THE RILA MOUNTAIN - sacred places of power
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The Seven Lakes
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Me and the Silence

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"Clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness, "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves."   John Muir

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The "Seven lakes" hut.Rila flower
View at the Seven Lakes.
Breathtaking panoramic view at the Rila ridges
Bulgaria is a walkers' paradise. Thousands of kilometres of waymarked trails join a network of well maintained mountain huts, offering access to remote and beautiful alpine terrain. The meadows, forests, ridges and cirques of ranges like the Rodopi and Vitosha mountains are home to some of Europe's rarest plants and animals, and were the hideouts of the patriots, poets and revolutionaries who fought for the nation state that is modern Bulgaria.

Now that the communist inspired hiking movements have come to an end Bulgaria offers the walker an unspoilt solitude not to be found in other European ranges. 

Routes are spanning seven mountain ranges, from the 30-day crossing of the country via Stara Plania to the compact delights of the Vitosha traverse, which can walked in a long weekend from Sofia.
 
PIRIN
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in Pirin mountain.1		 Tevno ezero (lake).   Situated in the heart of the mountain at 2512m a.s.l., it is one of the most beautiful places in Pirin.1 Tiyacite. The word means silent place in the dialect of the native people.1
PIRIN STARA PLANINA -- the backbone of Bulgaria
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People say that Sinanica
is the most beautiful peak in the mountain, and in Bulgaria too.1		 Acting as a shield, Stara Planina splits the country into two parts.
High peaks, green valleys with soft and mild climat.1
VITOSHA    
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Mountain ecoesClick here to hear
"Mountain echoes" by Ludmil Egov

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1 --copyrighted photos donated by Ivan Cenov
2 --copyrighted photos donated by Kiril Anchev

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