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Peaks

The high points

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Highlights

1
Rila
The highest mountains in the Balkans, and the easiest to underestimate
4–10 h
Randona.bg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2
Musala
The highest point in the Balkans, and a long day out.
5–10 h
YjM · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
3
Balkan Mountains
The ridge that splits Bulgaria in two and named the peninsula
3–8 h
Ivano Giambattista · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
4
Rhodope Mountains
Two mountains in one: marble karst in the west, bare hills in the east
3–10 h
BuhaM · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
5
Pirin
Marble crests, 118 glacial lakes and the sharpest skyline in Bulgaria
4–10 h
Dido3 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
6
Vitosha
A mountain of 2,290 metres that you reach on a city bus
4–10 h
podoboq from Sofia, Bulgaria · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
7
Belogradchik Rocks
Red sandstone towers with a fortress built straight into them.
1.5–3 h
Fonvan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
8
Strandzha
Low border hills that feel a long way from the rest of Bulgaria
3–8 h
SpaceControl · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
9
Belasica
A single long wall of a mountain, shared by three countries
4–9 h
Deyan Vasilev ( Dido3 ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
10
Botev Peak
The highest point of the Balkan range, and a hard day from Kalofer
6–12 h
Ivelin Mincov · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
11
Vihren
2,914 m of marble, and about six hours on your feet from the hut
5.5–8 h
Спасимир · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
12
Sredna Gora
The lower range to the south, where the 1876 uprising was planned
2–8 h
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
13
Midžor
2,169 m on the Serbian border, and empty in a way Rila never is
5–9 h
Mikel Iturbe Urretxa · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
14
Osogovo
A border range above Kyustendil, topped by Ruen at 2,251 metres
4–8 h
Apostoloff · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
15
Shipka Pass
The pass that held in 1877 — the monument is shut for restoration
45 min–2 h
Jeroen Kransen, Netherlands · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
16
Sakar Mountain
Low hills with dolmens and Bulgaria's best imperial eagle country
2–8 h
Evgord © Evgeni Dinev · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
17
Ograzhden
A wooded border range with no huts and only patchy waymarking
3–7 h
Deyan Vasilev ( Dido3 ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
18
Maleshevo
Low border hills between the Struma and Macedonia, walked by almost nobody
3–7 h
Ivano Giambattista · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
19
Gate of Trajan
The pass where Basil II's army was destroyed in 986
30 min–1 h
manevpe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
20
Kom Peak
Two hours up from the hut, and the start of the Kom–Emine trail
3–6 h
Atanas Teodosiev teodosiev · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
21
Tumba Peak
Three countries meet on this summit, 1,880 m up the Belasica ridge
5–8 h
Deyan Vasilev ( Dido3 ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
22
Hadzhi Dimitar Peak
Buzludzha: 1868, 1891, and a sealed concrete monument on top
30 min–1 h
RG72 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
23
Vlahina
A quiet border ridge above the Struma, rising to about 1,900 metres
3–6 h
Ivano Giambattista · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Golyam Perelik (peak)
The highest point in the Rhodopes, and you cannot stand on it
2–5 h
Ikonact · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
25
Slavyanka
A dry limestone mountain on the Greek border, with no water on the ridge
5–8 h
Deyan Vasilev ( Dido3 ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
26
Malyovitsa
The rock peak where Bulgarian climbers learned their trade
5–7 h
Стелиян Касабов / Stelian Kasabov · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
27
Verila
The low ridge linking Vitosha to Rila, crossed by the E4 path
3–6 h
Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
28
Radomir Peak
The top of Belasica, 2,029 m, with Greece starting at your feet
6–10 h
Kiril Simeonovski · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
29
Cherni Vrah
Bulgaria's fourth-highest summit, and where its hiking began
3–7 h
Tanasy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
30
Lyulin Mountain
Sofia's other mountain — low, wooded and nearly empty
2–5 h
Nikolay Rainov · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
31
Vezhen
2,198 metres of grass and wind on the main ridge
3–6 h
Pamporoff · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
32
Medni Rid
A ridge mined for copper since the Bronze Age, with nothing signposted
2–5 h
Andrei Stroe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
33
Vidlic
A Serbian limestone ridge whose eastern tail crosses into Bulgaria
1.5–5 h
Simin · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
34
Predbalkan
The foothill belt running below the main Balkan ridge
1.5–5 h
Svilen Enev · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
35
Aleko hut (Vitosha Mountain)
The hut Bulgarian hiking was built around, 21 km from central Sofia
1–3 h
Nikolay Rainov · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
36
Tri Chuke
A 1,937-metre name on the Serbian border ridge
1.5–5 h
TodorBozhinov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
37
Aytoska planina
A low wooded ridge west of Burgas, 484 metres at its highest and empty
2–5 h
Litev · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
38
Kralev Dvor
A peak in the northern Pirin
1.5–5 h
Deyan Vasilev ( Dido3 ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
39
Milevska Planina
A border range shared with Serbia, south-west of Kyustendil
1.5–5 h
Deyan Vasilev ( Dido3 ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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