Kostenets

Kostenets is a resort in Kostenets, Sofia Province and has an elevation of 928 metres.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kostenets Waterfall and Skalovitets.

Kostenets Waterfall

Waterfall

Photo: Iliana Teneva, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kostenets Waterfall is situated 450 metres southeast of Kostenets.

Skalovitets

Waterfall

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Skalovitets is a waterfall, which is situated 4 km southeast of Kostenets.

Gurgulitsa Hut

Mountain hut

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Gurgulitsa Hut is a mountain hut, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Kostenets.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kostenets and Dolna Banya.

Kostenets is a village in the Sofia Province southwestern Bulgaria, located in the Kostenets Municipality. As of the 2024 census, the village had a total population of 3,138. It ranks 18th by population of all Bulgarian villages. Kostenets is situated 2½ km northeast of Kostenets.

Dolna Banya

Town

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Dolna Banya, also Dolna Banja or Dolna Bania is a town located in Sofia Province in southwestern Bulgaria. 75 km from Sofia and Plovdiv, Dolna Banya is located in the Kostenets–Dolna Banya Valley by the north-eastern slopes of the Rila Mountains, 18 and 30 km respectively from the ski resorts of Borovets and Samokov. Dolna Banya is situated 7 km northwest of Kostenets.

Kostenets

Town

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Kostenets is a town in Sofia Province in western Bulgaria, and the administrative centre of the Kostenets Municipality. The town is situated in the Kostenets–Dolna Banya Valley at the foot of the mountain ranges of Rila and Sredna Gora, about 70 km southeast of capital Sofia. Kostenets is situated 8 km northeast of Kostenets.

Kostenets

Type: Resort
Also known as: “Georgi Dimitrov”, “Kostenets Banya”, “Letovishte Georgi Dimitrov”, and “Letovishte Kostenets”
Categories: accommodation, building, and tourism
Location: Kostenets, Sofia Province, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

42.25° or 42° 15′ north

Longitude

23.8° or 23° 48′ east

Elevation

928 metres (3,045 feet)

Open location code

8GJ57R22+22

GeoNames ID

731456

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In Other Languages

“Kostenets” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “Костенец”

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