Sights in District Kyustendil

The Goritza waterfall is situated along the Goritsa River in the Rila Mountain, near the village of Ovchartsi and the town of Sapareva Banya. It is situated at 900 meters above sea level and is the lowest located waterfall in Rila. The waterfall is 39 meters high and at the bottom forms a...

The Stob`s Pyramids are rock formations with an average height of about 10 meters (some of them reaching to 12 meters). They are located 600-750 meters altitude in the western part of the Rila Mountain - in the localities of "Kulski rid" and "Tsarkvishteto" above the village of...

The park Hisarlaka is situated near town of Kyustendil, on the hill with the same name - Hisarlaka. It extends to 1300 m2. After some forestation activities nowadays there predominate the pine, white pine, spruce, fir, linden, maple and others.Between the city and the park there are many paths...

Sv. Ivan Rislki Chudotvorets (St. John of Rila the Miracle Worker) is a Bulgarian cleric - the most famous Bulgarian hermit saint, heavenly protector and patron of Bulgarian people. The saint was born 876 years in the village of Skrino and died in 946. Southwest of the village, about half a...