Category: Sights in Vitosha

The Boyana Lake was created artificially during the construction of the Sofia water pipeline. Previously it was a swamp fed by several springs. Today it is an important habitat for a number of amphibian species such as the brown toad, the great water frog, the lesser and greater crested newt. The presence of these species gives Boyana Lake a special value, as...

Kopitoto is a locality in the Vitosha Mountains, which is situated just above the city of Sofia and is visible from almost the entire city as a peak with a peculiar shape, hence the name. The Kopitoto TV tower was built there in 1985 at a height of 1345 m.

Torfeno Branishte is a reserve located in Vitosha National Park. It was declared a reserve with a total area of 785.3 hectares in 1935. It originally occupied a much smaller area (about 144.1 hectares, the same area as the Upper Marsh), but this area was increased to nearly 785.3 hectares in 1980. The purpose of the reserve is to...

Vitosha is the first natural park on the territory of Bulgaria, as well as on the Balkan Peninsula. It is located on the territory of Vitosha Mountain, southeast of Pernik. The territory of the park is 27 079 hectares. The plant life in the park is diverse. The animal world is also very rich. There are two...

Bistritsko Branishte is a nature reserve in Vitosha Nature Park. It is one of the first reserves in Bulgaria established in 1934. The purpose of its creation was to preserve unchanged the vegetation that is typical for the mountain - centuries-old spruce forests, shrub vegetation and grasslands. In 1977 the reserve entered the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere programme and was declared a biosphere reserve...

Dragalev Monastery "Assumption of the Virgin Mary" is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery. In the past, it was also called "St. Mary Vitosha" and "Vitosha Most Pure Theotokos". The monastery is a complex of church, residential and farm buildings. Burned and deserted after the conquest of Sofia by the Ottoman Turks in 1382, it was rebuilt in the middle of the 15th century and became the centre of...