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Gotse Delchev

Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria · Europe

About Gotse Delchev

Gotse Delchev is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Garmen, 29km from Melnik Earth Pyramids.

Gotse Delchev is a town located in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. With a population of 20,522, it is an important destination in Europe.

On a road trip, Gotse Delchev sits in Bulgaria, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Sofia time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Gotse Delchev to your route.

About Gotse Delchev

Gotse Delchev (Bulgarian: Гоце Делчев [ˈɡɔt͡sɛ ˈdɛɫt͡ʃɛf]) is a town in Gotse Delchev Municipality in Blagoevgrad Province of Bulgaria. In 1951, the town was renamed after the revolutionary leader Gotse Delchev. It had hitherto been called Nevrokop (in Bulgarian: Неврокоп, Nevrokop; in Greek: Άνω Νευροκόπι, romanized:

Read more Ano Nevrokopi, lit. 'Upper Nevrokopi'; and in Turkish: Nevrokop). Nearby are the remains of a walled city established by the Romans in the 2nd century AD. The town was a kaza in the Siroz sanjak of the Salonica vilayet before the Balkan Wars.

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Gotse Delchev is located in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, Europe. The coordinates are 41.5667 latitude, 23.7333 longitude.

What is the population of Gotse Delchev?

Gotse Delchev has a population of approximately 20,522 people, making it a town in Bulgaria.

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Quick Information

Population
20,522
Continent
Europe
Country
Bulgaria
Region
Blagoevgrad
Timezone
Europe/Sofia
Coordinates
41.5667, 23.7333

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Bulgaria

Police
112
Ambulance
112
Fire
112
Driving side
right

Vignette required for all roads outside towns.

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Worth the detour from Gotse Delchev

4 notable places within an hour's drive.

natural wonder

Melnik Earth Pyramids

Sandstone pyramids up to 100 m high loom over Melnik, Bulgaria's smallest town (pop. ~385), famed for centuries-old wine cellars dug into the same soft rock. National Revival mansions and wine tastings line the single street.

29 km · about 35 min drive

national park

Pirin National Park

Rugged Balkan mountain scenery with marble peaks, glacial lakes, and ancient Bosnian pines in Bulgaria.

31 km · about 35 min drive

famous road

Trigrad Gorge

Narrow Rhodope canyon road squeezing between 250 m marble cliffs to the Devil's Throat Cave, where a river thunders underground: one of Bulgaria's most dramatic drives.

54 km · about 60 min drive

natural wonder

Devil's Throat Cave

A cave in the Trigrad gorge where a river plunges into an underground hall, visited via a tunnel entrance with roadside parking.

54 km · about 60 min drive

Driving roads near Gotse Delchev

  • 54 kmTrigrad GorgeNarrow Rhodope canyon road squeezing between 250 m marble cliffs to the Devil's Throat Cave, where a river thunders underground: one of Bulgaria's most dramatic drives.

Nearby Destinations

Other places to explore near Gotse Delchev.

Garmen

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

8 km awayPop. 1,838

Hadzhidimovo

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

12 km awayPop. 3,167

Satovcha

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

22 km awayPop. 2,382

Káto Nevrokópi

🇬🇷 Greece

27 km away

Sarnitsa

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

31 km awayPop. 3,511

Vólakas

🇬🇷 Greece

36 km awayPop. 2,378

Polenitsa

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

36 km awayPop. 1,293

Bansko

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

36 km awayPop. 9,232

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