This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

The Best Attractions In Samokov

x
Samokov is a town in Sofia Province in the southwest of Bulgaria. It is situated in a basin between the mountains Rila and Vitosha, 55 kilometres from the capital Sofia. Due to the suitable winter sports conditions, Samokov, together with the nearby resort Borovets, is a major tourist centre. In the past, Samokov was a centre of handicrafts and art, with notable figures like Zahari Zograf, Hristo Dimitrov and Nikola Obrazopisov. The town's name is a compound word of samo and kov, respectively meaning self and the root of the verb forge, hammer, and comes from the samokov, a mechanical forge powered by water, since the town of Samokov was a major iron p...
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

The Best Attractions In Samokov

  • 4. Rila Monastery Rila
    The Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila, better known as the Rila Monastery is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is situated in the southwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km south of the capital Sofia in the deep valley of the Rilska River at an elevation of 1,147 m above sea level, inside of Rila Monastery Nature Park. The monastery is named after its founder, the hermit Ivan of Rila , and houses around 60 monks. Founded in the 10th century, the Rila Monastery is regarded as one of Bulgaria's most important cultural, historical and architectural monuments and is a key tourist attraction for both Bulgaria and Southern Europe. In 2008 alone, it attracted 900,000 visitors. The monastery is depicted on the reverse of the 1 lev banknote, issued in 1999.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 5. Borovets Ski Resort Borovets
    Borovets , known as Chamkoria until the middle of the 20th century, is a popular Bulgarian mountain resort situated in Sofia Province, on the northern slopes of Rila, at an altitude of 1350 m. Borovets is 10 km from Samokov, 73 km from Sofia and 125 km from Plovdiv.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 6. Rila National Park Rila
    Rila is a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria and the highest mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkans, with its highest peak being Musala at 2,925 m. The massif is also the sixth highest mountain in Europe , coming after the Caucasus, the Alps, Sierra Nevada, the Pyrenees and Mount Etna, and the highest between the Alps and the Caucasus. More than one-third of the mountain is occupied by the Rila National Park, the rest lies within the Rila Monastery Nature Park. The mountain is believed to have been named after the river of the same name, which comes from the Old Bulgarian verb рыти meaning to grub.Rila is abundant in glacial lakes and hot springs in fault areas at the base of the mountain. Some of the Balkans' longest and deepest rivers originate from Rila, including Maritsa, ...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 7. Geyser Sapareva Banya Sapareva Banya
    This is an alphabetical list of notable geysers, a type of erupting hot spring: Beehive Geyser Beowawe Bolshoi Geyser - see Valley of Geysers Castle Geyser Daisy Geyser Diamond Geyser El Tatio, Northern Chile Excelsior Geyser Fan & Mortar Geysers Floriano de Lemos Geyser Fly Geyser Geysir Giant Geyser Giantess Geyser Grand Geyser Great Fountain Geyser Ledge Geyser Kereru Geyser Lady Knox Geyser Maly Geyser - see Valley of Geysers Minguini Geyser Monarch Geyser Morning Geyser Old Faithful Geyser Pohutu Geyser Prince of Wales Feathers Geyser Riverside Geyser Sakharny Geyser - see Valley of Geysers Sapareva Geyser Sijarinska Geyser , Serbia) Splendid Geyser Steamboat Geyser Steamboat Springs, Strokkur Velikan Geyser - see Valley of Geysers Waimangu Geyser Zhemchuzhny Geyser - see Valley of Ge...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 10. Rila Mountains Bulgaria
    The Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila, better known as the Rila Monastery is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is situated in the southwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km south of the capital Sofia in the deep valley of the Rilska River at an elevation of 1,147 m above sea level, inside of Rila Monastery Nature Park. The monastery is named after its founder, the hermit Ivan of Rila , and houses around 60 monks. Founded in the 10th century, the Rila Monastery is regarded as one of Bulgaria's most important cultural, historical and architectural monuments and is a key tourist attraction for both Bulgaria and Southern Europe. In 2008 alone, it attracted 900,000 visitors. The monastery is depicted on the reverse of the 1 lev banknote, issued in 1999.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 11. Pirin National Park Bulgaria
    The Pirin Mountains are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with Vihren at an altitude of 2,914 m being the highest peak. One hypothessis is the mountain was named after Perun, the highest god of the Slavic pantheon and the god of thunder and lightning. Another version is that the etymology of the range derives from the Thracian word Perinthos, meaning Rocky Mountain. The range extends about 80 km from the north-west to the south-east and is about 40 km wide, spanning a territory of 2,585 km2 . To the north Pirin is separated from Bulgaria's highest mountain range, the Rila Mountains, by the Predel saddle, while to the south it reaches the Slavyanka Mountains. To the west is located the valley of the river Struma and to the east the valley of the river Mesta separates it from the Rh...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Samokov Videos

Menu