Gela is a place to stroll around the cobbled streets or enjoy picnics in the surrounding meadows - unless you happen to be around on the first Sunday of August , when the annual bagpipe festival takes place. People from around the region and the country come for this extended family gathering to dance and listen to music in a large meadow. Further more, you will be invited to test the famous spit roast lamb, Rhodopean style, called “Cheverme”. The annual bagpipe competition feast, traditionally attract a lot of tourists.