Sights in Region South-Central

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...

Church of "The Assumption" in village of Pokrovan was built in 1820 as Episcopal cathedral church. This is the most impressive religious building in the municipality. It represents one-nave basilica with splendid interiors and rich decorations.One of the most valuables artistic elements...

The Museum of Speleology and Bulgarian Karst in town of Chepelare is the only museum of its kind in Bulgaria and one of the few cave museums in Europe. It houses documents, photos, and samples of rock formations from Rhodopean Karst. The museum was founded in 1980 by Dimitar Raychev (a teacher in ...

The fortress Bukelon is located near the village of Matochina, the municipality of Svilengrad. The fortress is situated on a high hill, in the north end of the village and is encircling the whole ridge with its length of 150 meters and width of 60 meters. With its 18 meters height, the fortress ...

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...

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...

In Blue Hadzhidimitrova House-Museum in Panagyurishte is displayed an exposition "ENDOWMENT IVAN DEYANOV".The exponents are arranged according to the collections – pottery-making, copper-producing, goldsmith’s trade, woodcarving, works of art and manuscripts. The endowment comes as a res...

Yagodinska cave is the most beautiful cave in the Rhodopes. It is located south-west from village of Yagodina, at the end of Buynovsko Gorge. The cave is 10.5 km long and has 3 floors, from which only the lowest third is electrified and suitable for the tourists. Visitors enter the cave through an a...

The ruins of Lutitsa fortress are located south-west of town of Ivailovgrad. In the past Lyutitsa was a medieval fortress - one of the largest in the Eastern Rhodopes, known as "Marble town" and "The Citadel of Kaloyan". In that times Lyutitsa was a big and rich town -  center of...

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...