Stara planina is also known as “the Balkan”. It is the longest, the biggest and also the “most Bulgarian” of all mountains. It extends throughout the entire length of the country - from the Bulgarian border with Serbia to the Black Sea coast. Being 550 kilometres long, like the back-bone of a fish it is such an inseparable part of the country and its history that it has long become...
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The key constructive element in the mountain is granite. There are also marble, crystalline schists and others here. The twofold glaciating of Rila played an important part in the formation of its relief. The multitude of cirques, the well outlined trog (glacial) valleys, the Alpine peaks and the glacial lakes are evidence for this.
The climate of Rila is determined by its geographical...
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Pirin is the most beautiful and most Alpine type of mountain in Bulgaria. It is the second highest (Vihren peak 2914m.)after the Rila mountain (in Bulgaria) and third in the Balkan peninsula. Because of the unique nature of the Pirin Mountain, in 1976 the Pirin National Park was found to cover - at present - nearly the whole of Northern Pirin to an area of some 40 000 hectares. Pirin has...
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Strandzha is a mountain in Southeastern Bulgaria and Turkey which stretches between Bourgas valley, the Black Sea and Eastern Thracia. The highest peak on Bulgarian territory is Gradishte (710 m).
The mountain is scarcely populated. The climate in the Bulgarian part of Strandzha is primarily transitional-Mediterranean influenced by the Black Sea. Strandja natural park is the biggest...
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