Cycling to Belchin and Dupnitsa
Saturday has with a perfect weather forecast for going to bike somewhere. So I accept an invitation to go to Belchin village “new” restored fortress, and even invite Deny – new friend with a desire for biking, but without experience. So start earlier and start from the Business Park Metro
Seven Rila Lakes and Rila monastery hiking guide
After a rescue operation on 05.07.2019 of a tourist with low sneakers, summer jeans, cotton sweater, without lighting, navigation and spare battery, I remind again that Rila is a high and dangerous mountain. You need two days and hiking equipment. Finally, I will delete this article, to sleep well. If
Belintash
After we split with rest of Light and Cult crew, with Alex make camp near Lisicite village on Kardzali dam. We want to stay another day in Rhodope mountain. Rocks near Lisicite are interesting, but on morning we go to Angel Voivoda village to make drone video. For the afternoon
Bulgarian version of NSS “A Guide to Responsible Caving”
I make translation of “A Guide to Responsible Caving” a years ago, but just now have time to build a small book. As so many years caver, I agree with all in “A Guide…” and try to adapt for Bulgarian reality, but I know the mentality of Bulgarian cavers, and
The abandoned way through Arabakonak – PreBalkan cycling
On morning I say goodbye and thank you again with Grandpa Yoan and left Pravets monastery and go to town. Pravets is famous as birth place of Todor Zivkov – last and longest communist leader of Bulgaria. Even here have a monument of him. Passing near I think, that people
Mountain biking on Vitosha
Even though we have the opportunity, we don’t promote and accordingly not receive many inquiries and requests for mountain biking tours on Vitosha mountain in the Sofia Green Tour. But sometimes it happens. This time it was an elderly couple from Germany and their son, married a Bulgarian. Our main
A little west frontier cycling
On last weekend climbing on Lakatnik with Alex I meet a friend from my old caving club and surprisingly has invited for group cycling near to west border. At morning we gather 9 people and catch train to Zemen. From there we cycling on Euro Velo 13 The Iron curtain
Starosel and Koprivshtitca – VeloRhodope 2014 day 7
Problem, when choose campsite tired is that you pick first acceptable place. On morning I see that on a hundred meters from my camp is a first of temples in Starosel. With nice parking, chapel and place for tent. I really recommend. But first in the morning I go big
Разпространение на карста в България
After Internet data map and statistics of the cave areas in Bulgaria now I tried to capture and the distribution of the karst on the territory of Bulgaria. For this purpose, I used the most popular and accessible map – that of Popov from the 70-80s of the last century
Vitosha mountain middle part
If chairlift Dragalevtsi working that is one of the best way to explore the middle part of Vitosha. Even that track is 15-18 km, I made it with my 10 years old niece. In summer that is the best way to Sofia from the top. The start of the route
Разпределение на маршрутите в картата/пътеводителя Лозенска планина
I finished the graduation of the routes in rich in roads and trails Lozen mountain. Since the mountain is small, instead of to describe the 3 marked route, I decided to make it so that everyone can choose their way from junction to junction. See the schematic diagram and if
Излетник 3 – Седемте Рилски езера
if you want to go to Seven Rila lakes and want to have more detailed map, you can use this one. These two maps are in different scale, and first show area from Panichishte to Rila monastery and from Ivan Vazov hut to Maliovitza area with all marked summer and