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, 158 km east of Sofia and 75 km north of Plovdiv. Above it stands the highest peak in the Balkan range – Botev peak. Kalofer is the birthplace of the great Bulgarian poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev. The "Hristo Botev" house-museum is located there.