Sights in District Plovdiv

The Red church near town of Perushtitsa is one of the most remarkable architectural masterpieces of the early 4th century A.D. It was built next to an old heathen sanctuary nearby the key main roads leading from Thrace to the White Sea and from Constantinople to Western Europe. It is believed that...

In June 2012 the Municipality of Assenovgrad organizes the first Independent Medieval Fair in Asenovgrad.Event Dates: 22-24 June (22 June 24 13:00 to 14:00)Location: Chapel of St. Athanasius (near the fortress Asenova krepost).The Fair will recreate the Bulgarian Middle Ages and Middle Ages in the...

The Cathedral St. Louis (Sveti Ludvig) in Plovdiv is one of the main and biggest Roman Catholic churches in Bulgaria. It is a Co-cathedral of the Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv together with the Cathedral of St Joseph in Sofia. The cathedral was built in period 1858 - 1861 by the then Bishop Andrea...

This Plovdiv auqapark is located in Hotel Saint Petersburg in city of Plovdiv. The Aqua-park has a garden, five swimming pools (all of them connected  with magnificent water falls, effects a with magnificent water falls , effects and rocksinclude a bar and made a copy of the old Spanish g...

The Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum (Regionalen istoricheski muzey Plovdiv) was established in 1951. It covers the history of Plovdiv from the 15th century until today.The museum has three departments, each occupying a separate historic building: - the Bulgarian National Revival - the history of...

The Museum of Aviation and the military glory in Krumovo (Plovdiv district) is a branch of the National Museum of Military History in Sofia. It was created September 21, 1991. The museum has indoor and outdoor exhibition area. The indoor part consists of two halls. In the first are exhibited objects...

The Regional Museum of Natural History in Plovdiv was opened in 1955 as "Temporary exhibition of materials of a future Natural History Museum". In 1960 was opened the first scientifically and artistically arranged exhibition, related to the Bulgarian flora, fauna and geology. In 1970 -...

The Аqualand aquapark is part of of complex Аqualand, located in Plovdiv`s quarter of  Trakia. The water complex was opened in August 2006 and from then it become one of the most popular attractions of the city. The water park has 6 pools (including one with Olympic size and other with art...

Kalofer is the birthplace of the great Bulgarian poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev. In the town was created a museum dedicated to the hero. The museum complex is located in the town park and includes a house-museum of Botev, a showroom and two monuments (of Hristo Botev and his mother).The...

Paleontology Museum in town of Asenovgrad was founded in 1990 as an affiliate of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). It was established on the basis of paleontological collection, gathered over decades before by the biology teacher in the Assenovgrad high school - Dimitar Kovachev and his...