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Bulgaria's Sandanski Welcomes Over 10 000 Foreign Tourists For Easter

The mountain resort town of Sandanski in Southwest Bulgaria is welcoming over 10 000 foreign tourists for the Easter holidays, the Bulgarian private Darik Radio reported.

"Our foreign guests are primarily from Russia, Ireland, and Greece", the Mayor of Sandanski Anton Totev announced.

Apart from celebrating Easter, the Sandanski is also getting ready to mark the town holiday, which has been set on the first Thursday after the Orthodox Easter. This year the town holiday coincides with May 1, Labor Day, which is a national holiday in Bulgaria.

The Sandanski Mayor Anton Totev explained that his administration had prepared two parallel holiday programs, which would be going on at the same.

One of the two programs would be designed to fit the schedule of the Russian tourists, who are arriving with flights from Moscow on April 28, 29, and 30, and will be leaving on May 3.

The program of the foreign guests includes visits of the Sandanski Archeological Museum, the Rupite area in the Kozhuh Mountain where the famous Bulgarian clairvoyant Vanga lived, the Rozhen Monastery, and the town of Melnik, which is famous for its unique architecture, and for its wines.

Meanwhile, the first mall was opened in the resort town of Sandanski on Friday. The mall has five floors and 51 stores, and costs a total of BGN 14 M.

It is owned by Sandanski Property, who are also going to invest in the construction of the first condominium hotel on the Balkan Peninsula, which is also going to be built in Sandanski, and is planned to have 5 floors and 611 apartments.

The town of Sandanski has about 30 000 inhabitants. It is named after the Bulgarian revolutionary from Macedonia Yane Sandanski (1872-1915).
 
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