Sights in District Sofia

On December 1 Botevgrad municipality celebrates its official public holiday. On this date in 1934 the town was renamed from the Turkish Orhanie to Botevgrad, after the great Bulgarian revolutionary Hristo Botev. There are musical and cultural events on this date in Botevgrad....

St. Тodors day is a big holiday for the Christians and official holiday of Dragoshinovo village. The fest is characterized by horse racing (kushii), but unique for the the village of Dragoshinovo is made during the feast votive meal of crab (rachnik - from Bulgarian word "rack" = ...

Every last Sunday of the month of May in the village of Pchelin is organized a village fair. The event is not extensive, but there is enough humor, songs, dances, beer and kebabcheta.For children there are several stalls with toys, treats and "candy cotton".The fair is held in the courtyard of...

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....

Each year in the autumn (October or November) the officer community "Gurgulyat - descendants" held a national march-worship "The avenue of Immortality - Slivnitsa 1885". The route follows the steps of the glorious Bulgarian army during the war against Serbia in 1885 for the U...