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The village of Bashtino

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Bashtino is a village in Southern Bulgaria. It is part of the municipality of Kardzhali, Kardzhali Region.

In Bulgaria there are two more villages with the same name -in the municipality of Glavinitsa, Silistra Region and in the municiplaity of Opan, Stara Zagora Region.

It is located at 30 km north-east of Kardzhali, about 31 km south of Haskovo, 113 km south-east of Plovdiv and approximately 266 kmin the same direction of the capital Sofia city.

The population of Bashtino is about 241 people.

It is situated in an area with mountainous relief at an altitude of about 400 m. The climate is moderate-Mediterranean with relatively mild winter and sunny and hot summer.

The Studen kladenets Dam is situated at only 12 km of the village.

The village of Bashtino has good transport links, electricity and water supply systems.

There is a town hall in the village and the nearest community center, school, kindergarten and general hospital are located in themunicipal and regional center - Kardzhali.

TOURIst landmarks

Perperikon
The medieval complex Perperikon is located at about 18 km of the village. It is supposed to have been the Thracian village of the Roman God Dionysus. The complex is part of the 100 National Tourist sites.

The Stone Mushrooms
The Stone Mushrooms are located near the village of Beli plast, at about 30 km of the village of Bashtino. The natural phenomena reach 2,5-3 m height. The rocks with the shape of mushrooms were carved in volcanic rhyolite tuffs. Their pink colour comes from the minerals kloinoptilolit and the blue and black spots are caused by the manganese nodules. The greenish color comes from minerals seladonit. The area where the rock formations are placed was declared natural phenomenon in 1974 by the Ministry of the Environment and Water. You can see a few interesting bird spieces here - Short-toed Eagle, Egyptian Vulture, Red-rumped Swallow, regular and Spanish Wheatear.

The Stone wedding
At about 32 km of the village, near the village of Zimzelen, is situated the rock phenomenon the Stone Wedding which represents a group of natural rock formations 10 m high resembling a wedding march. The site was declared natural phenomenon and can be reached by a marked eco trace.

Text: Mirela
Photos: www.panoramio.com

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