Sights in Region South-Central

The first edition of the culinary festival "Celebration of Zlatograd Cheverme" (cheverme is lamb BBQ) was held on May 3, 2014 in the town of Zlatograd. The event sparked widespread interest among Bulgarian and foreign tourists and there were around 10 thousand visitors attended. The idea of...

The citizen of Kalofer have an own unique tradition of Epiphany (Yordanov Day - January 6). On this day, before the traditional bringing out of a cross from the river, group of men, dressed in national costumes and waving national flags, enter into the cold waters of Tunja river and play so ...

7-th August is the public holiday of Trigrad. During the holiday citizens and the guest of the town are enjoyed by performance of various folk ensembles, orchestras, famous singers of Rhodopes songs, as well as mummer casts from the villages of Shiroka Laka, Otets Paisievo, and Sushitza (the quarter...

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 "Festival of the young wine" is held annually in Old Plovdiv during month of November. For the first time it was organized in 2008 by the association Alliance Française - Plovdiv and was called "Chansons and young wine", but from the next year its organizer is the Council of Tourism in the ...

The National Festival of folklore "Kehlibaren grozd" ("Amber bunch") is held annually since 2010 in the village of Lozen (Haskovo region). The organizers of the event are: the Community center "Prosveta-1925" in village of Lozen, the National Movement "Worthy for Bulgaria" and the Ministry of...

On May 17 municipality of Batak celebrates its public holiday, dedicated to the heroes of the April Uprising of 1876. During the uprising, after two weeks of uneven battle with innumerable Turkish army, were killed five thousand of the six-thousand inhabitants of Batak and the town was burned to the...

The Fair in Elmala baba teke locality near village of Bivolyane is first from the many fairs of the Muslims-alevii (a religious branch of the unorthodox Islam) held every autumn in the Eastern Rhodopes mountain. These events are called "autumn maeta" and are traditional for the Alevi...

Karlovo is the birthplace of the great Bulgarian revolutionary, called "The Apostle of Freedom" - Vasil Levski. July 18 is his birthday. This is why the inhabitants of the town of Karlovo choose the date for July 18 as their official holiday....