Sights in Bulgaria

The Dolmen of Vizitsa village is situated at small meadow, about 50-100 meters away from the road. It is not typical for the Stranja region an unicameral dolmen, and resembles more to the dolmens in the Eastern Rhodopes. The cover plate and the dromos are missing and the facility is surrounded by a...

2 km away of village of Planinets (west of town of Ivaylovgrad) are located about 20 well-preserved tombs, built of roughly hewn stone. Furthermore, the shape and boundaries of the graves preserved are also the places where candles and other objects were set, which are made of stone also.The Graves...

The Sacrificial stone Sharapana near village of Vrelo is one of the best preserved Sharapanas (from Turkish sharap - wine) in the Rhodope Mountains. It is located near neighborhood of Guzollar. It represents a hewn in the stone, perfectly preserved system for wine-making. It consists of two pools (...

The Memorial Tomb of Alexander I of Battenberg (aka "Battenberg Mausoleum") is located at Vasil Levski Boulevard in city of Sofia. This is the mausoleum and final resting place of Prince Alexander I of Bulgaria (1857–1893), the first Head of State of modern Bulgaria. The memorial was ope...

The site "Sanctuary of the goddess Bastet" is located in Gradishteto locality (the highest peak in the Bulgarian part of Strandja mountain), west of the town of Malko Tarnovo. The origin of this site is quite controversial among the specialists and many of the archaeologists suggest...

The Ritual complex of stone niches near village Neofit Bozvelievo are carved in a limestone rock, right of the road between the villages of Neofit Bozvelievo and Lale. There are 11 niches arranged on 2 levels. Two of them (called "acoustic niches") have a very interesting acoustic feature - when a...

The Tomb "Punar Kaya" (from Turkish - Stone Draw-well) is located near village of Stareyshino and is respected among the local population as a sacred place. From the tomb springs water, which is collected in two stone basin carved in the rock front of it. One of the tanks has a round shape and ot...

The Thracian cult complex Talim tash (translated from Turkish "The Soldiers stone") is situated near the road between village of Ticha and town of Kotel (about 10km south of Talim Tash), near the Urushkite rocks. The name of the locality comes from the fact that this was the place where ...

JakYazala baba Теке near Obrochishte is an sacred place for the Muslims professing heterodox Islam - Aliani, but the place is often visited by people from other religions....

In the region of the Kalovo village were discovered several Thracian dolmens. This one in Chardak locality is located northeast of the village and unfortunately was very damaged. By its remnants it can be deduced that a it was an unicameral or bicameral dolmen with dromos and was uncapped....