Dorkovo Museum

#90 among destinations in Bulgaria

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Dorkovo Museum in Dorkovo, Bulgaria, established in 2013 in a domed wooden structure, has a display of fossils collected from the Pliocene geological epoch of about five million years ago around the village of Dorkovo, a life-size model of a gomphothere, related to elephants, and a diorama. ()

Local name: Плиоценски паркEstablished: 2013 (11 years ago)Coordinates: 42°2'59"N, 24°7'20"E

Location

PazardzhikBulgaria

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+359 87 852 7393

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Dorkovo Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Church of St Demetrius, Tsepina, Chepino Valley.

6.3 miNE
Church
Church of St Demetrius
162 min walk • The Church of St Demetrius is a medieval Eastern Orthodox church in southwestern Bulgaria. It lies in the village of Patalenitsa, administratively part of Pazardzhik Municipality within Pazardzhik Province.
2.5 miN
Forts and castles
Tsepina
64 min walk • Tsepina or Tzepaina was a castle and town in the western Rhodope mountains, southern Bulgaria, now in ruins. It is 6 kilometres from the Dorkovo village in the north-eastern part of the Chepino Valley. Tsepina is 317 metres above sea level.
3 miSW
Valley, Nature, Natural attraction
Chepino Valley
78 min walk • The Chepino Valley or Chepino is the largest valley in the Rhodope Mountains in southern Bulgaria. It is situated along the course of the Chepino River near the Batak Mountains in the northwestern part of the Rhodopes. Located at around 750 m above sea level, it is between 4 and 7 km wide and 18 km long.