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Centralsouth Bulgaria > Pavel Banya > Surrounding areas
Surrounding areas of Pavel Banya
Two kilometres west is the Dabravata Area, covered with mixed foliage and beautiful meadows. Extremely soothing to the heart and the coronary system as well as the lungs with a healing effect long proved. Two kilometres south is the Izvora (the Spring), the waters of which have a most healing effect on the excretory system. In the village of Touria (another 4 kilometres south) is the birthplace - and house - of the Bulgarian writer Choudomir and the ethnographic hall “Nashentsi” (Our Folks).
6-7 km to the south is located the village of Gabarevo with Dzhananov’s House where Vassil Levski established a revolutionary committee in 1869. At present the house is hosting exhibition of paintings dedicated to the Apostle of Freedom, as well as an exposition of private belongings of Petrana Klissourova – a graphic painter and poetess.
In the neighbouring village of Turnichane there is a branch of the Kazanluk Art Gallery exhibiting works of the famous painters Dechko Stoev, Stefan Yankoulov, Hristo Forev, the sculptures of Ivan Topalov, as well as the permanent exhibition of the natural wood-plastics of the artist Hristo Yotov.
In the village of Gorno Sahrane (7 km to the north) is the “Bate Mitko” entertainment establishment (bar, discotheque, an open pool and an exotic zoo, giving home to crocodiles, a jaguar, turtles, roes, deer, mountain goats, parrots etc. Some 10 kilometres to the south on the way to the town of Rakovski and the city of Plovdiv one can see a rare tree (an interesting natural phenomemon ) - the Kichest Gabur Tree (the branchy hornbeam tree), now 160 year old.
Pavel Banya is the starting point of numerous tourist tracks, which lead throughout the Stara Planina and Sredna Gora Mountains. From the village of Touria one may follow the track to the Sredna Gora chalets - Bratan Chalet (4 hours) and Kavakliika Chalet (3-hours’ walk, 17 km by car). Stara Planina can be challenged from the village of Skobelevo (about 10 km north of Pavel Banya) for reaching the Mazalat Chalet (4.30 hours), the Sokolna Chalet can be climbed from the village of Gabarevo (2.30 hours), from the village of Tuzha (15 km north-west of Pavel Banya) one can reach the Roussalka Chalet (2.30 hours, 13 km truck road) and Tuzha Chalet (6 hours walk, 25 km of truck road).
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