Starosel
This is the largest Thracian tomb-temple and one of the most beautiful ever discovered. It is located on top of a hill in the heart of a wooded natural area, 50 km north of Plovdiv on the edge of the Thracian plain. It is a [...]
Tomb of Seuthes
The most famous tomb-temple in the Valley of the Thracian Kings is that of King Seuthes III, located near the village of Shipka and known as Kosmatka. The site remained sealed for 2,300 years and was discovered by Bulgarian archaeologist Georgi Kitov only in the [...]
Kazanlak
Valley of the Kings – Kazanlak To the north of the city of Kazanlak, hundreds of monumental Thracian tomb-temples were discovered, shaped as large round burial mounds. These include remarkable paintings, gold treasures, and monumental architecture. The valley, also known as the Valley of the [...]
Buzovgrad
10 km south of Kazanlak, in the foothills of the Sredna Gora Mountains, on a hill bordering the valley, there is a gate built of massive stones, inside of which there is an opening through which sunlight shines on the longest day of the year. [...]
Sliven
In the east of the Balkan Mountains lies the town of Sliven, which was a center of rebels against the Ottomans — the local Hayduks who found refuge in the mountains and the blue rocks above it. Today, there is a long cable car that [...]
Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora is an ancient and large City in Bulgarian terms (140,000 people) located in the north-east of the Thracian plain. Neolithic villages were discovered near it, the most important of which is Karanovo. The fertile plain was the center of the agricultural revolution that [...]
Belintash
The center of the Rhodope Mountains is a beautiful and wooded area, high mountains cut by deep canyons, where the largest fir forests in the Balkans exist, hundreds of bears, and some of the most beautiful landscapes in Europe are found. In the northern part [...]
Ancient Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, home to nearly half a million people. It is located in an excellent position in the heart of the fertile Thracian plain and serves as a center of industry, culture, and art. The city consists of seven hills [...]
Tsari Mali Grad
North of the Rila Mountains, not far from the Seven Lakes, is the Citadel Museum of Tsari Mali Grad. It is a large complex that has been adapted for tourism, including an ancient church, a rope park, museum rooms, and a reconstruction of the fortress [...]
Samokov
Twenty minutes’ drive from Tsari Mali Grad is the city of Samokov, which is the historical capital of the region north of the Rila Mountains. Samokov is not far from the Borovets ski resort, in the center of a fertile valley and at a crossroads. [...]
