Jeravna and Sliven "The Blue mountains"

Jeravna is a little Bulgarian village with ancient Bulgarian Renaissance architecture, situated in the central part of the Eastern Balkan mountains, near the town of Kotel, in Bulgaria.The village of Jeravna has 330 houses and 550 habitants. Jeravna is a world wide known architectural reserve. The village keeps more than 200 wooden houses. Some of them are over 300 years old. Every year Jeravna meets more     than 130 000 tourists. More than the half of them are foreigners.

The land around Jeravna has been inhabitted by the Thracians. There are no clear evidences for the time they desapear, but there are facts that proves they were here. The Vida fortress has been constructed around 4th century. It was an important power point at the mountain pass called "Demir kapu" that means "Iron Gates". The legend tells there were stone walls and iron gates, keeping the pass to the Northern parts of the country. Today there are stiil some remains from the fortress, the walls and a 2 kilometers long entrenchment.

The ethnographical museum of Jeravna keeps an interesting coin collection that tells many facts about the history of the area. All the coins (Roman and Attic) have been discovered in the village or near the village. This fact tells that Jeravna has been inhabitted by the Romans and the Byzantines. The mountain ridge above the village was the place where passed the border between ancient Bulgaria and the Roman empire. Later it becomes the border between Bulgaria and Byzantium.

08.00 Departure from Sunny beach

10.00  Arrival at Jeravna; sightseeing tour, visit to a Bulgarian church, a museum,  lunch

14.00  Departure to Sliven; lift trip to the Karandila nature reserve (not included in tour costs -  20 minutes ride: 10 leva); 

Blue mountain chair lift

visit to a crystal  shop in  Sliven; free time

18.00  Return to Sunny beach 

Adults: 70 leva Children (2-12): 35 leva

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