Sights in Town 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 roa...

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...

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....

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...