Ina historical document Dobarsko is mentioned for the first time in Tsar Shishman’s Rila Decree from 1378. Dobarsko was the most economically developed settlement in Razlog valley until the end of the 18th century, when Bansko outgrew it. The huge amount of cattle bred in its beautiful pastures was brought south to Seres and Drama in the winter where the tradesmen of Dobarsko exported wool to Bosnia, Serbia, Austria and Bukurest.
A legend tells that founders of this marvelous place in the south foot of the holy Rila mountain were the blinded soldiers from Tsar Samuil’s army who couldn’t get to the Rila monastery as the winter came too early. The historical fact is: Tsar Samuil's army was defeated in the battle at Belassitsa Mountain in 1014 by the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, whose nickname was Bulgarochthonos (the 'Bulgar-Slayer'). Basil II took most of the Bulgarian army prisoners, blinded the soldiers, and sent the men back to their Tsar leaving one one-eyed man to lead the blind men. The soldiers had their reasons to choose the location of the village of Dobarsko- they found relief and cure in the healing water of the sacred place, that springs even today in the churchyard of “St. Theodor Tiron and Theodor Stratilat” church.