Sights in District Sofia

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...

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 ...

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....

The Memorial "The new cemetery over Slivnitsa" is located in the area of Dlagshan near Slivnitsa. It was erected on 1 June 2010, on the occasion of 125 years of the Serbian- Bulgarian War. It represents a cross and is built in honor of killed in the war Bulgarian and Serbian soldiers.The cross is 6...

West of the village of Dragushinovo, on the left side of the main road 82 from Samokov - Sofia, is built a monument, dedicated to the partisans from Samokov region, died in 1944. The monument represents a composition of a sculpture of a woman with a child. On the front side of the pedestals are i...

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 ...

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....

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...

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...

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 rel...