Марина1972 · CC BY-SA 3.0Clay-pot stew
Gyuvech
A slow clay-pot bake in which meat, seasonal vegetables and rice exchange flavours for hours.
What's in it Pork, lamb or beef, peppers, aubergine, okra, tomato, potato or rice, depending on season.
Stays Haskovo Province · HKV28
Svilengrad
Община Свиленград
Municipality: Svilengrad. Province: Haskovo Province. Cities, villages, nature and landmarks—organized so you can quickly choose where to go.
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VarnikВарникVillage · 10152GeneralovoГенераловоVillage · 14708Dervishka mogilaДервишка могилаVillage · 20674DimitrovcheДимитровчеVillage · 21078Kapitan AndreevoКапитан АндреевоVillage · 36110KosturКостурVillage · 39001LevkaЛевкаVillage · 43205LisovoЛисовоVillage · 43877MatochinaМаточинаVillage · 47468MezekМезекVillage · 47737MihalichМихаличVillage · 48533MladinovoМладиновоVillage · 48698MomkovoМомковоVillage · 48979MustrakМустракVillage · 49446PashovoПашовоVillage · 55645PastrogorПъстрогорVillage · 59183Ravna goraРавна гораVillage · 61131Raykova mogilaРайкова могилаVillage · 61844SvilengradСвиленградTown · 65677Siva rekaСива рекаVillage · 66370SladunСладунVillage · 67146StudenaСтуденаVillage · 70055ChernodabЧернодъбVillage · 81116ShtitЩитVillage · 84036
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Bulgarian food
Local food →Local food
Sakar wine · sesame tahini · Thracian dishes · fig jam
Марина1972 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mpb eu / Wikimedia Commons · public domainCheese bread · breakfast
Tutmanik
A soft, pull-apart yeast bread layered or rolled with white brined cheese and butter.
What's in it Flour, yeast, milk or yogurt, eggs, butter and sirene cheese.
Viktorija N. Ivanov / Wikimedia CommonsSalad · vegetarian
Shopska salad
The classic first order: tomatoes, cucumber and peppers under a generous snowy layer of white brined cheese.
What's in it Tomatoes, cucumber, roasted or fresh pepper, onion, parsley and sirene cheese.
Biso / Wikimedia CommonsBreakfast · pastry
Banitsa
Crisp filo layers wrapped around eggs, yogurt and white cheese—a warm Bulgarian breakfast staple.
What's in it Filo pastry, eggs, yogurt, sirene cheese and butter or oil.
Sumit Surai / Wikimedia CommonsCold soup · vegetarian
Tarator
A cooling yogurt and cucumber soup served cold—simple, fresh and especially popular in summer.
What's in it Yogurt, cucumber, garlic, dill, walnuts, water and a little oil.
Jeroen Kransen / Wikimedia CommonsSlow-cooked main
Kavarma
Rich meat and vegetables slowly cooked with paprika and savory, often arriving sizzling in a clay pot.
What's in it Pork or chicken, onion, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms and spices.NEARBY
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Свиленград
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Directions
Buses and trains
Trains and buses serve Dimitrovgrad, Haskovo and Svilengrad corridors. Madzharovo and Ivaylovgrad have limited bus schedules.
Nearby places
Nearby places
Klearchos Kapoutsis from Paleo Faliro, Greece · CC BY 2.0MezekMezek fortress & tomb
Крепостта и гробницата при Мезек
A remarkably intact medieval fortress and a Thracian tomb stand amid Sakar vineyards near the border.
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Izvora · CC BY-SA 3.0Malko Gradishte near IvaylovgradGluhite Kamani
Глухите камъни
Hundreds of rock niches, tombs, stairways and a later church form a large cult complex above the Arda landscape.
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Bin im Garten · CC BY-SA 3.0Ivaylovgrad and BorislavtsiIvaylovgrad Reservoir and Arda meanders
Язовир Ивайловград и меандрите на Арда
The lower Arda widens into a long reservoir between dry volcanic hills, islands and remote borderland villages.
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Klearchos Kapoutsis from Paleo Faliro, Greece · CC BY 2.0MatochinaBukelon Fortress
Крепост Букелон
A surviving medieval tower rises over the Sakar borderland close to the site of the Battle of Adrianople.
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