Banya ( ) is a town in Southern Bulgaria. It is in Karlovo Municipality, Plovdiv Province and is close to the town of Karlovo.
The health resort village of Banya is in a large park at the foothills of the Sredna Gora mountain range, near the geographic centre of the country in the Karlovo Valley, which is part of the wider Rose Valley, between the Balkan Mountains and the Sredna Gora range. It is easily accessible by car, train, or bus. The beaches, swimming pools, sport complexes, balneological hotels and rehabilitation establishments in the town create wonderful conditions for pleasant summer holidays and tourism. There is a winery named the âÂÂRose ValleyâÂÂ.
The remains of an ancient village proves that the town was used for hydrotherapy in ancient times. There are nine hydrothermal sources. There are plenty of mineral springs.
The Banya Palace summerhouse of Boris III (r. 1918âÂÂ1943) with its picturesque yard-garden, called by the locals âÂÂThe Palace,â is in the town of Banya. In 1927 Tsar Boris III took a cure for rheumatism in the country house of the manufacturer I. Bagarov. Pleased at his stay, he decided to build up an estat. It was in a courtyard with luxurious verdure and was finished in 1929.