Kosovo: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Kosovo preserves typical Rhodope architecture from the National Revival period. The village has 63 cultural monuments, including five of national importance.

Culture and History

The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Kosovo dates from 1851 and was built by master builder Hadji Georgi Stanchovski. The old school in Kosovo dates from 1889 and is of particular interest to tourists.

Kosovo’s old houses are built of stone, earth, wood and lime and are 150, 200 or more years old. Kosovo was settled in the 17th century by settlers from Staro Selo near Byala Cherkva Monastery. Most of the surviving houses date from the village’s heyday in the late 19th century. Kosovo’s cultural heritage of interest to tourists also includes a watermill, a smithy, an ossuary and many old houses.

Hadjiyska House was built in 1853 by master builder Hadji Georgi Stanchovski and is designated as a cultural monument. It has been restored and opened to guests; its courtyard contains a tavern, and the building has guest rooms. The Gastro Tavern Hadjiyska House is located in a renovated old barn in the courtyard of Hadjiyska House and offers contemporary cuisine by Bar Samar in a Rhodope and National Revival setting.

Nature

Kosovo is surrounded by mountain ridges known for their unspoiled nature; four streams that flow year-round run through its hamlets.

Getting Around

In the Kosovo area, the signposts were updated as part of work on the signage for visitor routes; this project included nearby cultural and pilgrimage routes in the Rhodopes.

Kosovo can be reached on foot from Narechenski Bani via a marked trail that takes about two hours and begins at the Solenoto Izvorche restaurant. A route around Kosovo passes through old oak forests, meadows and preserved shepherds’ buildings near Narechenski Bani.

More local pages: Bachkovo, Novakovo, Cherven, Asenovgrad, Narechen.

Those wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Kosovo can continue their accommodation search afterwards.

To the higher-level travel overview: Asenovgrad.