Sights in Region South-Eastern

The Botanical Garden in the village of Velika is the work of Seraphim and Radka Serafimov. The two (already retired) are agrobiologists by profession.The richness of the species in the garden is enviable for a private collections. Here you can see over 1500 different types of cacti from all over the...

The Burgas Mineral Baths "The spring of the three nymphs" (known in the past as Aqua Kalide and Termopolis) has been known for more than 2500 years for its healing properties. Evidence of this are remains of ancient and medieval town found around and a Thracian sanctuary "Sanctuary of the three...

The Holy Mother Step is a big concave rock having the form a human step. It is located near the Stara Zagora mineral baths, in district with same name. The region has high bio-energy power and the local people believe that it helps curing a lot of illnesses. A chapel "Nativity of Holy Virgin ...

The Splendid tulip (Tulipa splendens) is an extremely rare type of tulip from Liliaceae family. It can be found along the river Tundzha and was discovered in 1976 in Tetralika area, near the village of Simeonovo (Yambol district), by the Bulgarian botanist Dimitar Delipavlov. It has not been found...

The area around the river of Ropotamo was declared reserve in 1940. In 1962 its status was changed to National Park Ropotamo. In 1992, the status changes again to "Reserve with strict regime with an adjacent buffer zones" and in its borders were included pre-existing natural park...

The Old Elm Tree is one of the symbols of the town of Pavel Banya. The Ancient tree was included in the list of the protected natural areas. Unfortunately, in the early 90s, due to sickness of Elms as a tree specie, many of the trees in entire Europe, including that in Pavel Banya, wither.In 2002 a ...

The rock-formation the "Three Petrified Brothers" is located just north of town of Aytos in Kazanite locality. It is an amazing composition of three large rocks, carved by nature in the form of human figures. The area around reminding too much of a rocky desert. Here grows the Aytos...

The newest (built 2015) and a modern park in Stara Zagora is situated in the western part of the city. It was built on 70 acres at site of the former artillery barracks. The grassy areas are around 35,000 square meters. There are planted many young trees, shrubs and seasonal flowers.In the park was...

Paroria protected area is located in the valley of the rivers Zaberska and Kazanski dol, between the villages of Zabernovo and Kalovo. The region is very beautiful and rich in natural, historic and cultural sights. The forests here are of different age but over 85% of them are over 120-annual. There...

The Oak in village of Granit (Stara zagora region) is the oldest tree in Bulgaria. Its species is "Summer oak". Scientific studies have found that age of the tree is over 1660 years - it dating from 345 years AD. The crown of the tree is 1017 m2, the circumference of the stem - 7.45 m and...