised on the estate. It is a persuasive Bulgarian wine-country retreat with genuine breadth.
About AYA Estate Relais & Châteaux
- The estate grows fruit, vegetables, honey and herbs on its own eco farm.
- Accommodation includes a boutique hotel, villas, a forest lodge, glamping and private houses.
Restaurants and bars
- Salon Kitchen & Stories — Restaurant · японска кухня (японски меню, вдъхновено от японската култура · Chef Краси Брусарски
Experiences
- Кинцуги workshop with Kunio Nakamura sensei — Practical kintsugi workshop (Japanese repair of broken objects) with artist and master Kunio Nakamura, 20 Nov 2026, 14:30-17:00, organised by AYA ArtHall & Winery.
- Special lunch after the kintsugi workshop — Three-course Japanese-inspired lunch by chef Krasi Brusarski at Salon Kitchen & Stories, with estate wine and mineral water; EUR 60 per person.
- Special early dinner after the kintsugi workshop — Three-course Japanese-inspired dinner at Salon Kitchen & Stories, 18:00-20:00, with estate wine and mineral water; offered as an add-on to the workshop.
- AYAdoodles (2025) art tour with Nedko Solakov — Curated art tour of AYAdoodles (2025), an art intervention made for the winery's barrel hall, 7 Nov 2026, 13:00-15:00.
- Concept dinner with Nedko Solakov, Veselina Sarieva and Irena Gergova-Spasova — Concept dinner presented as a temporary artwork by Nedko Solakov, 7 Nov 2026, 19:00-22:00, with curator Veselina Sarieva and Irena Gergova-Spasova.
- Horse riding — Listed as an events-page category; no details given in the document.
Amenities
- AYA ArtHall & Winery
- собствена винарна
- зала с бъчви във винарната (локация на AYAdoodles)
- дегустация на вино
- конна езда
- частни събития
- AYA Art Commission програма
- Adults-only
Awards
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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