The town of Sredets (center of municipality of Sredets) is located next to the most developed tourist region in the country – the Bulgarian south Black Sea Coast. The town is only 30 km away from Bourgas airport and the shortest road from south-east Bulgaria to the south coast and Turkey goes through it. Gentle-sloped hills and valleys are favourable to the development of hiking. The variety of game provides great opportunities for hunting. Fakijska river which flows in the mountain part of the Sredets municipality is a good place for camping and fishing and the lakes near Sredec and Momina carkva are the right place for keen fishermen. Sredets is a center for a variety of cultural and other activities signs of which are the cultural center, archeological exposition, ethnographical museum, library, folklore song and dance group, dance group for children, students’ ecological club. Each May a traditional national fair for young talents is held and twice a year you can see two authentic Bulgarian customs – "Enyova bulja"/ young ladies go round the houses for health and fertility/ and "Kukeri"/all the people cover their faces with masks and have bells to chase the evil away/.