The town of Kalofer is located in South-Central Bulgaria. It is part of Karlovo Municipality, Plovdiv District. The town is situated at 600 meters above sea-level along both banks of Tundja River, between the Balkan and the Sredna Gora Mountains. Above it stands the highest peak in the Balkan range – Botev peak. Kalofer is located 158 km east of Sofia and 75 km north of Plovdiv. It is the birthplace of the great Bulgarian poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev - the "Hristo Botev" house-museum is located there. Close to the center the school of the teacher Botyo Petkov can be found.