City Guide of  PANAGYURISHTE

Home Location Nature History Tourism Landmarks Photo Album Info Links

Up
How to reach
When to go
Region map
Town map

How to reach

Transport system

Panagyurishte has well maintained road network, which connects it with the capital – Sofia, District city of Pazardjik and city of Plovdiv. It is possible to reach Sofia on a panoramic mountain road at length of 96 km via village of Poibrene and Belitsa, which continues on Trakia Motorway near town of Vakarel. One, who prefers Trakia Motorway, can join to it through the road to Pazardjik near by village of Gelemenovo at 34 km away from Panagyurishte. One, who loves historical routes are able to travel to Sofia on a road at length of 105 km, with the stream of Topolnitsa riverfrom Poibrene, via village of Petrich and Bailovo to Gorna Malina, where the road joins to UnderBalkan road. Crossing Panagyurski kolonii you may reach towns of Pirdop and Zlatitsa and through Zlatitsa Passage you may reach North Bulgaria. Traveling through town Strelcha one may arrive in Koprivshtitsa, Hisar or Karlovo. In order to reach Plovdiv you may go through Streltcha on a road at length of 96 km, or on Trakia Motorway after the joint entrance near by village of Gelemenovo  

 

Timetable of some of most important coach lines

destination

from Panagyurishte

route

to Panagyurishte 

phones for info

Panagyurishte - Sofia

From the Bus Station at  

6:45 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. 

via village of Gorna Malina

From Bus station "Serdika" - at 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

From Bus station "Poduiane" -  at 3:30 p.m. (on Friday leaves at 6:30 p.m.)

0357/ 4136; 4079

 

Railway transport

A railway line connects Panagyurishte with Plovdiv and thereafter with the rest part of the national railway network. Unfortunately, since December 1, 2002 this railway line was closed, due to its ineffective utilization. 

 

 

Copyright 2002, Nadejda Karaboycheva. Photos: Dimitar Karaboychev 
For questions and comments, write us on: [email protected]

Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

1