Medven

Hotels in Medven, guest houses. Accommodation near Kotel and Zheravna.

Medven is а beautiful and picturesque village located 40 km from Sliven,13 km from the Revival town of Kotel and 15 km from Zheravna in the Balkan Mountains. According to researchers, the name comes either from the 'large black bears wandering through the forests' and according to a travelogue, or from the delicious honey produced in the area. In Medven there are over 100 Revival style houses built 150 years ago which are very well preserved and they are monuments of culture. Two of the most famous houses are the ones of the revolutionary Zahari Stoyanov and the playwrighter Stoyan Bachvarov. They are turned into museum houses and have preserved their interior design as it was decades ago. Today Medven is a quiet, as if magical place with its legends and stories of rebels and revolutionaries. In this unique atmosphere there are conditions for developing rural, ecological, cultural and historical tourism, and the proximity of Kotel and Zheravna guarantees many interesting places to visit. The river of Medvenska flows next to the village. It is known for its beautiful waterfalls of Sini Vir and Skokovete, Zhenski Vir and Peshtite, where visitors may cool off on hot days, and the waterfalls can be reached by a marked eco-trail with a low degree of difficulty. In the area of Medven is located the Orlitsa Reserve which is a natural wildlife sanctuary. Beech grows here; there are rare raptors and many caves, springs, etc. Here is the Orlitsata Rock Phenomenon. In Medven the hunting tourism is well developed and weekly hunters gather together. Fishing is possible in the nearby river or lake of Kamchia and in the forests and meadows around the village there is a wide selection of herbs and mushrooms. Speleology lovers may explore the caves of Ledenika, Dryanovska and about 30 other caves. The village guests may make a trip to Kotel where the Museum of the National Revival is located and to Zheravna where one may see houses with ancient architecture or the Natural History Museum in Izvorite Park that has collected specimens of the flora and fauna of the Balkan Mountains. The accommodation in the village is a wonderful alternative to the hotels in Zheravna and Kotel. Its guests may choose from a number of excellent guest houses and family hotels in Medven, some of which are housed in traditional Revival houses that still retain the old times charm.
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Hotel MedvenHotel Medven 
Address: 10 V. Lolov Street
Phone: +359 888 535399, +359 887 660043
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Hotel Medven is a picturesque two-star hotel in the village of Medven beautifully located on the southern slopes of Stara Planina mountain only 13 km from Jeravna and Kotel. The hotel provides excellent opportunity for complete rest and recreation in close contact with the beautiful nature of Stara Planina, fresh air and silence. Hotel Medven is a convenient home base for picnics in the mountain, excursions to the nearby natural attractions and interesting historic towns.
Hotels near Medven
Complex VoevodskyComplex Voevodsky 
Location: Kotel municipality, 8991 Katunishte
Approximate distance: 5.6 km, direction: south-west
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Guest House The Cafe of Dimcho KehayaGuest House The Cafe of Dimcho Kehaya 
Location: Kotel municipality, 8988 Jeravna
Approximate distance: 8.4 km, direction: west
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Hadjigergevata Guest HouseHadjigergevata Guest House 
Location: Kotel municipality, 8988 Jeravna
Address: Gorni Krai Quarter
Approximate distance: 8.6 km, direction: west
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Guest House VodoleyGuest House Vodoley 
Location: Kotel municipality, 8970 Kotel
Address: 10 Vetrila Street
Approximate distance: 10.1 km, direction: north-west
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Hotel DaniHotel Dani 
Location: Kotel municipality, 8970 Kotel
Address: 22v Luda Kamchia Street
Approximate distance: 10.9 km, direction: north-west
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Hotel IcheraHotel Ichera 
Location: Ichera municipality, 8992 Ichera
Approximate distance: 12.1 km, direction: south-west
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Places of interest and sights in and nearMedven
Yordan Yovkov House Museum
Address: Golyamoto Bardo Square
Approximate distance: 8.4 km, direction: west
St St Peter and Paul Church
Approximate distance: 10.4 km, direction: north-west
Museum of the Kotlen Revolutionaries and Pantheon of Georgi Rakovski
Approximate distance: 10.5 km, direction: north-west
Pantheon of Georgi Rakovski
Approximate distance: 10.5 km, direction: north-west
Karst Complex Zlosten
Approximate distance: 11.2 km, direction: north
Museum of Natural Science
Address: Izvorite Park
Approximate distance: 11.8 km, direction: north-west
Other locations nearMedven
Gradets
Sliven province, Kotel municipality
Approximate distance: 5.5 km, direction: south (azimuth: 194°)
Katunishte
Sliven province, Kotel municipality
Approximate distance: 5.6 km, direction: south-west (azimuth: 224°)
Jeravna
Sliven province, Kotel municipality
Approximate distance: 8.1 km, direction: west (azimuth: 263°)
Kotel
Sliven province, Kotel municipality
Approximate distance: 10.5 km, direction: north-west (azimuth: 300°)
Beronovo
Burgas province, Sungurlare municipality
Approximate distance: 11.4 km, direction: east (azimuth: 96°)
Ichera
Sliven province, Ichera municipality
Approximate distance: 12.1 km, direction: south-west (azimuth: 226°)
Vezenkovo
Burgas province, Sungurlare municipality
Approximate distance: 12.2 km, direction: east (azimuth: 84°)
Neykovo
Sliven province, Kotel municipality
Approximate distance: 16.0 km, direction: west (azimuth: 257°)
Varbitsa
Shumen province, Varbitsa municipality
Approximate distance: 19.2 km, direction: north-east (azimuth: 29°)