Regardless of whether you are just passing through Kalofer or coming to stay at “Chardaka” you will be warmly welcome by the host and hostess - Ina and Racho – as their long awaited and missed friends. This is the place where you feel at home, your sweet childhood house, where all burdens go away and the soul rests. Here you can feel how calm and strong nature is, feel the mighty embrace of the Balkan as well as the rebellious renaissance spirit, which can be hardly felt anywhere in Bulgaria as in Kalofer.
The house sits like a white bird on the west slope of the town, right on the main street and in close proximity to the town’s entrance from the direction of Sofia. The house keeps up to the authentic Kalofer architecture and offers the opportunity of experiencing both Old Kalofer’s atmosphere and the modern amenities, which visitors seek and nowadays.
The home stands for its name by the “chardak”, or balcony, which looks over the old house’s roof at Kalofer’s southern meadows, Chafadarica, The Gendema gorges and Mount Botev. From here you can enjoy the view with your friends, dining or simply winding down at the chardak. The guests have at their disposal 4 spacious and sun-lit rooms for 12 up to 14 people, each supplied with own bathroom. The house is thermo insulated and locally heated.
Dining is a ritual here. For breakfast you can try one of Ina’s specialties – toutmanik, pan-made banichki, mekici, homemade pie with yoghurt, pancakes or French toast with Balkan honey and homemade sheep cheese. Those guests, who worship and won’t miss culinary activities, can take advantage of an kitchen with all hardware and kitchenware, as well as a BBQ. Those who want to pamper themselves can order from the hostess’ specialties and Racho will gladly open a bottle of mild Kalofer grape brandy or bring a pitcher of brisk home-made wine from the cellar.
The old house, where the hosts live, is more than 100 years-old and like most of Kalofer’s authentic houses is a silent witness of our Renaissance history. The inner yard - small and beautiful – is also the home of two fiends – the kitten Foxy and the puppy named Goran.
The pictures that adorn the walls of each room are available for purchase upon request. They have been painted in the non-traditional art technique of oil-base finger painting.