Elhovo: Hotels and accommodations

Hiking and cycling

The long-distance Strandja route begins in Elhovo at the Tundzha River quay in the city park and ends at the port of Ahtopol. Anyone wishing to book a hotel in Elhovo can continue searching for accommodation afterward. The tour is 180 kilometers long and is described as a 9- to 10-day hike or a 3- to 4-day cycling tour. Its website provides route information on sights, accommodations, food and attractions, as well as a GPS track. The route follows existing paths between villages and forest tracks and connects 17 settlements, sights and preserved natural areas.

Culture

The Ethnographic-Archaeological Museum of Elhovo was founded in 1958 and expanded from an ethnographic to an ethnographic-archaeological profile in 2008. It is housed in two separate buildings containing ethnographic and archaeological exhibitions. Its collections comprise more than 23,000 objects. More than 14,000 museum objects form the core of the ethnographic collection, while the archaeological holdings comprise more than 1,000 movable cultural assets.

In four exhibition halls, the museum presents regional traditions. The topics range from historical ways of life and livelihoods, as well as crafts, to traditional homes, regional clothing and seasonal customs, as well as woodcarving, icons and the archaeological heritage of the lower Tundzha region. The museum is included in the list of Bulgaria's 100 national tourist sites.

For students and teachers, the museum maintains a specialist library with more than 3,300 volumes and 1,700 issues of specialist journals.

Getting around

Elhovo bus station has a waiting room, a luggage room, an accessible restroom, rooms for mothers with children and free internet. From there, bus connections are available to Yambol, Sofia, Burgas and Stara Zagora.

Other places: Izgrev, Kirilovo, Lalkovo, Granitovo.

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