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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Kazanlak

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Updated June 6, 2014

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Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Buzludzha Monument

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak

UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.

The courtyard of the Rose Museum.

Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Rose Museum

Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.

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The Tomb of Seuthes III.

Shipka, Bulgaria

The Tomb of Seuthes III

The remarkably well-preserved final resting place of a powerful ancient Thracian king.

6 miles from Kazanlak

Shipka Memorial Church

Shipka, Bulgaria

Shipka Memorial Church

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

7 miles from Kazanlak

Shipka Pass, viewed from Shipka

Gabrovo, Bulgaria

Shipka Pass

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

10 miles from Kazanlak

Old Enio Bonchev Distillery & Family Museum

Tarnicheni, Bulgaria

Old Enio Bonchev Distillery & Family Museum

This rose and lavender oil distillery still operates as it did more than a century ago.

13 miles from Kazanlak

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