Bulgaria is a Treasure

Content:

Tsigov Chark 5

Koprivshtitsa 19 , 20

Lyubimets 6 , 7

Tourist Route "Paradise View" 21

Karadjov Stone 8

Peshtera Snezhanka 22 , 23

Hotnishki Waterfall 9

Veliko Tarnovo 24

Rezovo 10 , 11

Krushuna Waterfalls 25

Ovech Fortress 12

Hunting Farm Iri Hisar 26 , 27

The River Dam 13

Madara Archaeological Reserve 28

"Borov Kamak" waterfall 15

Varna 29

The Reserve "Srebarna" 16

Arbanasi 17 , 18

The Seven Rila lakes 30 , 31

Introduction:

"Out-of-the-beaten track" is a book in English created by 9-graders in Nesho Bonchev High School - Panagyurishte, Bulgaria.
We, the students from IXv class decided to create that book for foreigners who visit Bulgaria, not for the 1st time, or immigrants who live here and want to explore our beautiful treasure Bulgaria.
The book is divided into 2 parts - Southern and Northern Bulgaria. You may find useful information about places that are not so popular even for some Bulgarians. You may read what you can do and see there.
We visited these places and were impressed by the breathtaking views of our country.
We highly recommend you visit them!
Do NOT waste your time at the weekends!
Just take a ride and enjoy!!!!

Tsigov chark

Tsigov Chark is a Bulgarian mountain resort. It is located on the southwestern shore of the Batak dam, which is the sixth largest dam in Bulgaria.

Tsigov Chark is famous for its clean air. The resort is hidden in the large, big forests of the Rhodopes. In the resort of Tsigov chark, there are several larger hotels, many small family hotels, and private villas. The main bed base is in the villas and hotel complexes type "single-family houses". The resort is a family entertainment complex. There is a developed "market", grocery stores, and numerous small ones.

Penka Shopova

Lyubimets

Lyubimets is a city in southern Bulgaria. It is located in the Haskovo district and is close to the cities of Harmanli and Svilengrad. The city is the administrative center of Lyubimets municipality.
Lubimets has extremely good transport and geographical position. The international road E-80, which connects Western and Central Europe through Sofia, Plovdiv, Haskovo, Lyubimets, and Svilengrad with Istanbul, the Middle East, Asia, and North Africa, passes through the territory of the municipality and through the city of Lyubimets itself. The "Maritsa" highway also passes near Lyubimets, which has the same direction as E-80. In addition to the road corridor, the railway line from Western and Central Europe passes through Sofia, Plovdiv, Dimitrovgrad, and Lyubimets to Svilengrad, Istanbul, and the Middle East. The electrification of the Plovdiv - Svilengrad section improved transport on the territory of the Lyubimets municipality.

Vela Ralcheva

Karadjov Stone

Karadzov Stone is located in Southern Bulgaria, 33 km from Asenovgrad. Asenovgrad is the largest non-regional city in Bulgaria and the largest in Rhodopes mountain. The population of the city is 50,859 people.

You can get to Karadzov Stone by car or by bus. Not exactly to the stone, but you can drive to the church of Cross Forest. There are parking lots. After that, you have to walk a lot. We walked around 13 km total in both directions. When you arrive at the stone you have 2 options. The first one is to stay down if you don't want to climb or you are scared of heights. The second one and the one that I recommend is to climb the stairs and the rocks. Be careful, it's slippery. It's not that hard, don't give up. When you are on the top you can see everything: the mountains, the forest, the church where you parked and the town. It's really beautiful, you should not miss it. Take a rest up there the way back is harder. You have to go down the same stairs if you can call them that. Most of it is a rope and cavities in the rock.

The Karadzov stone performed the function of a sanctuary during the early Iron Age and late antiquity.

After visiting Karadjov stone you can go and see Cross forest and Belintash, too. These places are really beautiful. Stop thinking, just find some free time to go and visit them.

Anna