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Extract from the Melnik Travel Guides:
Approaching
MELNIK
you'll catch glimpses of the wall of mountains that allowed the townsfolk to thumb their noses at the Byzantine Empire in the eleventh century. Melnik hides until the last moment, encircled by hard-edged crags, scree slopes and sandstone cones. Its straggling main street is lined with
mehanas
, whitewashed stone houses on timber props festooned with flowers, and vines overhanging cobbled alleys and narrow courtyards. Rooms for rent and wine for sale make it plain that the locals are used to tourists, while the new hotels being built attest to the sums that outsiders are now investing, yet it remains...
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