The Municipality Kotel is located in South-East Bulgaria in Sliven District. The Municipality consists of 1 town (Kotel) and 25 villages. It has well developed communications. There are asphalt covered roads reaching all population centers. The Kotel Pass is an important transport corridor connecting northern and southern Bulgaria. Road II-48 Omourtag - Kotel - Gradets reaches the Petolachkata transport junction from where there are road connections to Bourgas, Sliven, Stara Zagora and Sofia (the Trakia highway, which is under construction), Straldzha railway station, Yambol. Kotel is a municipality rich in cultural and historical sights. Five architectural reserves are located on its territory, namely: Galata suburb in Kotel town, Zheravna village, Medven village, Gradets village and Katounishte village. There are 780 declared monuments of culture. The area of Kotel Municipality is environmentally clean because there are no large industrial companies to pollute the environment. The natural sights and protected areas and reserves offer an opportunity for development of ecotourism. These are: Orlitsa reserve, the protected areas Orlovi Skali, Demir Kapia, Korenik, Vida peak, the caves Lednika, Prikazna, Maarata, Karvava Lokva, Tsarevets, the rock formation Ouroushki Skali and Izvorite forest park.