The town of Gotze Delchev has a population of 20 000 inhabitants and is a municipal centre with 12 component settlements. It is the biggest settlement along the Mesta River. It is located at the Gotze Delchev Valley at the southeastern foot of Pirin Mountains along both banks of the Nevrokopska River at an altitude of 540 m. The town is named after the famous Bulgarian revolutionary Gotze Delchev. Until 1950 the settlement is known under the name of Nevrokop.

Thanks to the favourable climate the Gotze Delchev Valley has been populated since ancient times. Close to Gotze Delchev in the vicinity of the Garmen village lie the remains of a Roman town - Nikopolis ad Nestum. It is founded by the Emperor Trayan after his victory over the Daks. Archaeologists have discovered fortified walls, towers, buildings, ritual monuments and floor mosaics. The region enters the limits of Bulgaria in 837. The settlement is written as a town in the registry books from 1625. During the Ottoman yoke the town is a famous craftsman's and trade centre. The town enters the limits of Bulgaria again in 1912.

The tourist sights of the region are: the museum, the church "Sveta Bogoroditsa"/Holy Virgin/ (1835), the Revival complex, the "Momina Klissura" gorge, the "Popovi Livadi" resort, the "Orelyaka" reserve. Close to the town of Gotze Delchev are situated four villages proclaimed for architectural reserves - the villages of Kovachevitza, Leshten, Dolen and Delchevo.

Tourist Sights

The villages of Kovachevitza and Leshten near Gotze Dedlchev in the Garmen Municipality are architectural reserves situated in the Western Rhodope Mountains. The villages lie at a distance of 17 km northeast of the municipal centre of Garmen. The villages have preserved Revival period houses with stone ground floors and white bay-window floors. The buildings have a unique architectural style and are built mainly of wood and stone. The villages of Kovachevitza and Dolen have been registered in the Ottoman documents at the beginning of the XVII c.

The village of Dolen near Gotze Delchev is an architectural reserve on the territory of the Satovcha Municipality. The ancient houses are built on a steep terrain with bay-window storeys hanging above narrow cobblestone streets, complex crossroads and passes under the houses. The village is described in the Ottoman tax registry books in XVI c.

The village of Delchevo is a small village in the Municipality of Gotze Delchev with preserved authentic Revival period architecture.

The ancient town of Nikopolis ad Nestum near the village of Garmen is founded by the emperor Trayan to commemorate his victory over the Daks. Nikopolis ad Nestum has been a significant crossroads centre. It has been demolished in the VI c. Only the fortified walls and the towers of the ancient town are preserved.

Popovi Livadi (Papazchair) is a mountainous resort at an altitude of 1 400 m in Pirin Mountains. The resort lies at a distance of 16 km away from the town of Gotze Delchev.