Bistritsa
in Stolichna Obshtina of Sofia-Grad, Bulgaria
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Sofia Airport (8 mi) - Plovdiv International Airport (84 mi)
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Nis Airport (93 mi) -
Skopje Alexander the Great Airport (99 mi) - Vidin Smurdan Airfield (103 mi)
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Craiova Airport (123 mi) -
Alexander the Great International Airport (132 mi) - Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (144 mi)
- Boyana Church (Unesco heritage, 7 mi)
- Rila Monastery (Unesco heritage, 32 mi)
- Pirin National Park (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius (Unesco heritage, 109 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 42.583 and 23.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 42° 34' 59" and E 23° 22' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Lev - BGN
- Spoken languages:
- Bulgarian, Turkish
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:08 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/Sofia
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:28 am and 8:20 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -27.600 and -144.317 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Area - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Bulgaria.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Bulgaria. Last Update: 2024-04-25 08:17:04
Delve into Bistritsa
Bistritsa in Stolichna Obshtina (Sofia-Grad) is a town located in Bulgaria a little south of Sofia, the country's capital town.
Time in Bistritsa is now 07:08 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / Sofia with an UTC offset of 3 hours. We know of 8 airports closer to Bistritsa, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in Bulgaria is Sofia Airport in a distance of 8 mi (or 13 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Bulgaria is Boyana Church in a distance of 7 mi (or 11 km), North-West. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Sofia, Elin Pelin, Pernik, Slivnitsa and Bov. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 51 °F
| Morning Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Night Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 9% |
| Air Humidity | 79% |
| Air Pressure | 1007 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Friday, 26th of April 2024
15°C (58 °F)
10°C (49 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
17°C (62 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
18°C (65 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Holiday Inn SOFIA
Best Western Hotel Expo
Silver House
Vega
Novotel Sofia
Metropolitan
Vitosha Park
Suite Sofia
Europe
Grami Hotel Sofia
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Train travel in Bulgaria
View from the Sofia-Istanbul train, not far from Sofia Tipikus bolgár táj a Szófia-Isztambul vonat ablakából nézve.
Sofia, Bulgaria - road along side of Lake Pancharevo - Fall 2008
This is the road that runs from Sofia to Borovetz along the side of Lake Pancharevo. Beautiful country side with weaving roads. September 2008.
Разлог - Пирински танци
Танцов състав към читалище "15-ти септември 1903-1909" - град Разлог с ръководител Георги Даров.
Панчарево
Parkzone Icon A5 - First flight with... minor problems
Be my guests to witness the maiden flight of this beautiful RC Parkzone Icon A5. After a successful take off and a splash & go, we had some problems during the landing phase, as you can see....
Lazarki v Bistrica
"Лазарки" в Бистрица, участват Бистришките баби и техните внучки; Original video uploaded by Equinoxstudios; Footage filmed by the...
Test range FrSky DJT 2.4Ghz. Peak Goliam Kapral to Pancharevo lake and back.
Sky Eye EPO FPV/Glider 2000mm Test distance FrSky DJT 2.4Ghz Combo Pack for JR w/ Telemetry Module & V8FR-II RX. No problem 3200 meters. Problem with 5.8Ghz Video.
Parkzone Icon A5 at Pancharevo Lake
We put a small Sony Bloggie camera on the Icon A5 and here is what it recorded. Although the water is dead calm, there was quite a turbulence up in the air. The plane appears to be a bit unstable...
path to pancharevo's lake
сряда сутрин преди работа.
Lake Pancharevo in Full 3D HD
http://hirudov.com presents views of the Lake Pancharevo in Full 3D HD. The artificial Pancharevo lake is 3 kilometers long and up to 700 meters wide. Maximum depth is 30 meters. Video recorded...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Lake Pancharevo
Lake Pancharevo (Панчаревско езеро, Pancharevsko ezero or Язовир Панчарево, Pancharevo Reservoir) is an artificial lake in western Bulgaria, at the end of the Pancharevo Gorge of the Iskar River, located at 600 m above sea level between the Vitosha and Lozenska mountains. It is 3 km long and up to 700 m wide, reaching a depth of 30 m, and is situated 12 km southeast of the capital city of Sofia, where the Vitoshka Bistritsa flows into the Iskar.
Business Park Sofia
Business Park Sofia (Bulgarian: Бизнес Парк София) is a business park in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Part of the larger Sofia Park complex which is also to feature a residential and a commercial area, it will include 35 buildings and will spread over a plot of 220,000 m² and a total built-up area of 300,000 m² which includes a main area of 180 000 m², 44 000 m² of corporate buildings and 74 000 m² of commercial area.
Anglo-American School of Sofia
The Anglo-American School in Sofia (AAS) was founded in 1967 in Sofia under the sponsorship of the American and British embassies to meet the educational needs of children from the United States and the United Kingdom. It is a private secular school without affiliation to any religious denomination, political party or interest group.
Bistritsa, Sofia
Bistritsa or Bistrica is a large village in the Pancharevo municipality, located at 15 km to the south of the capital Sofia. As of 2006 it has 4,004 inhabitants. Bistritsa is among the oldest villages in the areas around Vitosha. Its name was marked in maps of the Second Bulgarian Empire as a fortress. There is a Medieval monastery which was destroyed by the Ottoman army in 1393-1396. Between 1936 and 1946 the church of the monastery was rebuilt.
Vitoshka Bistritsa
Bistritsa or Vitoshka Bistritsa (Bulgarian: Бистрица; Витошка Бистрица; Бистришка река), is a river in western Bulgaria, tributary of Iskar River. Flows from the eastern slopes of Golyam Rezen Peak on Vitosha Mountain, crossing Bistrishko Branishte Nature Reserve, where it forms a small but beautiful waterfall Samokovishteto, then crossing villages of Bistritsa and Pancharevo to flow into Lake Pancharevo, near Sofia.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Bistritsa.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Bistriza, Bistritsa, Бистрица
