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Samokov: Borovets Ski resort, Rila mountain

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...

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...

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...

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...

Razliv

Borovets fortress
Category: Fortress in Razliv
Borovets fortress is situated on the crest of Mount Golyam Borovets 4 kilometers north of of village of Razliv. It is an ancient, late antique and medieval fortress, which has had an important military and strategic importance. The location of the castle was allowed direct visual contact with other ...

Vrachesh

Vrachesh Monastery "St. 40 Martyrs"
Category: Monastery in Vrachesh
The Monastery "St. 40 Martyrs" ("Sveti 40 Machenitsi") near village of Vrachesh (Blagoevgrad municipality) is located amidst gorgeous scenery of the Balkan Mountain, 5km west from the center of the village. The monastery was founded during the Second Bulgarian kingdom in XIII ce...

Godech

Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki Wonder Worker Church
Category: Church in Godech
Church "Saint Dimitar Thessalinian Wonder Worker" in town of Godech is dated to XVII century. During the Ottoman domination it was destroyed by kardjalii and was restored again in 1836 with a donation of local donors. Right at the entrance, high in the construction, there is a stone with e...

Ravno pole

St Sofia Golf Club
Category: Golf-course in Ravno pole
St. Sofia Golf Club & SPA is located near village of Ravno Pole, not far away from Sofia. It is 18-hole golf course with rating 130. There is also a golf academy for all levels of training, from beginner to advanced golfer.

URL: http://www.stsofiagolf.com

Samokov

History Museum
Category: Museum in Samokov
The Historical Museum in Samokov is located in the real center of the town. It was created in the beginning of the 30s of XXth century when the prominent local artists Naum Hadjimladenov and Vasil Zahariev initiated the establishing of a museum collection. The collection was exposed in the local co...

URL: http://museum-samokov.webnode.com/

Osenovlag

"The Seven Thrones" monastery
Category: Monastery in Osenovlag
Osenovlak monastery "Virgin Mary" (better known under the name "The Seven Thrones monastery") is located 7 km north-west of the village of Osenovlag. It is situated in the gorge of the Gabrovitsa river, in the northern part of the Balkan Mountains, under Mount Izmerets. About the...

Bratushkovo

Orthodox Church "St. Elijah"
Category: Church in Bratushkovo
The orthodox Church "St. Elijah" in village of Bratushkovo was built in 1904, but during the period of the socialism in Bulgaria it was declined and almost destroyed. In 2003 it was reconstructed with voluntary funds of the local population.The church holiday is July 20 - the day of St. El...

Burlojnitsa

Memorial of died for Bulgaria
Category: Memorial in Burlojnitsa
In the village of Burlojnitsa was erected a small monument dedicated to the local villagers who died in wars of Bulgaria in 1903 and in the period 1912 to 1945.The monument is a stone block, over which are placed two memorial plaques - with engraved cross and a list with the names of the died soldi...

Ihtiman

Air Sofia Golf Club
Category: Golf-course in Ihtiman
The golf course Air Sofia in Ihtiman is the first golf course in Bulgaria.The complex covers an area of more than 550,000 m2. It has fields for a standard 18-hole golf, par 71, 6,425 yards, Stoke index 71,2 and Sloup 131 550. Air Sofia Golf-course offers also: - grassed football pitch with standard ...

Dolna banya

Golf Club Ibar
Category: Golf-course in Dolna banya
IBAR Country Golf Club Dolna Banya is situated at the foothills of Mount Rila It is 18 km away from ski resort of Borovets, 70 km from the Bulgarian capital Sofia and 80 km from Plovdiv. IBAR is the first golf course design of Steve Nicklaus in South East EuropeIbar Country Golf Club offers: - Priva...

URL: http://golfclubibar.com/

Tserovo

Rock phenomenon Djuglata
Category: Rock-formation in Tserovo
The Natural phenomenon Dzhuglata (or Djuglata) is located near village of Tserovo, about 8 km north of town of Svoge. This is an impressive rock formation with a height of 18 meters and a strange shape that resembles a human head. It consists of horizontal rock layers, which have survived the destr...

Ribaritsa

Etropole monastery "Holy trinity"
Category: Monastery in Ribaritsa
The Etropole monastery "Holy Trinity" (also called Varovitets because of the limestone used for the construction of the monastery church) is situated in the Stara Planina Mountain, in the foot of Cherni Vrakh summit (1070 m) ,2 km. south of Ribaritsa and 5 km. east of Etropole. The monaste...

Botevgrad

Historical museum Botevgrad
Category: Museum in Botevgrad
The Historical Museum in Botevgrad was created in 1952. He is a successor of the established in 1937 an open museum collection to the local high school.The Museum Fund includes more than 15,000 artifacts: tools, ceramics, a marble slab with the image of a Thracian horseman, photos and documents...

Slivnitsa

Memorial Complex "Heroes of Slivnitsa"
Category: Memorial in Slivnitsa
The memorial complex "Heroes of Slivnitsa" is located in center of town Slivnitsa. It was built in 1935 in honor of the Bulgarian soldiers and officers died in the Serbo-Bulgarian war (1885).The memorial is a granite monument with height about 20 meters. It consists of memorial plaques, a ...

Koprivshtitsa

Dimcho Debelyanov House-Museum
Category: Museum in Koprivshtitsa
Dimcho Debelyanov is one of the greatest Bulgarian poets. He was born on 28 March in town of Koprivshtisa. Nowadas his native home is a museum. The building was probably constructed by the grandfather of the poet in 1830. It is a small blue house, surrounded by high stone walls, and having the w...

Alino

Alinsko Kale fortress
Category: Fortress in Alino
The Fortress Alinskoto Kale is located about 7 kilometers west of the village Alino (Samokov municipality). Probably the fortress was built in XII-XIII century and existed until the middle of XVII-th century. The castle was wwith area of 3 decares and there are still preserved remains from the wal...

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