Landmarks in the Area

Use this section for nearby day-trip ideas around Banya. For shorter walks inside the town, start with the landmarks in Banya guide.

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Vasil Levski House

Karlovo

It is located 20 km from Banya /20 minutes/, with buses to Karlovo and from Karlovo to Banya every hour from 7:00 to 20:00.

Lift and Ivan Vazov House Museum

Sopot

The lift is located about 2 km from the bus station in Sopot.

Roman walls

Hisar

It is located 12 km from Banya /15 minutes/.

Village of Prolom

The church in the village of Prolom

It is almost next to Banya — 4 km away.

Hristo Botev and Byala Reka

Kalofer and the eco-trail

Kalofer is the birthplace of the great Bulgarian poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev.

Thracian complex

Thracian cult centre – Starosel

Only 20 km from the town of Hisar is the village of Starosel, which became the sensation of the year 2000.

6th century BC

Thracian astronomical observatory - Staro Zhelezare village

It is located in the village of St. Zhelezare — 12 km from the town of Hisar.

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Klisura

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Archaeological and historical museum, Kazanlak tomb, Golyama Kosmatka mound, Kazanlak tomb, Ostrusha mound, Svetitsata mound, Shushmanets temple-mound, Golyama Arsenalka mound, Maglizh Thracian tomb, Sarafova mound near the village of Kran, Sasheva mound, Helvetia mound