Klissura will always remain in the Bulgarian history with the heroic deed of the local residents during the April Uprising, which paved the way of Bulgaria to its Liberation from the 5 centuries of Turkish yoke, with the legendary image of Borimechkata (the bear fighter), whose monument rises even today at the town’s entrance, with the famous cherry cannons – symbol of the artillery of Klissura. The ruins of the “St. Nicolas the wonder worker” church still remind of the reckless 20 of April 1876 and the original bell, which proclaimed the rebellion of the residents of Klissura against the enslavers is the greatest treasure of the Town’s Historical museum. The museum is also proud to present the authentic cherry cannon, whose reductions are on sale as a souvenir. Other precious relics from the past are the Pavurdjievata house where the local revolutionary committee was established and the Kozinarovata house, with the historic well, which gave five beloved victims in the battle for Bulgarian Liberty. Each year on 30 April the residents of Klissura honor the memory of the heroes who perished in the Uprising and May 1 is proclaimed a holiday of the town and is marked by a reconstruction of the events from 1876. Here you can hear the song “Those wretched residents of Klissura” – an anthem of the town.

The first restored building in town after the burning of Klissura was the Chervenakovata house – a typical model of the Revival architecture in Klissura, which was transformed into an ethnographic museum with an authentic store from that time. The only museum of the potatoes is housed there. Annually, at the end of October the building hosts the original local holiday of the potatoes – the greatest attraction of Klissura after the traditional for the 1 May “live picture” of the April Uprising. The Kozinarovata and Pavurdjievata houses are not only of historical but also of ethnographic value. A modest ethnographic exposition concerning the way of life of the Bulgarian woman since the 19th century is arranged in the Kozinarovata house. It presents a work room furnished in the typical for that time style. The Pavurdjievata house fascinates with its exquisite murals and the only old rose distillery once used for the production of the finest rose oil in this part of the Rose Valley, which has survived the burning of the town of Klissura.

Klissura is the town of birth of the prominent publisher Hristo Danov who founded the first Bulgarian printing office in the city of Plovdiv. To honor him and his work the residents of Klissura have erected his bust-monument at the spot where his house once stood.
The most romantic place for recreation in the whole municipality – the Auto tourist complex of the Union of the Bulgarian motorists, is located by the historic place of Zli Dol, near the main road, at the entrance of Klissura.