It is situated on the southeastern slopes of Southern Pirin in the historical and geographical area of Mervashko.

The climate is transitional Mediterranean with mountain influence with summer minimum and winter maximum of rainfalls.

About 4 km west of the village, a ceramic material was found in the Kulata locality, indicating the existence of life from the early Iron Age.

Remains of an ancient fortress wall, partly used in the Middle Ages, have been preserved.

The names Gaitanine and Gaitanina are mentioned in Ottoman tax registers from the second half of the 15th century, 1623 - 1625, 1635 - 1637 and 1660.

[2] In addition to ironmaking construction workers and harvesters from Gaitaninovo went to seasonal work inland and mainly in Drama.

Following a solemn service in the local church, the categorical rejection of the Constantinople Patriarchate and the request for the establishment of a unified Nevrokop-Melnik-Drama-Seres Bulgarian Diocese were proclaimed.

The Greeks at that time called Gaitaninovo "the sacred sanctuary of the Bulgarians.

In the Ethnography of the vilayets of Adrianople, Monastir and Thessaloniki, published in Constantinople in 1878 and reflecting the statistics of the male population of 1873, Gaïtaninovo was referred to as a village with 180 households and 640 Bulgarians.

[4] In 1889, Stefan Verkovic (Topographical-Ethnographic Outline of Macedonia) marks Gaitaninovo as a village with 150 Bulgarian houses.

[5] In 1891 Vasil Kanchov visited the area and left interesting travel notes for Gaitaninovo.

Here's what he wrote: "The village has 200 houses purely Bulgarian, but overlooks like a small town.

The main occupation of the peasants was, until recently, making slabs for forging cattle.

В селото функционира българско начално училище с 1 учител и 74 ученици.

[8] In a report to Hilarion Neurokopski from 1909 he wrote about the village: "Gaytaninovo ... is located at the foot of Alibotush.

A middle school named "Otets Paisii" was functional till 1997 year.