"Bansko, a palace larger than Mehomiya, only 1 hour far away. The road is flat and wide. Bansko is situated on a hill and has a good look, better than Mehomiya. There are 5 inns in Bansko. Water is plentiful here, almost every street has a stream or a fountain. Most of the houses are built of stone and have two storeys. In the middle of the village stands a beautiful church of the Holy Trinity with a bell-shaped bell-tower. There is also a city clock made by a self-made engineer and machinist, T.H. Radonov. The boys' school is not far away from the church: a new huge building that could house up to a thousand students; the yard is wide. There are 6 teachers with 300 students; the girls' school is a little further, with 2 teachers and up to 150 students. By 1887, the two schools were united, then they first separated and formed grades I and II during the times of teachers Samardzhiev and Boyanov. Protestants, about 50 houses, have their own school and prayer house."