Alpinism and mountaineering
There is nothing more fascinatingly лазания on mountains of Bulgaria. The climbers, looking adventures, cannot forget sharp pleasure of numerous ascentions. Skilled guides and conductors not only give advice as it is better to make an ascention, but render the necessary help in an extreme situation. Besides standard mountain routes, specialized agencies can organize sorties and trips at will of the customer in such areas as Vratsa, It is great Tyrnovo, Troyan, Maliovica, Rusenski Lom. Wishing to receive strong sensations and to test itself for endurance necessarily should get on glaciers Vitosha, Pirin and Stara Planina
The pedestrian tourism and walks
To make the pedestrian walks on mountains and cross-country terrains long since was tradition in Bulgaria. In the majority of national parks suggest to make one-week or fortnight travel on foot, it is constant accompanied by a conductor-guide. Will be the enthusiasts much, wishing to master mountain areas Pirin, Rhodope, the Balkans with peak Botev and Vitosha with fascinating peak Cherni Vryh. To services of visitors and tourists there is a whole network of mountain hotels, guest small houses and camps. Exists more than 5000 noted routes and footpaths. Making excursion on such route, tourists are always assured, that in the end of their interesting transition the warm cosines waits.
Excursions on caves
More than 2000 caves wait for the researchers. Underground mountain formations and ancient cave painting wait for adventurers. In the Balkans, Pirin and Rhodope, and also in Sevdemo and Vratsa the organized excursions on caves are offered. To services of tourists - the best equipment and skilled guides. Do not forget to visit the National institute of speleology located highly in mountains above the river Iskyr.
Explaining the ground
Probably, you will want to try to borrow in explaining the ground - in the winter on skis, in the summer on foot. Two world championships were spent To Bulgaria on orientation. The cup on orientation is annually played on Shumen the Plateau. Ideal platforms for this kind of rest are woods in area of resorts ” Over Konstantin and Elena and also in area of the river Kamchija. Speak, that time here has stopped, at least any tourist in this area invariable has such impression.

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The park involves set having a rest on the Black Sea coast - nearby to it silent resorts Varna and Gold Sand from which .парк and the Bulgarian name prevails are located. Owing to the beaches and the sea water these northern Black Sea resorts in 1996 have won the premium ” the Blue Flag ” To all other, this district is well-known for the medical sources.

It is the newest and biggest Bulgarian national park. It is located in a southeast part of the country adjoining on Black sea. It is well-known for the oak and birch woods. Owing to climatic conditions 50 percent of the Bulgarian flora here grow. The set of fishes, including stickle-back is found in the rivers of park and eels. It will be interesting to fans of birds to observe here a life of such surprising kinds, as a golden eagle, erne, a black stork and honey-buzzard. It is interesting to visit also here museum-village Brushlyan.
Nearby to national park “Strandzhi” the reserve ” Ropotamo ” It has settled down reaches on both coast of the river Ropotamo and reaches down to the Black Sea dunes. In any other area of Bulgaria you will not find such various, sated landscape - here both islands, and rocks, both sandy beaches, and gulfs, both dunes, and bog Arkutino, both woods, and meadows - all it has settled down along last several kilometers of the river, before its confluence of the sea. The soft climate here is ideally favorable for violent growth of a huge variety of plants. Here too wonderfully felt by various predators and other representatives of fauna. Bog Arkutino - the bird’s reserve, here nests great variety of birds and there are rare kinds of cactuses.
Travelling across Bulgaria, continually you become the witness of traditions, histories and cultures of Bulgarian people. National park ” Strandzhi ” with its ancient monasteries and the historical monuments concerning by a Thracian epoch, not exception in this respect. In particular, the most ancient Bulgarian tradition can be observed in village Balgari during dances on coals during Sacred Konstantin’s holiday. Young men and women in the white attires, dancing in a trance on the heated coals is a show it is impossible to forget. But also to imitate them does not follow!
Mountain areas of Bulgaria is an excellent place for fans of the nature or for those who wishes to have a rest simply in mountains. Certainly, here there is no fascinating height of the Everest, infinity of the Grand Canyon, mysteriousness of jungle of Amazon. But here the special charm. As though they are created specially for the usual tourist looking something of greater, than simply rest.
Sparkling lakes, mysterious caves, charming landscapes, surprising flora and fauna - all it transforms rest in mountains into unforgettable pleasure. And where you have gone, traditions of the past, having passed the test time, always near to you, they a part of a daily life.
If simple fans of the nature find in Bulgaria enough places on the heart, for fans of adventures of mountain of Bulgaria open really unique opportunities to lead the holiday actively.

The central-Balkan national park
Located in the highest and most beautiful part of the average Balkans, to northeast from Sofia, this national park, first of all, is well-known for the highest in Bulgaria a falls - Praskalo which height makes 125 meters. The way to a falls lays through the most beautiful Trojan pass where there is a Trojan monastery which should be looked.
These one their best places the virgin, not touched civilization of the nature: the huge part of park till now is not investigated. In park is available nine natural reserves, four of them are biospheric reserves. Here lives over 150 kinds of animals being under protection and 50 kinds of plants being under protection, many of which grow only in this mountain district. To observe rising and a sunset on this mountain - local residents have named it “Land of the sons sun” - a special show.
National park “Sinite kamyni”
This park is located between Sofia and Burgas. Though it is one of the smallest national parks of Bulgaria, it differs improbable mountain formations and landscapes, hundreds the most interesting kinds of plants here too grow. Besides three kinds of the European birds to which extinction threatens here live. They are an imperial eagle, long-legged buzzard and a falcon peregrin.

National park “Vitosha” Located all in Floor of hour of driving from Sofia, national park ” Vitosha ” is well-known for that the great variety of kinds of butterflies here lives, birds and mammals. The park has been opened in 1934. It borrows all mountain Vitosha on which slopes the Great Bulgarian wood there are dews well-known “? The fauna of park is exclusively rich, here it is possible to meet the wolf, a bear, even a wild cat, and also many less dangerous animals, such as a badger and a deer.
If you will want to have a rest by nature, you there and then can go on couple of days to Sofia - to look old city, to visit set of historical and cultural sights.
Vrachano-Balkan national park
Located in northwest of the country, this national park is well-known for the extensive woods, Magnificent mountain formations, falls, ancient caves. Long since it inspired the Bulgarian writers and involved set of tourists. In park there is a natural reserve ” Vratsa the Karst ” the Name of this reserve occurs from karst caves being here in which the great variety of bats lives. The rich flora of reserve totals over 700 kinds of plants, some of which are so rare, that are protected by the law. But the main place of an attraction are local caves. They carry such names, as ” Ledenika ” and “Tymnata Dupka”

“Rila Planina”
One of youngest of the Bulgarian national parks. It borrows almost half of hills “Rila Planina” Located in a southwest of the country, it is well-known for the Family Lakes. These majestic seven lakes - present paradise for tourists. Before them fascinating landscapes open. Here the set of the rivers and streams, and sounds of murmuring water create rest, bear calm. Romanticism of the nature amplifies meetings with a bear, a wild wild boar, a noble deer, eagles and other animals living here in close community. Fauna of these mountains enjoy both simple fans of the nature, and professionals. At visiting these places do not forget to visit the Monastery “Rila Planina” - the wonderful sample of the Bulgarian orthodox church architecture. The monastery is protected by the state. It is located highly in mountains. Its history was kept forever.
National park ” Pirin “
National park ” Pirin ” is located on the highest part of mountain Pirin, whose top exceeds 2500 meters. Owing to the Mediterranean climate magnificent landscapes of this mountain district dense vegetation and animals.
For visitors the park is broken into some zones, in particular here there is a wood of the Bosnian pines where already during many centuries ancient pine Baykusheva towers. Among stones of crystal limestone grow and such surprising plants, as almost irremeable an edelweiss and Pirin a poppy blossom. The lakes Pirin surrounded by a file of macedonian pines, silvery fur-trees and firs, teem with various animals, and is high in mountains eagles and falcons live. National park ” Pirin ” is included in the list of world cultural and national values.

Very few people knows, that Bulgaria possesses the highest and most extensive virgin hills in the southeast Europe both exclusively rich flora and fauna. In mountains of Bulgaria not only the richest vegetation, but also rare kinds of birds, including signature stamps, eagles, falcons live. Many animals brought in the red book have found in mountains themselves a refuge: a bear, the wolf, a noble deer.
The first Bulgarian national park has been opened in 1934. Today it only the part of parks protected by the state and reserves of surprising beauty, which total area makes 498 thousand hectares. In Bulgaria huge work on preservation of rich traditions and cultures of people is conducted, and at the same time for tourists new treasures of the nature open. Many years the Bulgarian mountains served as vacation spot and admiration for uncountable visitors who came to borrow there in mountaineering, easier to wander or admire the nature.
NATIONAL PARKS
In Bulgaria set of the national parks opened for visiting. To services of visitors always there is a benevolent and skilled guide. In some parks there are special natural reserves, for an input in which it is necessary to receive the miss in advance.
Small hotels, hunting lodges and private houses where always it is beforehand possible to order to itself number or a room are well entered in the general joyful atmosphere of mountains. If you prefer to settle down more close to the nature on perimeter of these mountain institutions it is authorized to break

National park ” Shumen the Plateau “
This national park - it is located near to the city of Shumen - differs a variety of a landscape, since mountain valleys and finishing mountain plateaus and the hills alternating dense woods and steep abrupt mountain formations. Owing to ideal climatic conditions here grows over 500 kinds of vascular plants. Besides here set of kinds of trees: an oak rocky, an oak turkish, a hornbeam ordinary, a birch, an exotic acacia false, an oak red.
The park is well-known for the richest fauna, here lives over 100 kinds of birds. Besides here there is an archeologic reserve - Shumen the Fortress. In a memorial complex of “1300 of Bulgaria” there is a Center of tourists.
Rusenski national park
Having taken pleasure in beauty of local flora and fauna, you can after that to spend some time, having visited ruins of medieval locks - for example, Cherven Lock, or studying petroglyphic painting in the temples which have been cut down directly in rocks, close Ivanov where in a far antiquity the anonymous Bulgarian icon painter has embodied the creations for posterity.
Among a huge variety shrubby tree species here too there are plants, ancestors which grow in steppe areas. However the flora here is compelled to yield the palm to the richest variety of fauna. The park teems with fishes, turtles, lizards, snakes, the set of rare birds, among them - vulture, a golden eagle, an serpent eagle here nests. Besides quite harmless bats and otters, here at times it is possible to meet the present predators - the wolf, the jackal and even a wild cat.