Happy House
a different reality

A Rhodope retreat in Provençal style — a different reading. A 102-year-old house where you change your energy and your gaze, and settle into absolute calm.

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I · The Story

1923

A house that remembers
a whole century

For over a hundred years this house has stood on the slope above Progled. The writer Vasil Dimitrov — Yantai Kavalov — lived and worked here. Walls of Rhodope stone, petrol-green window shutters with carved hearts. Every detail here is precise and carries meaning. The past is not a museum — it is alive and warm; here, history has been built upon history.

The entrance and façade of Happy House in Progled — stone steps, green railings and the house sign — The façade · Happy House in Progled

A Rhodope retreat
in Provençal style

A different reading… Every room is arranged with romance, style and clear, calm energy. The Happy House — perched in the heart of the mountain.

The Provençal-style parlour — blue armchairs, an antique sideboard and mountain paintings — The parlour · the Provençal reading

III

A bedroom where
the body rests

A wrought-iron bed — comfort with orthopaedic mattresses of wool and linen. Natural, breathable materials for deep, peaceful sleep in the embrace of the mountain.

A wrought-iron bed with orthopaedic mattresses of wool and linen — The bedroom · wrought iron and natural fibres

A kitchen where
time sits down with you

The heart of the house is the dining room — an oak sideboard, a hand-painted chandelier and a long table under a linen cloth. A fully equipped kitchen, living room and dining room in one — for groups who love spending their evenings together.

The dining room with a wood-burning stove and a set table — The dining room · the shared hearth

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Here I truly change my energy and my gaze, and dwell in absolute peace and bliss.

— From the hostess’s journal

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II · The Rooms

Four rooms, four moods

Pink, yellow, blue… Choose which one to wake up in.

The Squirrels’ Room — the bedroom with the double fringed chandeliers

The Squirrels’ Room

Space and calm

A spacious apartment with double fringed chandeliers, floor-length floral curtains, rounded corners and a green band along the ceiling that underlines the softness and warmth that fills the eye. The bedroom connects to a boudoir with a child’s bed and a place to relax, with a wonderful view of the mountain — ideal for a family with two children.

Bedroom + boudoirChild’s bedMountain viewFor families with children3rd floor

The Hedgehogs’ Room — a bed of wrought iron and wood

The Hedgehogs’ Room

A classic for two

This is a stylish, simple room for two. A wrought-iron bed — comfort with orthopaedic mattresses of wool and linen. A Baroque-style dressing table and an antique mirror. Every detail here is complete and carries a touch of the classic.

For twoWrought ironBaroque dressing tableAntique mirror2nd floor

The Roosters’ Room — the sitting room with the arch to the bedroom

The Roosters’ Room

Sunny romance

This first-floor apartment is dressed in sunny yellow. Beautiful floor-length floral curtains in yellow. A wrought-iron bed with soft pillows for a touch of luxury. An elegant dressing table and a Venetian-style mirror. Here you will be immersed in romance.

Double bedVenetian mirrorSunny aspect1st floor

The Foxes’ Room — the bedroom with the blue porcelain chandelier

The Foxes’ Room

Calm and harmony

Done in blue, this apartment immerses you in the colour of calm and harmony. A chandelier accented with blue flowers, a wool rug in beautiful Persian blue shades and patterns. A fireplace that once was, kept as décor — with Himalayan salt coals to recall cosiness and warm evenings. A connecting room with a soft sofa that turns into a bed, and a small table.

Bedroom + connecting roomSofa bedDecorative fireplacePersian rug2nd floor

III · The Experience

Small rituals of stillness

Infrared sauna

A cabin for two with chromotherapy — soft light, deep warmth. A ritual for after a day in the snow or a long forest walk.

Wellness

Barbecue in the garden

A stone terrace, a grill and embers under the stars. Long Rhodope evenings pass by the fire, with a view of the peaks.

Outdoors

A cosy fireplace

There is always a neat stack of firewood close by. The crackle of the fire, a cup of mountain-herb tea and a book — the winter evening writes itself.

Indoors

4 minutes to the slopes

Pamporovo is a short drive away. Skiing in the morning, sauna in the afternoon, dinner around the table — the day arranges itself.

Skiing

Kitchen and dining room

A fully equipped kitchen, a living room and a long shared table. A place for groups who love to cook and dine together.

For everyone

The Rhodope silence

More than 300 sunny days, clean mountain air and a calm you can feel. People come here to slow time down.

Nature

IV · The Rhodope

The mountain that heals

The hostess returns from the forest with an armful of herbs… Here the guest does not simply spend the night. Here you feel, you sense, you remember the knowledge passed down through generations. You taste dishes with fragrant spices, aromatic tea and the stories of the family.

Only when the root is full, deep and strong — only then is the crown of the tree grand and majestic.

Here is what ripens around us:

thymeSt John’s wortyarroworeganoeldernettleplantain

Elderflower · a sparkling drink

Fermented in a glass jar with lemon, honey and water, in the sun for 4–5 days. The result is a pleasantly sparkling drink, finished with crushed mint. Refreshing and alive.

refreshingfermentedsummer

Nettle · suritsa

Fermented the same way, without lemon — the so-called suritsa our forebears used to make. Dried, it becomes flour; the seed, the root, the whole plant is a treasury.

vitaminsmicrobiomespring

Field horsetail · silica

A powerful herb, rich in silica. Prepared as a decoction and an infusion — picked right now, at the start of summer. The hostess gladly shares the recipe and how to dry it in the shade.

strengthens bonesantioxidantregenerating

Herbal lore is a tradition, not medicine — always consult a doctor first.

All year round

Snow and embers

The snow lingers for months. Days pass on the slopes of Pamporovo and Chepelare, evenings in the sauna and by the fireplace. The firewood stacked under the windows awaits its fire.

Herbs and coolness

The mountain wakes with the Rhodope lily from the Red Book, blooming between June and July. Long walks, herb picking, barbecues in the garden and over 300 sunny days a year.

V · The Grounds

The façade — Rhodope stone and petrol-green shutters with carved hearts — The façade · stone and hearts

The house in summer — loungers on the lawn — Summer in front of the house

The gazebo with the table on the lawn — The gazebo on the lawn

Loungers on the stone terraces — Loungers on the terraces

The pond by the flower-decked veranda — The pond by the veranda

The kids’ corner with a slide and a swing — The kids’ corner

VI · The Place

In the heart of the Rhodopes

Progled is one of the oldest villages in Chepelare municipality, at 1,370 m altitude and just 4 km from Pamporovo. Trails set off from here into the very heart of the mountain.

Pamporovo ski slopes and lift4 km

Chepelare Mechi Chal ski area, museums7 km

The Wonderful Bridges rock phenomena~25 km

Shiroka Laka a Revival-era village~16 km

Smolyan the provincial centre~20 km

Plovdiv airport and motorway~75 km

Happy House

VII · The Happy Family

One brand. One family.
Two ends of Bulgaria.

Happy House is not just this house. Behind the name of the Happy House stands one family that is three rays — each with its own address, its own team and its own story, yet the signature is one — cosiness, style and individuality.

The guest house is in the Rhodope village of Progled. The other two rays — the family restaurant Bistro and Happy Farm, a farm with animals and attractions for children — are far from here, in Varna. If you are headed that way, the home of the Happy House awaits you there.

You are hereProgled, the Rhodopes — Happy House · guest house

By the seaVarna, Levski district — Bistro Happy House and Happy Farm · two separate venues

Varna · Levski district

The long family table at Bistro Happy House in Varna

A stand-alone restaurant · VarnaBistro Happy HouseThe family’s restaurant in Varna — English cosiness, rooms with moods and a pergola garden. 4.7 ★ from nearly 1,900 guests. Varna · Levski district

Bar & Grill with a petting zoo · VarnaHappy FarmA separate world for families in Varna — a garden, a treehouse, craft workshops and Rosko the alpaca.

Different addresses. Different stories. One happiness — Happy.

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Step into the other
reality

The Progled guest house opens its doors in March 2026. A fairytale that comes to life and makes you want to keep reading it — because there, everyone sees and finds themselves…

Get in touch with the hosts directly to check available dates. They will gladly arrange your stay — and tell you the story of the house in person.

Call · +359 88 862 9802 Send an enquiry

Instagram: @happy_house_progled Facebook: Happy House Progled Progled, Chepelare municipality, Smolyan province

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A house that remembersa whole century

A Rhodope retreatin Provençal style

A bedroom wherethe body rests

A kitchen wheretime sits down with you