Central Southern Bulgaria
Pavel Banya (about 4000 inhabitants, 350 m above sea level) is a town located in the Kazanluk valley to the east of the illustrious Valley of the Roses and on the banks of the Tundzha River. The northern slopes of the Surnena Sredna Gora start to the south of it.
Introduction, History & Information
The town is 185 km from Sofia, 22 km to the west of Kazanluk, 24 km from Kalofer, 54 km south from Gabrovo, 86 km to the north of the city of Plovdiv and only 4 km from the main Sofia-Karlovo- Bourgas motorway. It is a balneological, mineral water centre of national and international importance.
History: Historical data on the settlement is scarce but excavations (during the construction of the new sanatorium - 1939-1940) brought to light remains of a Roman bath and an ancient Christian church, which seem to indicate that local mineral waters were in active use as early as the days of the Roman Empire. The settlement, as it is today, was founded during the Russian-Turkish War of Liberation.
Present: Pavel Banya owes its popularity to the healing mineral waters it is endowed with. They spring from 7 natural and drilled-in sources, all having similar chemical composition. Their total output rate is 16 litres per second at the temperature of up to 63°C. Such water is excellent for healing degenerative disorders and inflammations of the joints, chronic rheumatism, infectious arthritis, deforming oste-arthrosis, the Behterev syndrome, inflammation of the tendon, of the the joint “pockets”, post-traumatic and orthopaedic conditions, post bone-fracture conditions, post dislocation and post sprain conditions, anchylosis of the joints, inborn problems of the pelvis joints. Treatment results have been particularly effective in cases of deformations resulting from spine problems and the peripheral nervous system, blocked movements of the spine joints with painful and limited ability to move, disc pathic states of all kinds - plexus, radiculitis, etc. Diseases of the central nervous system, gynaecological problems ate successfully treated. One characteristic feature of the Pavel Banya Sanatorium is that it treats - with particular success - disc hernia.
The resort hosts a big recuperation centre with more than 500 beds and modern medical equipment. There are many other balneological and supporting facilities. It also has 200 decares of park of various broad-leaved and coniferous trees, close to which there is an open sport and beach complex (an Olympic size swimming-pool).
The resort hosts a big recuperation centre with more than 500 beds and modern medical equipment. There are many other balneological and supporting facilities. It also has 200 decares of park of various broad-leaved and coniferous trees, close to which there is an open sport and beach complex (an Olympic size swimming-pool).
Accommodation: The recuperation complex has a 2-star hotel (22 double rooms, 2 single rooms and 2 suites). The Knyaz Pavel Hotel (120 beds in double rooms). Varna Hotel (1, Goze Delchev Str., 16 beds, a snack bar). Zdravets Hotel (10 beds). Motel (40 beds, 4 suites, coffee-bar and canteen with a kitchen). The resort has a sufficient number of catering and entertainment facilities.
Tourist information: At the hotels and at the town-hall (tel.: 04361 2260, 3260, 2264, 2148, fax: 04361 2094 and telex: 88496).
