The village of Zheravna is a great place to spend your weekend or vacation. It is a village coming from the past, offering silence, rural atmosphere and interesting places to visit. Zheravna is situated in Eastern Bulgaria, only 110 km (90 minutes by car) away from the Black Sea.

Brooks run softly down its steep lanes. The spacious wooden houses, surrounded by stone walls with nail-studded doors as entrances, date from as early as the 17th century, when sheep breeding and various crafts were the main activities.

Do not miss seeing the houses of Sava Filaretov (1851), Hadzhi Draganov (1851), Haltukov (1818), Todor Ikonomov (first half of the 19th c.), Russi Chorbadzhi (18th-19th c.) and Matei Gendov (second half of the 19th c.), as well as the native museum house of the great writer and playwright of the start of the century Yordan Yovkov (late 18th c.). The large rooms in the Sava Filaretov, Russi Chorbadzhi and Haltukov houses are exceptional achievements as regards the interior design of the Bulgarian "wooden type" National Revival period house.

Colourful rugs and carpets, curtains, painted chests, tin-plated dishes, ceramics, carved tables and tripods emanate the warmth of generations of Bulgarians taking pride in turning their home into a world of peace, cosiness and beauty.

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