Municipality Peshtera

The Peshtera municipality is located in South-Central Bulgaria in the Western Rhodopes region of the Ossogovo - Rhodopes zone (Pazardjik District). Here are located parts of the Besaparski, Karkarski and Batak Hills, which are cut by the valley of the Srata Reka River and its tributaries.
The Municipality consists of town of Peshtera and more 2 villages- Kapitan Dimitrovo and Radilovo. Peshtera is 140 km away from Sofia and 45 km away from Plovdiv.
Making Peshtera region centre of tourism is among the priorities in the Regional Development Plan. In the vicinity of Peshtera there are a number of chapels, sprung in ancient times as Thracian consecrated grounds. There are two natural reserves in the municipality: Koupena Biospheric Reserve, which is of global importance and is under the protection of UNESCO. The Sokola (the Falcon) Reserve spreads over a territory of 1.27 sq.km. It is located 8 km to the west of Peshtera and south of St. Constantine Resort and is rich in diverse game. There are a large number of caves in the area of Peshtera and one of the most famous is Snejanka cave.

2013-02-13 Vinprom Peshtera JSC is amomg the largest taxpayers in Bulgaria (Business)

2010-04-13 Spirits producer Vinprom Peshtera and 4 advertising agencies fined by the CPC (Other)

2008-11-09 Construction plots are marking out over a ski run in Peshtera (Other)

2008-08-20 Kronospan starts work on wet dedusting system (Business)

2008-08-20 Peshtera municipality to build sports auditorium (Politics)

2008-06-27 Peshtera Distillery and Winery opens “Palace of Wine Pleasure” (Travel)

www.peshtera.bg (Peshtera)

http://bg.wikipedia.org/... (Kapitan Dimitrievo)

radilovo.com (Radilovo)