Famous Bulgarian Towns and Villages

Famous Bulgarian Towns and Villages

Blagoevgrad

• Blagoevgrad

  Melnik

  Bulgaria's smallest town, an architectural reserve among sand pyramids, famous for its wine.
• Blagoevgrad

  Kovachevitsa

  A stone village high in the western Rhodopes, protected as an architectural reserve.
• Blagoevgrad

  Leshten

  A restored mountain village in the western Rhodopes, now almost entirely guesthouses.
• Blagoevgrad

  Sandanski

  A spa town in the south-west with the warmest average climate in Bulgaria, 20 km from the Greek border.

Dobrich

• Dobrich

  Kavarna

  A coastal town in Dobruja near Cape Kaliakra, with golf courses, a yacht port and a long beach.

Gabrovo

• Gabrovo

  Bozhentsi

  A village and architectural reserve in the Balkan Mountains near Gabrovo, with stone-roofed Revival houses.
• Gabrovo

  Dryanovo

  A small town in Gabrovo Province with a monastery, the Bacho Kiro cave and the house of builder Kolyu Ficheto.
• Gabrovo

  Tryavna

  A Balkan town near Gabrovo with about 140 cultural monuments and a famous school of woodcarving.
• Gabrovo

  Etar

  An open-air museum of Revival-era crafts, water mills and workshops near Gabrovo.

Kyustendil

• Kyustendil

  Sapareva Banya

  A spa town at the foot of Rila with the hottest mineral spring in Bulgaria and a geyser in the town centre.

Lovech

• Lovech

  Apriltsi

  A mountain town at the foot of Botev Peak, a growing base for the Central Balkan National Park.
• Lovech

  Ribaritsa

  A mountain village on the Beli Vit river near Teteven, popular for holidays in the Balkan Mountains.
• Lovech

  Troyan

  A town in the central Balkan Mountains, known for its monastery, pottery and plum brandy.
• Lovech

  Teteven

  A town on the Vit river at the foot of the Balkan Mountains, a base for walking and caving.

Pazardjik

• Pazardjik

  Panagyurishte

  An industrial town in Sredna Gora: the hub of Bulgaria's optics industry and a major copper mining site, and home of a famous Thracian treasure.
• Pazardjik

  Velingrad

  One of Bulgaria's main spa resorts, in the Chepino valley of the western Rhodopes.

Plovdiv

• Plovdiv

  Hisarya

  A spa town in Plovdiv Province with Roman walls and baths and many mineral springs.
• Plovdiv

  Kalofer

  A town between the Balkan Mountains and Sredna Gora, birthplace of the poet Hristo Botev and known for its lace.
• Plovdiv

  Asenovgrad

  The largest Bulgarian town that is not a provincial centre, at the edge of the Rhodopes 20 km from Plovdiv.

Silistra

• Silistra

  Dulovo

  A town in the Ludogorie region of Silistra Province, the third largest in the province.

Sliven

• Sliven

  Kotel

  A mountain town in Sliven Province linked to many leaders of the National Revival, known for its carpets and music school.

Smolyan

• Smolyan

  Shiroka Laka

  A Rhodope village and architectural reserve near Pamporovo, known for its stone houses and folk music school.
• Smolyan

  Momchilovtsi

  A Rhodope village and small ski area 15 km from Smolyan, with large traditional houses and many chapels.
• Smolyan

  Dospat

  A high Rhodope town beside the Dospat reservoir, the highest dam in Bulgaria.
• Smolyan

  Trigrad

  A Rhodope village beside a dramatic marble gorge and the Devil's Throat cave.

Sofia

• Sofia

  Bankya

  A spa town on the western edge of Sofia, at the foot of Lyulin mountain, known for its mineral baths.

Sofia district

• Sofia district

  Koprivshtitsa

  A historic town in the Sredna Gora mountains, centre of the 1876 April Uprising, with colourful Revival houses.

Veliko Tarnovo

• Veliko Tarnovo

  Arbanasi

  A hilltop village 4 km from Veliko Tarnovo with 17th- and 18th-century churches and fortified merchant houses.

Vidin

• Vidin

  Belogradchik

  A small town in the north-west, known for its red sandstone rock formations and a fortress built among them.