The town of Klisura is situated in a valley, surrounded by the Balkan range and Sredna Gora. Its population is about 1700 people and it is located 105 km to the east of Sofia, 35 km west of Karlovo and 25 km northeast of Koprivshtitsa.

The name of Klisura has always been associated with the heroism of its habitants during the April Rebellion. The village was a center of the revolution and Borimechkata (the Man who struggles a bear) who lived in the village was one of its leaders.

The spirit of the rebels could be felt up to the present day. Places of main interest are the church “St. Nikolai”, the Town`s Historical Museum, Chervenakov’s house, Pavurdziev’s house, Kozinarov’s house, etc.

Klisura is the birth place of Hristo Danov- the founder of the first Bulgarian printing house in Plovdiv.

1,5 km away from Klisura is located a historical place called Zli dol (Evil glen) where tourists can find the Auto-tourist complex of the Union of the Bulgarian drivers. The complex includes 15 small houses with total of about 60 beds, a restaurant, a bar, a playground, tennis, volleyball and basketball courts, an equestrian place with superb horses and a guarded car park.

Klisura is a starting point for many itineraries to the National park “Central Balkan Mountain” and to two peaks- Vezhen in the Balkan Mountains and Bogdan in Sredna Gora. The town is easily accessible because of its location: it is only 1 km distant from the Fore- Balkan principal highway thoroughfare Sofia- Bourgas and it has two railway stations.

Chiprovtsi is a small town with 480 m of altitude, situated on the banks of the Ogosta River, at the foot of the Western Balkan Mountains. Its population is about 2500 people and it is 33 km to the west of town of Montana. It was founded by the Thracians but its efflorescence it reached in the first three centuries of the Turkish yoke. In the XVI and XVII centuries Chiprovtsi was the biggest jeweler center in the whole Balkan Peninsula. In 1688 the Bulgarian catholics organized the Chiprovtsi uprising. It failed but changed the status of the whole Northwestern Bulgaria as a buffer zone between the Ottoman Empire and Habsburgs lands. In the XIX century carpet industry rapidly developed. Carpets of Chiprovtsi, made by hand, brought fame to the town throughout the whole world.

Today it is a quiet and pleasant town with magnificent nature.

5 km to the northeast is the Monastery of Chiprovtsi, burnt and rebuilt six times during the Turkish yoke.

At 20 km distant from the town is the Lopushka Monastery with unique icons painted by iconographers from Samokov.

The town has 370 km of altitude and is situated in the western part of the Balkan Mountains, 23 km south of Montana, 52 km west of Vratsa and 85 km north of Sofia. Its population is about 17 000 people. In the surrounding areas is located a hill called Kaleto where archaeologists found remains of a fortress and a church, proving that there had been a settlement in that area already in IV century.

During the Vidin’s kingdom in the second half of the XIV century there was a boundary fortress. Later, during the Bulgarian Revival period the town advanced because of the flourishment of different crafts.

In Berkovitza you can also see а Clock tower from 1762 which is one of the oldest in the country. Other places of interest are the Architecture Museum, Krastev’s house, the house-museum “Ivan Vazov”, the church “St. Virgin Mary”, etc.

The nature is magnificent and Berkovitsa is a starting point for itineraries to the Balkan Mountains and the peak of Kom (2016m). 5 km distant from Klisura is the village of Barzia and not far away from it is the Klisura Monastery founded in the year 1240. 8 km in southwest is the Haiduk waterfalls, and the thermal resort Varshets is only 17 km away. For winter sport fans there are several ski paths with ski-lifts.