Smilyan Bulgaria - Travel Guide, Tours, Hotels and Photos - Pictures of Bulgaria

The village of Smilyan is one of the popular Rhdopi villages that offer good conditions for rural tourism. It lies in the municipality of Smolyan, 15km to the southeast of the town of Smolyan. It is situated in a mountainous area, on the bank of the turbulent Arda River.

The village is famous for its beans and one can even see a Beans Museum there. Each year, the village celebrates a beans holiday, at which a beans queen and a beans king are elected, too. The village’s annual holiday is marked during the last weekend of August. The gathering is dedicated to the cows and the milk they give and its culmination is a Miss Cow contest.