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| Tour 9: VELINGRAD | |||
| VELINGRAD
- a town in Chepinska Valley, Western Rhodopes, 50 km south-west of Pazardzhik;
balneological and climatic resort at an altitude of 745 m. Population of 26 000.
A station along the railway line Septemvri-Dobrinishte. Known since antiquity for local hot mineral springs - nowadays numbering more than 70. Those distributed on the territory of the town register temperature and geochemical differences. In Chepino quarter (18 springs and boreholes) the waters are alkaline, hydrocarbonate-sulphate, sodium, fluorine, with lowest mineralization and temperature up to 48 oC. These manifest higher radioactivity. Here one can also find the cold Karst spring Kleptouza that fills two beautiful lakes. On the land of Luzhene quarter there are 42 springs and 6 boreholes. In terms of prevailing content the waters are defined as fluorine; the temperature rises from 22 to 66 oC. Kamenitsa quarter has the hottest waters (up to 91oC) and these are sulphate-hydrocarbonate, sodium, fluorine, silicon, with higher mineralization. The mineral waters heal rheumatism, arthritis, neuralgia, etc. These are used in balneological health stations, hotels, mineral pools and baths. The mild climate is suitable for the curing of lung diseases. The territory of the town is first settled by the Thracians (11th C.) in Bulgarian territory. The history of the three villages is related to the forceful conversion to Mohammedanism in 1666. The Church of the Holy Trinity (1816) and the Church of the Holy Virgin. Velingrad is a starting point of hiking routes in the Western Rhodopes. | |||
| Tour 9 - more | |||
Rhodopes *
St. Cyricus and Yulitta Monastery *
Kouklen Monastery *
Asenovgrad *
Bachkovo Monastery *
Narechenski Bani *
Chudnite Mostove *
Pamporovo *
Smolyan *
Agoushevi Konatsi *
Shiroka Luka *
Trigrads Gorge *
Yagodina Cave *
Batak * Dorkovo
* Rakitovo * Velingrad *
Tsepina *
Yundola *
Koupena Reserve *
Bratsigovo *
Snezhanka Cave *
Peroushtitsa
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