Goat Rock (Kozia Kamak)When you travel west from Lake Dospat, to the foothills of the Rhodope Mountains, you reach an area of beautiful villages built of slate stones, in a traditional style that has not changed since the 19th century. One of the most beautiful [...]

Gradishte Thracian Sanctuary In the western Rhodope Mountains, there are several megalithic sites hidden among the extensive fir forests, and most of them share a common characteristic: they consist of groups of huge upright rocks rising tens of meters high, resembling figures standing together—sculpted by [...]

The Seven Lakes make up one of the most beautiful and well-known sites in the Rila Mountains. These are seven alpine lakes, situated at altitudes ranging from 2,100 to 2,500 meters, connected by streams and meadows. It is an area of stunning natural beauty, above [...]

Dunov claimed that in the Rila Mountains there is an energetic triangle, whose vertices are the Seven Lakes on one side, Musala Mountain on the other, and the Rila Monastery as the third vertex. Rila Monastery will be detailed in the itinerary of Christian Bulgaria. [...]

Belogradchik is an area of mysterious sandstone hills in northwestern Bulgaria, covering several hundred square kilometers and somewhat reminiscent of Cappadocia. At the heart of the area lies the town of Belogradchik, and at its center stands an ancient citadel with Thracian foundations, later built [...]

Eyes of God (Prohodna)"Eyes of God" is the name given to the passage cave of Prohodna, which is also a prehistoric site located about 500 meters from the banks of the Iskar River. It is a cave with two openings at both ends—a kind of [...]

This is the largest Thracian tomb-temple and one of the most beautiful ever discovered. It is located on top of a hill in the heart of a wooded natural area, 50 km north of Plovdiv on the edge of the Thracian plain. It is a [...]

The most famous tomb-temple in the Valley of the Thracian Kings is that of King Seuthes III, located near the village of Shipka and known as Kosmatka. The site remained sealed for 2,300 years and was discovered by Bulgarian archaeologist Georgi Kitov only in the [...]

Valley of the Kings – Kazanlak To the north of the city of Kazanlak, hundreds of monumental Thracian tomb-temples were discovered, shaped as large round burial mounds. These include remarkable paintings, gold treasures, and monumental architecture. The valley, also known as the Valley of the [...]

10 km south of Kazanlak, in the foothills of the Sredna Gora Mountains, on a hill bordering the valley, there is a gate built of massive stones, inside of which there is an opening through which sunlight shines on the longest day of the year. [...]