Undoubtedly the most beautiful thing in Hissar are the parks which invite visitors to enjoy the variety of ornamental trees and plants. Acacia, lime, lilac, pine, Canadian oak, silver spruce, magnolia, the exotic ginco biloba, paulovnia, albicia and acer. In Hissar there are four kinds of lime trees with different blossom periods which ensure an aroma lasting over 30 days. The beginnings were laid by Swiss engineer Luis Chevalas who created the first park near the present Toplitza baths. It was much later that the parks near the Momina Banya spring, the Open-air Theatre and the luxurious Residence park were modeled. All the sanatoriums, hotels and holiday cottages are surrounded by enormous parks, too. About 100 hectares of greenery with over 300 plant species, some of them listed in the Bulgarian Red Book of endangered species. |