Kalofer Town

Kalofer is located at the foot of The Balkans, at an altitude of 665 meters. The population of Kalofer is about 3000 people. It is the birthplace of the Bulgarian poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev. Over the centuries the town has been an important cultural and commercial center. Most of the locals are involved in the cultivation of the oil rose, which is used to produce the famous Bulgarian rose oil. There is a monastery "Nativity of the Virgin" and "Byala reka" eco trail near Kalofer. Panichishte area is one of the starting points for "Raisko praskalo" waterfall and Botev Peak.

Sights:

Hristo Botev National Museum
The school of daskal Botyo Petkov (Hristo Botev's father)
The Monument of Hristo Botev
"Sveta Bogoroditsa" Church

Events:

Throwing the cross into the icy waters of Tundzha on Epiphany and the "male national dance" in the river
15 August - The festival of Kalofer Lace
June 2 - the day of Hristo Botev

Text: Nedyalko Mihalev | Photos: Nedyalko Mihalev | Location: N: 42.613991, E: 24.969593
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"Sveta Bogoroditsa" Church, Kalofer Town

Distance: ~ 55m.
N: 42.613194 | E: 24.976221

"Birth of the Holy Mother" Monastery, Kalofer Town

Distance: ~ 5km.
N: 42.654861 | E: 24.959307

"Byala reka" eco trail, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 5km.
N: 42.657501 | E: 24.961992

Raisko praskalo waterfall, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 10km.
N: 42.701153 | E: 24.925369

During the "Balkaniada 2024" marathon

Distance: ~ 12km.
N: 42.699600 | E: 24.881126

Botev Peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 12km.
N: 42.717419 | E: 24.917194

"Ravnets" hut, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 13km.
N: 42.664055 | E: 24.828894

Karlovo Town

Distance: ~ 13km.
N: 42.638283 | E: 24.812136

Balkaniada - 25 km, 2024

Distance: ~ 14km.
N: 42.650532 | E: 24.810822

Vasil Levski Monument, Karlovo Town

Distance: ~ 14km.
N: 42.637508 | E: 24.806076

"Suchurum" waterfall, Karlovo Town

Distance: ~ 14km.
N: 42.653355 | E: 24.808872

"Vasil Levski" hut, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 14km.
N: 42.704731 | E: 24.852385

"Balkanski rozi" hut, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 15km.
N: 42.698830 | E: 24.827217

"Hubavets" hut, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 15km.
N: 42.684269 | E: 24.809015

Thracian sanctuary "Golemiyat zhertvenik"

Distance: ~ 16km.
N: 42.482792 | E: 25.044088

Ancient road

Distance: ~ 16km.
N: 42.480217 | E: 25.046413

Thracian sanctuary "Zmeyoviyat polog"

Distance: ~ 16km.
N: 42.480122 | E: 25.046267

Megalith "Ritual table"

Distance: ~ 16km.
N: 42.480072 | E: 25.046259

Megalith "Slancheva vrata"

Distance: ~ 16km.
N: 42.480011 | E: 25.046261

Thracian sanctuary "Pirostiyata"

Distance: ~ 16km.
N: 42.568333 | E: 25.158794

"Kupena" Peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 17km.
N: 42.723301 | E: 24.818260

Thracian sanctuary "Pravite kamani"

Distance: ~ 17km.
N: 42.482521 | E: 25.086082

"Malak Kupen" Peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 18km.
N: 42.721443 | E: 24.812630

Sopot Town

Distance: ~ 18km.
N: 42.653378 | E: 24.760073

"Skokat" Roman bridge, Turia

Distance: ~ 18km.
N: 42.572937 | E: 25.179493

"Bezimen" Peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 18km.
N: 42.722057 | E: 24.803680

On the way to thracian sanctuary "Pravite kamani"

Distance: ~ 18km.
N: 42.477928 | E: 25.091772

"Balansiraniyat kamak" rock formation

Distance: ~ 18km.
N: 42.465595 | E: 25.068546

Thracian sanctuary "Lyulyakovo svetilishte"

Distance: ~ 19km.
N: 42.465000 | E: 25.074503

"Kalboto" rock formation

Distance: ~ 19km.
N: 42.464939 | E: 25.075035

Thracian sanctuary "Litseto"

Distance: ~ 19km.
N: 42.478142 | E: 25.104023

"Postaveniyat kamak" rock formation

Distance: ~ 19km.
N: 42.464092 | E: 25.073195

Kaplivets Dam

Distance: ~ 19km.
N: 42.471561 | E: 25.094358

"Trona" rock formation

Distance: ~ 19km.
N: 42.464386 | E: 25.078421

"Ascension of the God" Sopot Monastery

Distance: ~ 19km.
N: 42.663715 | E: 24.748638

Thracian sanctuary "Korabat"

Distance: ~ 19km.
N: 42.479446 | E: 25.112589

Sopot chairlift

Distance: ~ 19km.
N: 42.664444 | E: 24.746948

"Malka Ambaritsa" Peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 19km.
N: 42.722507 | E: 24.787176

"Dondukovo" Dam

Distance: ~ 19km.
N: 42.444187 | E: 25.011423

Sopotski waterfall

Distance: ~ 19km.
N: 42.672077 | E: 24.745680

"Levski" (Ambaritsa) Peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 19km.
N: 42.720341 | E: 24.781040

"Yaitseto" rock formation

Distance: ~ 19km.
N: 42.441734 | E: 25.012478

Thracian sanctuary "Slanchevata vrata"

Distance: ~ 20km.
N: 42.479130 | E: 25.124006

"Prozoretsat" rock formation

Distance: ~ 20km.
N: 42.440506 | E: 25.015917

"Damascena" Ethnographic complex, Ckobelevo Village

Distance: ~ 20km.
N: 42.670204 | E: 25.200251

Velkov's grave

Distance: ~ 20km.
N: 42.440475 | E: 25.034155

"Dobrila" Hut, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 20km.
N: 42.711094 | E: 24.761126

Dolmen "Plochata"

Distance: ~ 20km.
N: 42.436497 | E: 25.027006

Anevo Fortress

Distance: ~ 21km.
N: 42.681870 | E: 24.732876

Thracian sanctuary "Kutela"

Distance: ~ 22km.
N: 42.484932 | E: 25.177732

MiG-21 Monument, Zelenikovo

Distance: ~ 24km.
N: 42.410545 | E: 25.081091

Hisarya Town

Distance: ~ 25km.
N: 42.503864 | E: 24.708229

Archaeological Museum, Hisarya

Distance: ~ 25km.
N: 42.501865 | E: 24.706188

Roman Thermae, Hisarya

Distance: ~ 25km.
N: 42.500526 | E: 24.703583

Ancient Roman town of Diocletianopolis

Distance: ~ 25km.
N: 42.500221 | E: 24.703730

Rock formation "The Cat"

Distance: ~ 25km.
N: 42.695427 | E: 25.258377

Roman tomb, Hisarya

Distance: ~ 25km.
N: 42.495705 | E: 24.703075

Malak Ispolin Peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 26km.
N: 42.732265 | E: 25.248135

Tuzlata Peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 27km.
N: 42.725555 | E: 25.256868

Ispolin Peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 27km.
N: 42.738308 | E: 25.252117

Chifut Peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 27km.
N: 42.731907 | E: 25.259720

Geographical center of Bulgaria

Distance: ~ 28km.
N: 42.766056 | E: 25.238428

Koprinka Dam

Distance: ~ 28km.
N: 42.613995 | E: 25.313160

Thracian tomb "Golyama Arsenalka"

Distance: ~ 29km.
N: 42.699585 | E: 25.309332

Thracian tomb "Donkova mogila"

Distance: ~ 30km.
N: 42.706642 | E: 25.312113

Temple-Memorial "Nativity of Christ", Shipka Town

Distance: ~ 32km.
N: 42.716011 | E: 25.329029

"Uspenie Bogorodichno" Troyan Monastery

Distance: ~ 32km.
N: 42.862106 | E: 24.780857

Mramorno Lake

Distance: ~ 32km.
N: 42.344971 | E: 25.121225

National Park Museum "Shipka"

Distance: ~ 32km.
N: 42.748108 | E: 25.321484

Kurt Hisar Peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 33km.
N: 42.759438 | E: 24.624031

"Pateka prez vekovete", Buzovgrad village

Distance: ~ 33km.
N: 42.577148 | E: 25.367027

Rock formation "Megalith", Buzovgrad Village

Distance: ~ 33km.
N: 42.573574 | E: 25.369255

Rock formation "The Men's Stone", Buzovgrad village

Distance: ~ 33km.
N: 42.573227 | E: 25.370241

"Suvcharsko praskalo" Waterfall

Distance: ~ 34km.
N: 42.758808 | E: 24.607914

Kazanlak virgin monastery "Presentation of the Virgin"

Distance: ~ 34km.
N: 42.617020 | E: 25.382771

Buzovo kale Fortress, Buzovgrad Village

Distance: ~ 34km.
N: 42.573048 | E: 25.379004

"The Arch of Freedom" Monument

Distance: ~ 34km.
N: 42.776833 | E: 24.614359

Thracian tomb "Sarafova mogila"

Distance: ~ 34km.
N: 42.675549 | E: 25.381395

The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak

Distance: ~ 35km.
N: 42.625839 | E: 25.399176

Sunny door - Momini kamane, Starosel Village

Distance: ~ 35km.
N: 42.515671 | E: 24.559336

"Drakon" Racing Circuit, Bulgaria

Distance: ~ 36km.
N: 42.340130 | E: 24.736549

Sokolski Monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno"

Distance: ~ 36km.
N: 42.797421 | E: 25.338432

Hiking to Kozya stena peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 36km.
N: 42.785080 | E: 24.588884

Thracian Mound "Horizon", Starosel Village

Distance: ~ 37km.
N: 42.511383 | E: 24.541718

Buzludzha Monument

Distance: ~ 37km.
N: 42.736027 | E: 25.393663

ETAR Architectural Ethnographic Complex, Gabrovo Town

Distance: ~ 37km.
N: 42.803478 | E: 25.349195

Thracian Cult Complex "Chetinyova Mogila", Starosel Village

Distance: ~ 38km.
N: 42.508640 | E: 24.530251

Near Kozya stena peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 39km.
N: 42.788803 | E: 24.558348

Kozya stena Peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 39km.
N: 42.792187 | E: 24.560619

Boba Peak, The Balkans

Distance: ~ 40km.
N: 42.789677 | E: 24.540066

Thracian tomb "Momina mogila"

Distance: ~ 40km.
N: 42.303738 | E: 25.221079

Thracian sanctuary of the Sun, Kanchevo village

Distance: ~ 41km.
N: 42.528973 | E: 25.451262

Pyasachnik Dam

Distance: ~ 42km.
N: 42.411167 | E: 24.537857

"Kazaneto" waterfall

Distance: ~ 43km.
N: 42.455994 | E: 25.443258

"Skoka" waterfall, Kaleitsa village

Distance: ~ 43km.
N: 42.924809 | E: 24.652681

Klisura Town

Distance: ~ 43km.
N: 42.693203 | E: 24.449224

"Bogorodichna stapka", Stara Zagora mineral baths

Distance: ~ 46km.
N: 42.463638 | E: 25.493778

Ducks in the lake of Mineralni bani, Stara Zagora

Distance: ~ 46km.
N: 42.449581 | E: 25.491064

The lake of Mineralni bani, Stara Zagora

Distance: ~ 47km.
N: 42.449970 | E: 25.492254

Maglizhki Monastery "St. Nikolay"

Distance: ~ 47km.
N: 42.623699 | E: 25.542238

Bozhentsi Village

Distance: ~ 47km.
N: 42.874207 | E: 25.424122

"Golemiya skok" waterfall, Maglizh

Distance: ~ 47km.
N: 42.647713 | E: 25.543362

"Sostra" Fortress

Distance: ~ 48km.
N: 42.985180 | E: 24.673759

Residential complex in Delimonyovo Kale

Distance: ~ 49km.
N: 42.361839 | E: 25.458710

Georgi Benkovski Monument, Koprivshtitsa

Distance: ~ 50km.
N: 42.636639 | E: 24.363546

George Benkovski Museum House, Koprivshtitsa

Distance: ~ 50km.
N: 42.636269 | E: 24.362164

Yako Dorosiev Museum House, Koprivshtitsa

Distance: ~ 50km.
N: 42.636017 | E: 24.362064

Koprivshtitsa Town

Distance: ~ 50km.
N: 42.636395 | E: 24.360939

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