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Do not miss the best places of mountain ranges in Europe

Horseback Riding - in the mountain foot: EUR 20 per person
Rock Climbing: from EUR 30 / per day in a group
Biking - city or mountain: EUR 30 per day
White water rafting    May-June: EUR 50 per person per day
Caving - guided exploration-multilevel gorges: from EUR 40 per day

MAY - OCTOBER
Mountain hiking: 10 days
Day walks: 5-7 hrs/ 9-12 km./
Overnights:
8 Full board accommodation in hotels/family houses, transport, local guide/ English, German, French/, all transfers, maps:
Price: EUR 380.00 per person

RILAPIRINTHE RHODOPES



RILA

The highest mountain on the Balkan Peninsula. It is 2630 square miles wide. Rila means The Water Mountain, because of the many mountain lakes, which makes this mountain an important waterpower system. The average year temperature of Moussala is -3°C. It is the highest peak on the Balkan Peninsula with its 2925 m. Rila gives birth to the biggest Bulgarian rivers - Iskar, Maritza and Mesta. The fauna is represented by black eagle, falcon, and deers, does, bears, wild goats, wolves, wild boars, hawks and many more. The biggest monastery in Bulgaria is located in Rila - the Rila Monastery with its century history. There are 140 lakes in Rila and the transparency of their blue-green waters reaches 10 m in depth. The most beautiful are the so-called seven Rila lakes. The deepest of them is Okoto /The Eye/ -37,5m, the highest is Sulzata /The Teardrop/. The Icy Lake is the highest of all Rila lakes - it is located at 2709 m above sea-level. Smradlivoto ezero /The Stinky Lake/ is the biggest - 212 dka. All lakes are located at more than 1800 m above sea level.



ROUTES:

Javorova Poliana - Mecha Poliana - Maliovitsa
Razdela - Sedemte Rilski ezera - Skakavitsa
Sapareva bania - Panichishe
Govedarsi - Medarnika
Rila monastery






PIRIN

It is called the Mountain of the Gods. Its peaks are often soar above the clouds. On the slopes of the highest and most beautiful peak - Vihren with its 2914m, one can see the edelweiss - an alpine law-protected flower. There are 119 lakes-the deepest is 29.5 m, and the biggest -12,4ha. The most remarkable tree in this mountain and in Bulgaria is Baikushevata Mura - with its 1300 years, 22 m high and 2,4 m diameter. Here in Pirin one can see the multitude of circuses, moraines, the famous sand pyramids of Melnik with their 100 m height.



ROUTES:

Bialata reka/ chalet/ - Premenskite ezera/lake/ - Bezbog peak
Bialata reka - / chalet/Pirin - Temnite ezera/lake/
Bialata reka - Pirin - Melnik/ the smallest town in Bulgaria/
Bansko - famous with its pubs, wines






THE RHODOPES

The beauty is all around you when you are in the Rhodopes Mountain. Old people say:"When you see the Rhodopes, you can die in peace".The Rhodopes is the widest mountain in Bulgaria. It is all green and that makes it very attractive in all seasons. The highest peak here is Goliam Perelik - 2191 m and average year temperature +5-10°C. One of the most beautiful and picturesque sites is the Trigrad Gorge and its caves Diavolskoto Gurlo and Yagodinska Pestera, the caves Snezhanka and the upright rocks on which grow trees - the guards of the mountain.



ROUTES:

Rozhen monastery, Pamporovo resort, a lot of pubs, nice wine.


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