Shiroka Luka
Shiroka Luka (850 inhabitants) is a village–museum, an architectural and ethnographic reserve, well known for its original Rhodope architectural style, musical traditions and history.
It is built amphithetarically in the narrow and steep valley of the Shirokolashka river, at the foot of the Western Rhodope Mountains and Chernatitza, 1060 meters above the sea level. The village is situated 24 km northwest of Smolyan, 22 km southeast of Devin, and 11 km northwest of the winter resort of Pamporovo. Town info
Overview: The Shiroka Laka Hotel delivers you a memorable experience. The unique mixture of modern comfort, rich style, unexceptionable service and a wide range of possibilities for both active and relax rests will satisfy even your highest requirements.
Built in 2009 Shiroka Laka Hotel fulfils all up-to-date expectations for a vacation place. It guarantees you a high standard and a refined atmosphere you could not find anywhere else. Its extraordinary location at the heart of the architectural and folklore centre of the Rhodopes delivers you a direct access to the architectural and historical sights and to the challenges of the mountain such as its forest paths and ski tracks. As the Hotel corresponds to the appearance of traditional Bulgarian houses it maintains a style that provides you a real aesthetic pleasure.
The Shiroka Laka Hotel offers you not only a full range of services, quality and ease but also a responsible care of your health. That is why the healthy menu items are prepared from eco products. The Hotel is a smoke-free place as well.
Being guests of the Shiroka Laka Hotel gives you great opportunities to keep fit with fitness practices, SPA pleasures and outings.Location: Shiroka Laka is a lovely village, comfortably lied in the central Rhodope Mountains, South Bulgaria. Its name means "wide meander".
Shiroka Laka is a national architectural and folklore reserve. It is famous for authentic Rhodopean houses – of the Zgurov, Uchikov and Grrigorov families, as well as the unique iconostasis in the local Chirch of the Holy Mother of God.
Shiroka Laka is the music heart of the Rhodopes – the mountains of the legendary Orpheus. It is the source of the famous Rhodopean sings and their unique tunes with caba gaida (a local type of bagpipe) accompaniment. The most prominent folklore singers, bagpipers and ensembles are discovered and created in a National school for folklore arts – Shiroka Laka. The Shiroka Laka Hotel is situated in the close proximity of that centre of Bulgarian culture.
Shiroka Laka is a great place for tourism. Besides the original architecture and plentiful music culture the village is famous for its harmonic effects of the surrounding mountain nature.
Address: 1 Chukata Str.
Accommodation: double rooms, apartments
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