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City Museum
Not always open and without many attractions, the museum features local traditional costumes, ceramics and jewellery. The early 20th-century photos of old Melnik are fascinating. The museum is signposted before the Hotel Despot Slav.
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Kordopulov House
According to the proud caretaker, this is the Balkans' biggest house museum; in any case, the 1754 former home of one of Melnik's foremost wine merchants, is a truly impressive structure. The lovely sitting rooms have been carefully restored, and boast 19th-century murals, stained-glass windows and exquisite carved wooden ceilings, plus couches along the walls, bedecked with colourful pillows.
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Mitko Manolev Winery
For the most atmospheric adventure in degustatsia (wine tasting), clamber up the hillside to the Mitko Manolev Winery. Also known as Mitko Sheshtaka ('the Six-Fingered') it's basically a cellar dug into the rocks, and an informal hut with tables and chairs outside, for sampling (and buying) both red and white wine. It's along the hillside trail between the Bolyaskata Kâshta ruins and the Kordopulov House.
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