Sights in Municipality Gurmen

Cave Manoilov hole (aka Manuilova) is located near the village of Ribnovo (Garmen municipality), on the lower slope of Ribnovo gully. The cave is 2175 meters long - the longest cave in Dubrava the Western Rhodopes. Its entrance is oriented to north and is situated 4.3 meters above the bed of the...

The Kayaliyski rocks are located in the village of Kovachevitsa (Garmen Municipality), at an altitude of 1500-1600 meters.The rocks have shape of massive stone pyramids. They are formed in the times by erosion of granites of the Rila-West Rhodopes Batholith formed about 250-300 mln. ago....

Village of Kovachevitsa is located in the southwestern part of Rhodope Mountains, along the Kanina river, about 24 km northeast of town of Gotse Delchev. The village existed since XV - XVI century but its architecture which is kept until today and attracts many visitors, dates to XVII - XIX...

Nicopolis as Nestum is a late-antique settlement on the territory of the village of Garmen in Markov Chiflik and Hisarlaka areas (7 km east of town of Gotse Delchev). This is one of the few preserved fortified towns in Bulgaria.The town was founded near the Nestos river (today`s Mesta), by the ro...

This centuries-old tree is located in village of Garmen, half kilometer away from its center, and is one of the main landmarks of the village. The tree is a representative of the Oriental plane (Platanus orientalis) species, and is more than 600 years old. It is 24 m high and 10,46 m in girth. In ...

The museum of Skrebatno was created by an initiative committee with the help of the whole population of the village. It is housed in a unique building that is more than 300 years old and is built over a ravine, in an old Bulgarian architectural style.The museum collection consists of two parts:-...

St. Nicola church in the village of Kovachevitsa was built in 1848. It is a three-nave pseudobasilica with a large semicircular apse in the east and an external loft in the west. In 1893 a four-floor belfry and a monastery school were built northwest of it and surrounded (together with the church)...

St. George church in village of Garmen was built in 1898 on the base of an older church. It is a three-nave pseudobasilica with a belfry and the arcade of the central nave is decorated with murals (medallions). The iconostasis is large, with a marble imitation.The church is an artistic monument of...

The Mosque in the village of Dolno Dryanovo is an attractive architectural combination of two neighbouring mosques - an old unrestored mosque that is over 500 years old and a new mosque, built in 1998. The mosque in Dolno Dryanovo is one of the biggest in the region....

The Assumption church in the village of Ognyanovo was built in 1835. It is a three-nave pseudobasilica, half-dug into the ground, with a belfry attached to its western part. The church is built of river stones. The church iconostasis is of the panel type, with a painted vine. The socle panels show ...