{"id":4254,"date":"2022-07-25T07:33:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T07:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/bulgaria\/?p=4254"},"modified":"2022-07-31T19:09:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T19:09:37","slug":"strelcha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/bulgaria\/strelcha\/","title":{"rendered":"Strelcha"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Strelcha is a small Bulgarian town with 4,284 residents as of September 2013. The settlement is located 13 kilometers (kilometers) east of Panagyurishte and 41 kilometers (kilometers) north of Pazardzhik. It is the capital of the municipality of the same name, which is located in Pazardzhik Province. It is located in a valley on the Sredna Gora mountain\u2019s southern flanks.<\/p>

Strelcha\u2019s favorable microclimate, environment, and mineral water springs, together with its rich history and natural attractions, have transformed it into a year-round national spa resort. Even though the town\u2019s tourism business suffered some decline in the early post-communist era, it has begun to recover in the past few of years.<\/p>

Arguably the town\u2019s most significant landmark is the Bulgarian Orthodox Archangel Michael Church \u2013 Monument to the inhabitants of Strelcha who perished during the April Uprising of 1876, the Balkan Wars, and World War I. Their inscriptions may be found on both sides of the cathedral.<\/p>

Strelcha\u2019s rose gardens cover an area of about 3,000 decares, as this location is one of the largest producers of rose oil in Bulgaria. The municipality produces the finest rose oil. Apart from roses, Strelcha has successfully produced lavender since the 1990s and 2000s, from which first-class essential oil is derived.<\/p>

Outside of Strelcha, the route to Koprivshtitsa (24 kilometers) passes through natural rock formations. Three kilometers southeast of Strelcha lies the Zhaba Mogila (\u201eFrog Mound\u201c), an archaeological site where archaeologists discovered a Thracian temple. The mound is one of the largest in Bulgaria, standing more than 20 meters tall and measuring around 80\u201390 meters in circumference. The two rooms and fa\u00e7ade are constructed entirely of huge, expertly cut stone blocks that are joined with iron fittings and coated with lead. The largest of these blocks is 2.6 m by 0.6 m in size. Their organization is considered faultless. A 75-meter-long tunnel has been excavated under the mound and is being converted into a museum. A second stone structure, thought to have been a sanctuary, has been discovered in the mound\u2019s northwest corner. It is comprised of three halls totaling 25 square metres.<\/p>

2.5 kilometers south of Strelcha are the ruins of the Strelcha Fortress (Kaleto), which is thought to date from the 9-10th centuries A.D. The castle was constructed on a separate hill on the right side of the Luda Yana River; the fortress walls were enclosed by a rectangular rectangle about 140 m in length and 50\u201360 m in breadth. Additionally, to the south and southeast of Strelcha, there are remnants of many ancient strongholds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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With its one-of-a-kind historical and geographical characteristics, natural and historical attractions, mineral water and rose planting regions, Bulgaria is a tourism paradise for both domestic and international visitors.<\/p>

Strelchanska The Luda Yana River passes through town, and around 5 kilometers distant is the Strelcha dam, which is ideal for fishing, resting, and wandering in magnificent environment.<\/p>

The Thracian tomb \u201eZhaba mogila\u201c and the ruins of the Thracian village \u201eKaleto\u201c are noteworthy attractions in the vicinity.<\/p>

Strelcha contains three mineral springs with water temperatures ranging from 23\u00b0C to 45\u00b0C with proven therapeutic properties for a variety of ailments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Plovdiv is Bulgaria\u2019s second biggest city, with a population of 341,567 in 2015 and a metropolitan area population of 544,628.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Strelcha is a small Bulgarian town with 4,284 residents as of September 2013. The settlement is located 13 kilometers (kilometers) east of Panagyurishte and 41 kilometers (kilometers) north of Pazardzhik. It is the capital of the municipality of the same name, which is located in Pazardzhik Province. It is located in a valley on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[146],"class_list":["post-4254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destinations-in-bulgaria","tag-spa-towns-in-bulgaria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4254"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12704,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4254\/revisions\/12704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}