Description

A spacious and stylishly furnished apartment in Velingrad, the spa capital of the Balkans. It is situated in the central part of the  town near the mineral springs, on the sixth floor, with large balconies overlooking the magnificent Rhodope hills.

Velingrad is in the Western Rhodopes, in the picturesque Chepino valley, 750 m high, 81km from Plovdiv, 144 km from Smolyan and 134 km from Sofia.

Places of interest accessible by car or trekking

• The village of Yundola: 1380 m high, 30 minutes’ drive. Yundola Mountain Hostel is not far.
• 40 minute trail south of Yundola to the Pashov Rocks and a bit further to the Avramov Huts,1268 m high, with the highest railway station in the Balkans.
• The Yundola – Kladova Trail – 3 hours and 30 min.
• Velingrad – Pechenek – Kladova Trail – 2 ½ hours to 3 hours
• Velingrad – Stariyat Chark Trail – 1 hour
• Velingrad – Byalata Skala Trail – 3 hours
• Velingrad – Elin Vrax (Elin Peak) – 2 ½ hours
• Velingrad – Ostrets Vrax (Ostrets Peak), often called the Olympus of Velingrad – 2 ½ hours
• Velingrad – Prostse – Brezi (The Birches) – 2 hours
• Velingrad – Golyama Syutka Peak – 5 ½ hours
• Velingrad – Strazha Peak – 1 ½ hour
• Velingrad – Bliznatsite (The Twins) – Vazova Polyana (The Field of Vazov) – Katarovo dere (gully)- Sveti Spas Chapel – Kleptusa – 2 – 2½ hours