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more photos >>> For its tourists the hotel organizes different activities, excursions, hiking tours with hill guides in Rhodopi Mountain, hunting, fishing, elite ski training, and safari with special jet-sledges. SERVICES - Room service, Fax and network, Currency Exchange /no commission/, Ski school, Ski equipment rental. As it operates year-round, the hotel is appropriate for skiers, hikers, company meetings and presentations and business travellers. Each room has satellite TV set, radio, mini-bar, bathroom with bathtub and hair-drier. Four-star MURGAVETS Grand hotel is located in the heart of Pamporovo ski resort. Staff speaks English, German and Greek. The owner of the hotel is a private company ROYAL HOLIDAY - which recently innovated it and turned it into a cosy and hospitable location. FACILITIES - * Restaurant /90 seats/ * Barbecue Bulgarian village /250 seats/ * Panorama Vienna cafe Cosmos /60 seats/ * Lobby restaurant /80-100 seats/ * Casino Blitz * Night recreation center Piano bar /70 seats/ * Conference hall for 150 persons * Shops * Hairdresser * Parking * SPA-center equipped with - two covered bathing pools one for adults and one for children, jacuzzi, beauty salon, cabinets for talasso-therapy and anti-cellulite therapy, electro therapy, massage, solarium, bathing cabins, bar 25 seats, fitness, 2 dry saunas, cabinets for massage and upper and lower limbs therapy, restrooms. The hotel has 2 splendor president suites /with two bedrooms, spacious living-room and two bathrooms/, 2 VIP suits, 10 extra suites /each of which with one bedchamber, living-room and bathroom/ and 80 rooms de luxe which are stylistically furnished. AMENITIES - TV in room, satellite programs, International phone dial in room, Safe, Rooms with balconies, Mountain view, Private bath with shower, bathtub, phone and hairdryer

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Hotel facilities

General
Non-Smoking Rooms Parking free 24-hour Reception Safe Deposit Box	Elevator Television Parking (fee required) Luggage Storage	Wi-Fi/Wireless LAN Restaurant Heating
Activities
Fitness Center Bar	Casino Spa & Wellness Centre	Indoor Swimming Pool
Services
Currency Exchange Babysitting/Child Care Fax/Photocopying	Business Center Room Service Tour Desk	Meeting/Banquet Facilities Laundry

Hotel policies
Cancellation* If cancelled or modified up to 2 days before date of arrival, no penalty will be charged. In case of late cancellation or no-show, the first night will be charged. more

Attractions

Area Attractions

If MURGAVETS Grand hotel **** is your choice for a summer vacation you will be able to walk about the legendary mountain and may be even follow the steps of the mythical singer Orpheus. Mountain guides are available for your hiking needs. During the summer season all the guests of the hotel will be offered the following excursions and entertainments YAGODINSKA CAVE /there are about 140 caves and karst forms founded in the district of Iagodinska Cave. The cave is electricivated and passable/. The Yagodinska Cave is the *pearl in the crown* of the Rhodopi Mountains. It is situated near Buynovska River and is a part of the unique Karst of Buynovsko Gorge. It is 10 km long and 5 stories tall, with many labyrinths and abysses inside. Electric lights make the mysterious formations: draperies, pipe-like stalactites, cave pearls, *leopard*s skin* and hanging stalactone visible along with many others. An iron staircase leads to a hall named *Razlomna* where the real bottom of the underground river is covered with huge blocks. The upper floor was well-known to ancient Eneoloithic inhabitants /14-13 century before Christ/, signs from them were found near the 30 meters abyss. If you wish you can visit the eneoloithic dwellings, which are situated 10 min from the artificial entrance or the *Devil*s bridge* /rock formation/.................................45 km BACHKOVO MONASTERY Bachkovo monastery ranks second only to Rila monastery both with regard to size, and architectural significance. It is situated 30 km. from Plovdiv in Bachkovo village. According to the historians it was founded during Byzantine slavery in 1083. Its founders are two Georgian brothers - Grigorii and Apasii Bakuriani. In his fiefs, Grigorii built a monastery, devoted to the woman-mother and called it Petrichki. The monastery had a rapid history. It was attacked and robbed more than once. Its bloom was during the 13th century, more precisely during the reign of Tzar Ivan Alexander /the second church-donor of the monastery/. An important period for the monastery was the 14th century. Regarding the architecture, the monastery presents as joined rectangular buildings that form an enormous inner yard, in which are located the churches: St. Trinity, St. Archangels and St. Nikola. The older church , St. Archangels, is a basilica, uni-domed building with overarches.................................48 km DEVIL*S THROAT CAVE One of the phenomena in the Trigrad Gorge is the Dyavolskoto Garlo /Devil*s Throat/ abyss cave. An impressive cave hall is reached along an artificially dug tunnel /150 m/. A winding steep cement staircase leads from the hall to the natural entrance of the cave. While climbing, the visitor can see one of the highest underground waterfalls in Europe /42 m/. There is a legend from the Thracian times that in order to become immortal the chieftains were thrown inside. Hundreds of years passed and people believed in veneration that the entrance to the Outer world was here, the road to Immortality. In honour of their Gods of the Underworld the people offered as a sacrifice the most beautiful and eminent maids in order to appease the Evil Forces. Local people believe that whatever went into the underground labyrinth of the cave would never come out. Dyavolskoto Garlo is open for visitors throuout the whole year................................47 km PERPERIKON In the eastern Rhodopi Mountain, near the town of Kurdzhali, on a rocky summit, is located the famous sanctuary and castle of the Thracians - Perperikon. The complex had been used already during 5-4 millennia before Christ. In the 10th-7th centuries B.C., when the complex was most intensively used, thousands of monuments, a tomb and even a system of drains were cut out of the rock. There are places where men and animals were sacrified. Very interesting is also the Kings Palace that is supposed to lay in 10 000 square meters. For the time being 30 of about 60 rooms of the palace, hewn into the rocks, have been found. The walls of the complex are stone blocks which are 2.8 meters thick. The archeologists hope that they*ll find proof that Perperikon was Dionysus*s temple. Today there is an art-festival /on 21st June/ which aims is to maintain the extensive variety of our cultural heritage..................................110 km VILLAGE OF SHIROKA LUKA If you want to plunge into the atmosphere of the past times, see the sunrise, wake up at first cock-crow, then visit some of the villages in the Rhodopi Mountain. At the foot of the east-west mountainside of the Perelishki part of the Western Rhodopi Mountain and the south-western folds of Chernatitsa is tucked away the village of Shiroka Luka. It is declared as an architectural and ethnographic reserve. The village is located 24 kilometers from Smolyan and 5 kilometers from Pamporovo. Visiting this village, which has preserved the Bulgarian spirit, you can submerge yourself into the way of life of the Bulgarians a century a

Meeting / Conference Information

A modern seminar hall /called *Royal* Hall/for 150 persons /Theatre Style Capacity - 150, Classroom Style Capacity - 70, *U* Shaped Style Capacity - 50/ and a business center are at the disposal of the guests.

Recreation Information

One of the most modern sports-health centers in the country, belonging to Grand Hotel Murgavets, offers its guests - two swimming pools for children and adults, jacuzzi, fitness, saunas, massage, talaso-therapy, aroma-therapy, cosmetic procedures, anti-cellulite and other procedures, program for sensible decreasing of weight, traditional Chinese medicine. The open-air sports center offers the guests tennis-court, table-tennis, badminton, wall for sport climbing, riding on a horse-back. The hotel complex has casino and playing machines.

Recreation Information

The main restaurant offers to its clients a carefully selected drinks and foods on its menu, capable of satisfying even the most exquisite of tastes. For those willing to try the traditional dishes, barbeque-restaurant *Bulgarian Village* offers open kitchen /the head cook of Bulgarian Village barbecue prepares savoury cheverme /barbecue/ in authentic atmosphere before the eyes of his clients/. The pleasant atmosphere is further enhanced by the unique Rhodopean music and live folk entertainment program. With their specialties the Viennese confectionary Cosmos and the lobby-bar are the perfect place for spending your spare time in the company of friends. The Piano bar is the most suitable place for entertainment during the night hours. The music there is nice and the beverages are qualitative.