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Centralsouth Bulgaria > Haskovo > Surrounding areas
Surrounding areas of HaskovoKenana Park is a beautiful natural park adjacent to the town offering excellent opportunities for recreation, sports and tourism, located 2 kilometres south-west of the town. The Haskovo Mineral Baths is a balneological resort of national importance, located 15 kilometres west of the town (regular, hourly bus line to Haskovo). The 12 mineral water springs have a temperature of 48.5C and an output rate of 35 liters per second. The water is excellent for joint and other bone-structure (spinal) disorders and some gynaecological deceases are cured, as well. There is an open mineral pool. The resort is a starting point for hiking tours along marked tracks through the Eastern Rhodopes (refer to the Rhodope Mountains related chapter herein).
From the Baths one can reach the Sharapanite in about an hours walk. The Sharapani are unique Thracian wineries - enormous grape vessels carved out in plain rock and connected with channels for transporting the fluid (I millennium BC). 7 kilometres to the north-west of the town and 2 kilometres from the village of Klokotnitsa one can find the remains of the Assenova Krepost (Hissarya) (The fortress of Tsar Ivan Assen II) as well as the memorial in honour of the battle of 1230, when Tsar Ivan Asen II captured the Despot of Epir - Theodor Komnin. Close by is a big tourist complex. Regular bus-lines to Haskovo.
20 kilometres away from Haskovo, nearby the village of Alexandrovo, immediately by Maritsa Motorway connecting Europe with Asia, the scientists have excavated a Thracian domed tomb dating back to the second half of the 4th century BC. The wall is covered with paintings displaying hunting scenes with 7 riders, 4 people on foot, 2 deer, 2 wild boars and 9 hunt dogs. The scenes are of unique artistic value, true, expressive, and unparalleled in the Thracian art up to now.
The Sanctuary of the Nymphs is located 10 kilometres to the north-west of the town, near the village of Kasnakovo (refer to Dimitrovgrad section herein). Izvora na Belonogata Tourist Complex is 37 km east of Haskovo (4 km east of Harmanli). Remarkable is the old drinking fountain built in 1585 the legend of which inspired the great Bulgarian poet P. R. Slaveikov to write the poem of the same name, translated as The spring of the white-legged maiden which gave the name of the tourist complex. Accessible by regular bus-lines.
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