Sights in Region South-Western

In the "Manastirishte" locality above the village of Bratushkovo is located a tree whose roots run water. There is a belief these waters are healing, and locals call the place "Holy waters". There is a tourist route from village of Bratushkovo to the site with the springs.Recently the waters are...

The Dragoman marsh is located in the foot of the karst mountain Chepan, 1.5 km north-east of town of Dragoman in the direction to the village of Golemo Malovo. It occupies an area of about 350000m2.The place was declared a reserve and there are more than 140 plant and 200 animal species (mainly...

Skoka (means "The Jump") Waterfall is one of the largest and the most beautiful natural attractions in Pirin Mountain. The waterfall is located 2km away of the village of Kashina and 10 km from the Rozhen monastery. There are info-boards to it, starting from the village. The name comes f...

Park "Borisovata gradina" ("The garden of Boris") in Sofia is located in the central part of the city. It was created in 1882 - 1884 year and the first plants there were planted by the Swiss gardener Daniel Neff. Over the years the park has had different names -...

The Djindjiritsa reserve (aka Bayuvi Dupki) was established in 1934 and is one of the oldest reserves in Bulgaria. It covers an area of about 3000 hectares in Pirin mountain, at altitude between  1200 and 2884 m., not far away west of towns of Bansko and Razlog. The reserve is a home of variety of ...

In the central part of Sofia, at the beginning of the "Iskar" street, there is a centuries-old tree of species Morus alba (White mulberry).The experts estimate age of the tree to approximately 650 years. The tree is declared "Protected natural site" and is included in the register of the ancient...

Region around Melnik is rich of an unique nature phenomenon - the sandstones pyramids. They can be seen in the land of town of Melnik and villages of Karlanovo, Rojen and Sushitsa.The Pyramids are very impressive, reaching a height of 100 meters. The rock formations are located at an altitude of 350...

"The Wedding" rock formation is located south-west of village of Osenovo. It is a fantastic nature composition formed by weathering of limestone. It is called "The wedding" in relation with a local legend that tells about an evil mother in law who is cursed wedding and they were...

Sofia "South Park" is located in the southern part of the city, between Byala Cherkva str (at North), boulevard "Petko Todorov" (at west) Henrih Ibsen str (at South) and Kozyak str. (at East ).The park is well developed with alleys, flower gardens, lawns, benches, attractions ...

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...