Pchelin (Bulgarian: Пчелин) is a village in the Sofia Province southwestern Bulgaria, located in the Kostenets Municipality.

[3] It lies just south of the Trakia motorway and east of the first class I-8 road Kalotina–Sofia–Plovdiv–Kapitan Andreevo.

[4] There are favourable conditions for agriculture, the main crops include wheat, strawberries and blackcurrant.

[2] The spa resort of Pchelin mineral baths is located some 2 km northeast of the village, nestled in a forested valley in the Septemvriyski ridge of Sredna Gora.

[5] According to legends, the springs were used by the soldiers of the Bulgarian emperor Samuel (r. 997–1014), who in 986 dealt a crushing defeated to the Byzantines in the battle of the Gates of Trajan that took place in the vicinity of the village.