Sights in Region South-Western

Art Gallery "Vladimir Dimitrov-The Master" in Kyustendil is included in the list of The hundred tourist sites of Bulgaria.It was established in 1944 in the Ahmed Bey mosque. The Initiative was of Dragan Lozenski, Cyril Tsonev and Dr. Georgi Efremov. The base of the galley were  50 works o...

The five-six hundred meters north of the Dragushinovo village, at the right from the road to village of Zlokuchene, is situated  the "Boyoov dol" locality. The region is a historic and there are lot of sagas and legends about it.In the beginning of the XXI-st century there was built a ...

Jablyano monastery "St. John the Baptist" is located at the foot of Koniavska Mountain (under the Kurilovo peak), only 2 km southwards of Jablyano village. There is no information when the monastery was founded. As many of Bulgarian monasteries this was also destroyed during the Ottoman...

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...

Church of St. George is the main landmark of village Zlatolist (Sandanski Municipality). In the beginning of the last century there was lived a nun - Prepodobna Stoina, who was a prophetess and helped people. She is considered a precursor of the famous Bulgarian prophet Baba Vanga. Under the church ...

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 ...

The Bistritsa Monastery St. Petka is located in the Kalugerovi Livadi district (Vitosha mountain), in the northwestern outskirts of the Bistritsa village, around 15 km away from the capital Sofia. The monastery was constructed in X-th century, but was destroyed during the Ottomans in XIV-th century....

The ski resort of Semkovo is located at the foot of Rila mountain, around 17 km north of town of Belitsa. It is situated at 1700 meters above sea level, among pine-tree forests with an exclusive panoramic view towards the high Rila peaks.Semkovo offers good opportunities for winter sports and summer...

The Roman Baths of ancient town of Pautalia are constructed in II - III-rd century. They are the second biggest after the Odesos ones (Varna) of all the so far studied Roman baths in Bulgaria. The Pautaliya Baths building has a rectangular plan having a built up area of 3000 sq.m. A total of 6...

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...