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Alexander Nevski Cathedral
Category: Cathedral in Sofia
Alexander Nevski Cathedral in city of Sofia was built in 1912 in honour of the Russian and Ukrainian casualties of the 1877-78 War of Liberation from Ottoman Rule. It is one of the finest pieces of architecture in the Balkans. The cathedral has a gold-dome and icons, frescoes, murals and huge chand...

Sofia

Boyana church
Category: Church in Sofia
The Boyana Church (Boyanska tsarkva) is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church situated on the outskirts of Sofia in the quarter of Boyana. It is built in the late X-th or early XI-th century. The church is famous with its frescoes from 1259. They form a second layer over the paintings from earlier ce...

URL: http://www.boyanachurch.org/

Rilski manastir

Rila monastery
Category: Monastery in Rilski manastir
The Rila monastery (real name is Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila) is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is located in Rila mountain, several kilomters east of town of Rila and 117km south of Sofia.The monastery was built in X-th century and nowadays the complex sp...

Belitsa

Dancing Bears park
Category: ZOO in Belitsa
The Dancing Bears Park is located in South Rila mountain in area of Andrianov Chark, 12km north of town of Belitsa. It was officially opened on 17 November 2000 with the help of foundations "Four Paws", foundation of the actress Brigitte Bardot and municipality of Belitsa. The park size is...

URL: http://park.belitsa.com/

Kremen

Momina Kula fortress
Category: Fortress in Kremen
The fortress Momina kula is a late Antiquity and Medieval fortress. It is located in valley of Mesta river near village of Kremen (municipality of Bansko), in one of the most narrow and picturesque sections of Momina kula gorge.The fortress takes up an area of 500 m2. There are preserved remains ...

Samokov

Borovets Ski resort, Rila mountain
Category: Ski resort in Samokov
Ski resort Borovets (known in the past as Chamkoriya) is located 10km away of town of Samokov, in the foot of peak Musala (2952m, Rila Mountain) at 1350m above sea level. This is Bulgaria oldest mountain resort.The resort is situated on the northern slopes of Rila Mountain among age old pine woods a...

Pernik

Underground mining museum
Category: Museum in Pernik
The Underground mining museum "Starite Rudnitsi 1891" ("The old mines 1891") is one of the main attractions of town of Pernik. It is located 50 meters below the ground in one of the old mines - "Temelko Nenkov" (or "Starite Rudnitsi"), where in 1891 has be...

Novi Iskar

Kurilo Monastery St. Ivan Rilski
Category: Monastery in Novi Iskar
The Kurilo Monastery St. Ivan Rilski is situated at the beginning of the Iskar Gorge, on the right bank of Iskar River, 1km north-eastern of Kurilo (a quarter of Novi Iskar town) and 15 km away from Sofia. It was founded in IX-X-th century, near the old Bulgarian fortress Beligrad. The Monastery ...

Gurgulyat

Fortress Petlyuka
Category: Fortress in Gurgulyat
The exit point for the fortress Petluka is the village of Gurgulyat, which is situated 8 kilometers south-west from the Slivnitza town. The village can be reached by bus from the town, and after that with 30 minutes walking in east direction, the fortress can be reached. Among the green and round hi...

Gurlo

Underground temple and sacred well
Category: Archaeological site in Gurlo
The underground temple-well in the village of Garlo (Breznik Municipality) is an unique for Bulgaria (and quite rare for the region of Eurasia) facility. It is the most ancient religious stone mason construction in Bulgarian lands which dating from the XII century BC. The temple was discovered in th...

Klyuch

Samuilova Fortress
Category: Fortress in Klyuch
Samuilova fortress is the name of a medieval fortress, situated between the mountains Belasitsa and Ograzhden. It is located on the right bank of Strumeshnitsa River, which is 5 kilometers north of the village of Klyuch. It was probably built in the period 1009-1013, during the reign of king Samuil...

Bosnek

Duhlata cave
Category: Cave in Bosnek
Duhlata Cave (aka Bosnek Cave) is located in the locality Dzheranitsa (southwest part of Vitosha mountain), at the right bank of the Struma River - between the villages of Bosnek and Chuypetlyovo (Pernik Municipality). This is the longest cave in Bulgaria - 17,600 meters. The cave is extremely beau...

Dobarsko

Church St Teodor Tiron and Teodor Stratilat
Category: Church in Dobarsko
"St.Teodor Tiron and Teodor Stratilat" church in Dobarsko was built in 1614. Most likely it was built on the foundations of an existing church from XII century (year of 1112) church, which can be deduced by an inscription on the slab dug into the floor before the altar (there are theories ...

Melnik

Melnik Sandstones pyramids
Category: Rock-formation in Melnik
The Melnik pyramids are located northeast of the town of Melnik (direction Rozhen Monastery), in the southwestern foothills of the Pirin Mountain. They are rock formations, some with height of 100 meters, with sand, almost vertical slopes. The most popular among them are a group of pyramids, which i...

Kalugerovo

Chekotinski monastery St. Archangel Michail
Category: Monastery in Kalugerovo
Chekotinski "Monastery of St. Archangel Michael" is located along the Iskar River near the hamlet Chekotin (hence its name), west of Kalugerovo village (Pravets municipality). It was built during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom - in the end of XII or beginning of XIII century. About 4-5 km w...

Kutina

Pyramids of Katina
Category: Rock-formation in Kutina
Katina pyramids are the most famous sightseeing of the village of Katina. These are located north-east of the village and are Earth formations formed as a result of erosions. The most attractive are the pyramids in the valley of "Golemiat dol" (The Big Glen), which in the past reached a h...

Aldomirovtsi

The oldest soldier memorial in Bulgaria
Category: Memorial in Aldomirovtsi
At small hill in the western part of village of Aldomirovtsi is located the oldest Soldier monument in Bulgaria. The monument was build in the period 1885 - 1891 year by residents of Preslav, led by Captain Dikov, in honor of soldiers and officers from Razgrad and Preslav regiments who died for Bulg...

Sofia

Church St Sofia
Category: Church in Sofia
Church St Sofia (Sveta Sofia) in city of Sofia is a basilica built in 4th-6th century during the reign of Justinian. It has survived intact with 1600- year-old mosaic details and towards the end of the C14 gave the city its name. Beside the wall of the church is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Near...

Sofia

Kremikovtsi monastery
Category: Monastery in Sofia
Kremikovtsi monastery is located 3km above Sofia`s quarter of Kremikovtsi, north-east of the center of Sofia city, in the southern slopes of Stara planina mountain. It was founded during the XIV-th century, probably due to Tzar Ivan Alexander (1333-1371), when 14 monasteries known as the "Sofia...

Bansko

Bansko ski-centers, Pirin
Category: Ski resort in Bansko
Town of Bansko is situated in the foothills of Pirin mountain. The town is the most modern ski-resort of Bulgaria and is visited from many tourists.The ski runs of Bansko are located in two main ski-centres - Chalin Valog (1100-1600 m) and Shilingarnika (1700-2500 m) which are located around 10km ...

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