SCIENTIFIC EXCURSION
„Karst Pearls of the West Rhodopes in Bulgaria”
(September 27-30, 2015)
The route (about 800 km) covers the most interesting regions of Rhodopean marbles. The program includes visit to 6 karst caves and many other interesting historical, architectural and natural sites.
ITINERARY
-
September 27 (Sunday)
Route: Sofia – Pazardzik – show cave Snejanka – Rakitovo – Lepenitsa cave – Rakivo – resort Tsigov chark (overnight).
Images -
September 28 (Monday)
Route: resort Tsigov chark – Dospat – village Borino – eco-trail Dyavolski most (Delil’s bridge) – Buynovo gorge with the show cave Yagodinska – Trigrad gourge – village Trigrad (overnight)
Images -
September 29 (Tuesday)
Route: village Trigrad (8:30 am) – show cave Dyavolsko garlo (Devil’s throught)– village Shiroka laka – Smolanski ezera (lakes) – Smolyan – village Smilyan – show cave Ukhlovitsa – village Mogilitsa (Agushevi konatsi - the largest late medieval feudal castle on the Balkan Peninsula) - village Arda (overnight)
Images -
September 30 (Wednesday)
Route: village Arda (8:30 am) – Goluboitsa cave - village Smilyan (Museum of beans) – Smolyan – Rozhen (Surface form complex in a clastokarst) - Chepelare (Museum of Rhodopy karst) – Assenov fortress – Plovdiv – Sofia
Images