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Fortress Trayanovi Vrata
Category: Fortress in Kostenets
Trayanovi Vrata (Trayan’s Gates) is a historical area and a small fortress (nowadays in ruins) over the hill between the Mt. Eledzhik and Mt. Golak of Sredna Gora, under which today is built the only tunnel on Trakia motorway. This historical place can be visited by small road crossing the old r...

Ochusha

Church of All Saints
Category: Church in Ochusha
The Orthodox Church "Vsi Svetih" ("All of Saints") is located in village Ochusha (20 km away from town of Kostenets). This is one of the oldest churches in the region. In the temple are preserved icons painted in 1859.

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Kostenski waterfall
Category: Waterfall in Kostenets (v)
The Kostenski Waterfall is situated on the river Chavcha in the center of the resort area Vili Kostenets (southwest of the village of Kostenets). This is the biggest natural tourist attraction in the municipality Kostenets and there is well marked path to it. The waterfall is very beautiful (especia...

Kostenets (v)

Chapel Assumption of Virgin Mary
Category: Church in Kostenets (v)
The chapel "Assumption of Virgin Mary" is located in the are "Gorna Tsarkva" ("Upper church") in village of Kostenets, about 2 km. by Kostenski waterfall. It was built on the ruins of an existing old Christian basilica from V century, whose outlines are revealed and can...

Pchelin

Church St. Martyr George
Category: Church in Pchelin

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Church St.Archangel Mihail
Category: Church in Kostenets (v)
St. Michael Church in village of Kostenets is the largest one (by size) in the Ihtiman clerical district. It is a three-nave domed basilica built in 1854. The church has well-preserved wall-paintings and books aged at more than a century. The holiday of St. Michael church in village Kostenets is a...

Kostenets

Church St. Pateleymon
Category: Church in Kostenets
The temple St. Pateleymon is located in Momin Prohod (Kostenets municipality) on the left of the road to town of Kostenets coming from the village Mirovo (and Sofia - Plovdiv highway). This is a relatively new church, which impresses with its beautiful mural paintings and images of rare saints.

Gorna Vasilitsa

Gornovasilishki Monastery "Ascension of the God"
Category: Monastery in Gorna Vasilitsa
The Monastery of The Ascension (also known as Monastery of "St. Spas") is situated 6km away from the village of Gorna Vaslitsa, in a picturesque area under the peak Benkovski in Eledzhik Mountain (Ihtimanska Sredna gora). The monastery dates to XII-XIV centuries but during the Ottoman rule...

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Skalovitski waterfall
Category: Waterfall in Kostenets (v)
Skalovitski Waterfall is located south of the village of Kostenets near are of Villas Kostenets. The height of the waterfall is 15 meters. There is an eco-path with places for recreation and picnics, and Gurgulitsa hut is situated 2km west of the waterfall.

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Satarday open-air market
Category: Market place in Kostenets
Every Saturday (except the winter months) in town of Kostenets is held a big Saturday open-air market and bitak (a market for cheep manufactured goods and trinkets) where producers, traders and artisans from the region sell their goods. The market starts morning around 9 o`clock and continues till 2...

Gorna Vasilitsa

Mummers Festival (winter - on Day of Forgiveness)
Category: Events & Festivals in Gorna Vasilitsa
Each year the village of Gorna Vasilitsa hosts a mummer celebrations. The event is conducted annually on the Maslenitsa (the Day of Forgiveness) during the winter, and has become traditional for the region.

Kostenets

Temple St. Martyr George
Category: Church in Kostenets
The construction of the church "St. Martyr George" ("Sv.Velikomachenik George") in town of Kostenets was started in July 1928. The temple was completed and officially inaugurated in September 1932. The church has beautiful carved altar and bishop`s throne. There is a fountain and...

Gorna Vasilitsa

Church of St. John the Baptist
Category: Church in Gorna Vasilitsa
Church of St. John the Baptist is situated in the hamlet "New neighborhood" of village of Gorna Vasilitsa. The church was built in 1855 and is one of the oldest in the municipality of Kostenets. It has remarkable frescoes and a bell tower.

Podgorie

Chapel St. Elijah
Category: Church in Podgorie
The Chapel of St. Elijah near of village of Podgorie (Kostenets municipality) dates from 1924. The church has a large yard with sheds and tables, and each year, at the patron saint`s day, here is organized sabor (a fair).

Golak

Golashkata cave
Category: Cave in Golak
"Golashkata cave" is located in the area "Osmansko dere" - 4-5 km. away of village of Golak and about 15 km. away from town of Kostenets. This is not a natural cave but the old mining gallery used hundreds of years ago (according to some theories - even before the Ottoman rule), ...

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