Peshtera

Peshtera is a town in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It is located in Pazardzhik Province near the towns of Batak and Bratsigovo. The town is the third largest in the province after Pazardzhik and Velingrad and is the forty-fifth largest in Bulgaria.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Snezhanka Cave and Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station.

Snezhanka Cave

Cave

Photo: Spiritia, Public domain.

Snezhanka is a show cave in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It was discovered in 1961 and opened for visitors in 1965. Snezhanka is among the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria of the Bulgarian Tourist Union. Snezhanka Cave is situated 4 km southwest of Peshtera.

Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station

Power station

The Peshtera Hydro Power Plant is an active underground hydroelectric plant in Peshtera, Bulgaria. It is part of the Batak Hydropower Cascade. It has 5 individual Pelton turbines which can deliver up to 136 MW of power. Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station is situated 4 km southwest of Peshtera.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bratsigovo and Radilovo.

Bratsigovo

Town

Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bratsigovo is a town in Southern Bulgaria. It is located in the foothills of the Rhodope Mountains, on the banks of the Umishka River in Pazardzhik oblast, and is close to the towns of Peshtera and Krichim. Bratsigovo Hills on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica are named after the town. Bratsigovo is situated 6 km east of Peshtera.

Radilovo

Village

Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Radilovo is a village in the municipality of Peshtera, Pazardzhik Province in western Bulgaria. It has a population of 1537. Radilovo is situated in the foothills of the Rhodope Mountains, at 14 km to the south of Pazardzhik, on the main road from Pazardzhik to Batak via Peshtera. Radilovo is situated 5 km north of Peshtera.

Peshtera

Also known as: “Gradska Obshtina Peshtera” and “Obshtina Peshtera”
Location: Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

42.0333° or 42° 2′ north

Longitude

24.3° or 24° 18′ east

Population

17,700

Elevation

440 metres (1,444 feet)

Open location code

8GJ628M2+82

GeoNames ID

728315

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In Other Languages

“Peshtera” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “Община Пещера”
Bulgarian: “Пещера”

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