Sights in District Pazardjik

The Tzepina fortress is situated in Rhodopes mountain, in the northeastern end of the Chepinska valley, some 6 km north-west of village of Dorkovo. It was built around IX century on a high rocky summit rising 1136 m above sea level.  In XII – XIII century, it was an important Medieval to...

The cave Snezhanka is located in the Batashka mountain, in the Western Rhodopi, some 5 km southwest of the town of Peshtera. It is one of the most beautiful caves in Bulgaria. Small as size and dimesion, Snejanka cave has numerous halls and is exceptionally rich in stalactites, stalagmites and...

The Thracian cult complex Heroon near "Jaba mogila" ("Frog Mound") is located a few kilometers south-eastern of town of Strelcha. The tomb was discovered in the mid 70-ies of XX century by the archaeologist Georgi Kitov and is one of the largest and most impressive Thracian tombs...

Dudekov house-museum is located in town of Panagyurishte and is an architectural and historical sight of the town. It exposition shows the way of life and the culture of the people in the period of the Bulgarian national revival.The building is a Plovdiv-styled house with symmetric construction and...

Mantaritsa Biosphere Reserve is located at the territory of municipality of Rakitovo, not far away of Batak dam and Tsigov Chark resort. There are kept most magnificent coniferous forests in Bulgaria. The vegetation is impassable for the most part, and resembles a jungle. The most common trees in ...

The History Museum of Panagyurshte was opened in 1951. It has the following departments: Archeology, Ethnology, Bulgarian Territories within the Ottoman Empire between XV - XIX century, Early Modern and Modern History. One of the most important expositions is this dedicated to the participation of...

The Tsigov Chark resort is located 8 km from town of Batak and 24 km from town of Velingrad on the shore of the Batak Dam. The resort is situated in vast site (900 – 1100m above sea level) and offers excellent conditions for tourism in summer as well as in winter. There are number of chalets and h...

The cave of Lepenitsa (in municipality Rakitovo) is situated on the left bank of Lepenitsa River in Rhodopes mountain, about 13 km away of town of Velingrad and 10 km away of town of Rakitovo (there is another cave "Lepenishki pech", called also Lepenitsa that is located near village of B...

The Dzhunov’s House Museum is part of Panagyurishte Historical museum. There is displayed an exposition "The Goldsmith School of Panagyurishte".The goldsmith production takes an important place in the general economic and cultural prosperity in Panagyurishte during the XIX c. The e...

The Toutev house in Panagyurishte is famous with the fact it is the place where on 20-th of April 1876 was proclaimed the April uprising. When in 1986 the courier from Koprivshtitsa brought the news, that Koprivshtitsa revolted, the leaders ahead with Benkovski and Volov decided to rise in...