The Bacho Kiro cave is situated 5 km west of the town Dryanovo

Dryanovo

The town of Dryanovo is situated at the northern foot of the Balkan Mountains in Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria, amphitheatrically along the two banks of Dryanovo River, a tributary to the Yantra River. The town is a centre of the homonymous Dryanovo Municipality, which is composed of 62 villages,...

, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

, only 300 m away from the Dryanovo Monastery

Dryanovo Monastery

The Dryanovo Monastery is a functioning Bulgarian Orthodox monastery situated in the Andaka River Valley, in Bulgarka Nature Park in the central part of Bulgaria five kilometers away from the town of Dryanovo. It was founded in the 12th century, during the Second Bulgarian Empire, and is dedicated...

. It is embedded in the exquisit canyons of the Andaka and Dryanovo River

Dryanovo River

The Dryanovo River is a river in Bulgaria, issuing from the mountains close to Tryavna. It is a tributary of the Yantra River, flowing into it near the town of Veliko Tarnovo. Before joining the Yantra River it passes through Plachkovtsi, Tryavna, Tsareva Livada, Dryanovo, Ganchovets, Sokolovo and...

. The first tourists entered the cave in 1938, two years before it was actually called the Bacho Kiro cave after the Bulgarian National Revival

Bulgarian National Revival

The Bulgarian National Revival , sometimes called the Bulgarian Renaissance, was a period of socio-economic development and national integration among Bulgarian people under Ottoman rule...

 enlightener Bacho Kiro

Bacho Kiro

Bacho Kiro was the nickname of Kiro Petrov Zanev , a Bulgarian teacher, man of letters and revolutionary who took an active part in the April Uprising....

. The cave is a four-storey labyrinth of galleries and corridors with a total length of 3,600 metres, 700 metres of which are maintained for tourists' attraction.

See also

• City of Dryanovo
  Dryanovo
  The town of Dryanovo is situated at the northern foot of the Balkan Mountains in Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria, amphitheatrically along the two banks of Dryanovo River, a tributary to the Yantra River. The town is a centre of the homonymous Dryanovo Municipality, which is composed of 62 villages,...
  
  
• Dryanovo Monastery
  Dryanovo Monastery
  The Dryanovo Monastery is a functioning Bulgarian Orthodox monastery situated in the Andaka River Valley, in Bulgarka Nature Park in the central part of Bulgaria five kilometers away from the town of Dryanovo. It was founded in the 12th century, during the Second Bulgarian Empire, and is dedicated...
  
  
• City of Gabrovo
  Gabrovo
  Gabrovo is a city in central northern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Gabrovo Province. It is situated at the foot of the central Balkan Mountains, in the valley of the Yantra River, and is known as an international capital of humour and satire , as well as noted for its Bulgarian National...
  
  
• Gabrovo jokes
• Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex
  Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex
  The Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex is an open-air museum and a neighbourhood of Gabrovo in northern Bulgaria. It is located on the northern edge of the Bulgarka Nature Park, between the park and the city of Gabrovo....
  
  
• Sokolsky monastery
• Shipka Memorial
• Winter Resort Uzana
  Uzana
  This article is about the ski resort. For the Burmese monarchs, please see Uzana .The winter resort Uzana in Bulgaria is located at the foot of Ispolin peak near the Bulgarka Nature Park and the Central Balkan National Park in the Starina Planina. It consists of large meadows surrounded by...