in summer

In summer Bansko and the region offers a wide variety of activities.

• Hiking tours

• Mountain cycling

• Picnics

• Horseback riding

• Fishing - Krinets dam, Belizma dam, fishpond in Dobrinishte

• Riding buggy

In Bansko you can visit the following sights:

• The Holy Trinity Church

The church is located in the center of Bansko and is one of the symbols of the city. Until the construction of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, it was the largest church in the country. It was built in 1835 by local masters. There is a Christian cross and a Turkish crescent above the main entrance are close symbolizing tolerance between the two religions. The temple complex, which includes the church, the bell tower and the stone fence wall, was declared an architectural and cultural monument, and is one of the brightest achievements of the Renaissance.

• Velyanova House

Built in the 18th century, the house is one of the brightest achievements of the Bulgarian Renaissance. It is a house-fortress, with thick exterior walls, battlements, small windows with iron bars. Such houses have built many wealthy Bulgarians during the Ottoman rule. It has been declared immovable cultural value of national importance.

• Nikola Vaptsarov House Museum

It is located in the center of Bansko and is one of the symbols of the town. In the home of the great Bulgarian poet you will feel the atmosphere in which he lived and has formed himself as a person.

• House "Neofit Rilski"

• "St. Paisii Hilendarski" Museum

• Permanent exhibition of a Bansko art school

• Old Town

• City park

• Sunday market

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In the Bansko region we can offer to visit:

• Dancing Bears Park

• Dobarsko

• Kovachevitsa

• Lešthen

• Melnik

• Rozhen Monastery

• Rupite

• Rila Monastery