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  • Yalovarnika Peak

    Yalovarnika Peak

    07.01.2016Yalovarnika Peak is located on the alpine part of Northern [Pirin], more specifically along the Kamenishko side mountain ridge. The massive granite peak towers at 9069 ft (2765 m) it is characterized by its double peak. ...
  • Gazey Peak

    Gazey Peak

    06.01.2016Gazey Peak is among the most picturesque peaks in [Pirin] mountain. The peak splits off of the Polezhan side ridge - at the Gazey mountain ridge with its altitude of 9056 ft (2761 m) above sea level. This puts it in ...
  • Kamenitsa Peak

    Kamenitsa Peak

    05.01.2016Kamenitsa Peak stands at 9256 ft (2822 m) high and is the 5th tallest peak in [Pirin]. Kamenitsa is one of the most challenging and difficult to conquer summits in Pirin. The peak is an attractive point for lovers of ext...
  • Velyanova Kushta

    Velyanova Kushta

    05.01.2016Velyanova Kushta was built during the 18th-19th centuries in the style typical of that time. The fortified house had set in as an architectural style due to the outlaw epidemic that surged through Bulgarian lands in the ...
  • Bezbog Hut

    Bezbog Hut

    04.01.2016Bezbog Hut sits at 7347 ft (2240 m) above sea level on the banks of [Bezbog Lake] and is one of the newest and most modern huts in Pirin. It is actually the 2nd structure built in the immediate area, since the 1st was de...
  • Gotse Delchev Hut

    Gotse Delchev Hut

    04.01.2016Gotse Delchev Hut is named after one of the most important Bulgarian revolutionaries, a leader and ideologist of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committee - the apostle Gotse Delchev. It is situated in ...
  • Nikola Vaptsarov House Museum

    Nikola Vaptsarov House Museum

    04.01.2016Nikola Vaptsarov House Museum was turned into an actual museum back in 1952. Restoration has been done 3 times - in 1960, 1979 and 1992, with the current exposition at a very high professional level. Relatives of the ...
  • Kralev Dvor Peak

    Kralev Dvor Peak

    02.01.2016Kralev Dvor Peak is located on the southern central part of the main Pirin ridge, towering at 8790 ft (2680 m) above sea level. Kralev Dvor, unlike the majority of mountains peaks in [Pirin], is not a marble but a granit...
  • Razlog Kukeri Prepare for the Traditional Carnival

    Razlog Kukeri Prepare for the Traditional Carnival

    31.12.2015The traditional Kukeri festival will be held again this year in [Razlog] and participants are doing their last-minute repetitions before the start of the show. Enthusiasts from the region will put on eye-catching biz...
  • Sveta Troitsa Church - Bansko

    Sveta Troitsa Church - Bansko

    30.12.2015Sveta Troitsa Church is one of the symbols of [Bansko], along with its tower and unique ring of the bells. Preparation for construction of the church began around 1810. The location for its construction was chosen, on...
  • Banski Suhodol Peak

    Banski Suhodol Peak

    27.12.2015Banski Suhodol Peak is one of the peaks in [Pirin] mountain. Banski Suhodol is situated in the northern part of the mountain, on the main Pirin ridge in its marble section. Banski Suhodol has a height of 9460 ft (2884...
  • Bayuvi Dupki Peak

    Bayuvi Dupki Peak

    25.12.2015Bayuvi Dupki Peak or Bayuva Dupka is located in the northern part of [Pirin] mountain. The peak sits at the so-called "marble summit" at an impressive 9249 ft (2820 m) above sea level. It is situated at the karst rid...
  • Momin Dvor Peak

    Momin Dvor Peak

    25.12.2015Momin Dvor Peak or Momini Dvori is a granite peak located on the main ridge in the northern part of [Pirin] mountain. Momini Dvori lies at at an altitude of 8905 ft (2715 m) and has a well-defined pyramidal shape. Mo...
  • Christmas Fundraiser Concert in Bansko

    Christmas Fundraiser Concert in Bansko

    23.12.2015Today, December 23rd, at 5:30 PM, Bansko will be hosting a Christmas concert under the motto "Christmas Smiles", to raise funds for an initiative organized by the municipality. The Christmas spectacle will be held at...
  • Spano Pole Refuge

    Spano Pole Refuge

    18.12.2015Spano Pole Refuge is located in the southern part of Malko Spano Pole cirque in the northern part of [Pirin] mountain. The refuge sits at 6740 ft (2055 m) above sea level right under the southwestern slopes of Bashliiski...
  • Razlozhki Suhodol Peak

    Razlozhki Suhodol Peak

    17.12.2015Razlozhki Suhodol Peak is one of the most controversial peaks in [Pirin] mountain. It's located on the main mountain ridge between Suhodol and Kamenitishki summits and according to some its elevation is 8905 ft (2715 m),...
  • Vihren Hut

    Vihren Hut

    17.12.2015Vihren Hut is found in [Pirin] mountain, it was built in 1939-1941 by the Bulgarian Tourist Union of Bansko at an altitude of 6396 ft (1950 m) above sea level on the left side of the rocky shore of [Bunderitsa River]. In...
  • Tisata Nature Reserve

    Tisata Nature Reserve

    17.12.2015Tisata Nature Reserve was founded in 1949 under the ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, originally under the name Tisova Burchina. In 1977, the reserve's territory was expanded and it was renamed Tisat...
  • Kremenski Lakes

    Kremenski Lakes

    17.12.2015The Kremenski Lakes are a group of 9 water bodies in [Pirin] mountain. The Kremenski Lakes are situated in the Kremenski cirque, a narrow, yet incredibly well defined Pirin cirque. The Kremenski cirque is surrounded b...
  • Malina Hut

    Malina Hut

    17.12.2015Malina Hut is located in Dolen Kaluger in Central [Pirin]. The structure lies at the foot of Boikov Vruh, 5490 ft (1674 m) above sea level. Malina is a large 2-story building. For fans of mountain tourism, it has 68 b...