Traventuria

This self-guided hiking Bulgaria holiday takes you into the Rhodope Mountains, an area known for its magnificent karst landscapes with gorges such as Trigradsko Zhdrelo and caves such as Yagodinska Peshtera to explore during your week here. This is a tailor made holiday and so we can create an itinerary to suit your interests and timeframe, however, this itinerary below works well for many of our guests with five full days of moderate hiking between five and six hours a day. You will have plenty of stunning rest stops en route too, as you walk through alpine meadows and ancient forests, following Roman roads and bridges and along rivers such as Devinska and Trigradska. Cultural sights ...Read more >

This Bulgaria snowshoeing holiday is a week long, small group holiday guided by mountain experts around three of Bulgaria’s most spectacular winter landscapes: Vitosha Nature Park, Rila and Pirin Mountains and eponymous national parks. We have created an itinerary with five and a half days of snowshoeing, usually between 5-6 hours a day, through unspoilt snow laden landscapes, with thick snow that is just perfect for snowshoeing. Some of the highlights along the way include taking a cable car up to Borovets Resort and then trekking to the highest mountain refuge in Bulgaria - The Icy Lake. A cable car also takes us up to Seven Rila Lakes Cirque and we snowshoe in and around five of these ...Read more >

Mount Rila is considered Bulgaria’s best alpine tourism site, offering a huge diversity of marked hiking trails of varied difficulty levels. Two large international tourist trails (the E4 and the E8) cross the mountain. The Rila offers not only the Balkans’ highest peak (Musala, 2925m/9596ft), but also plentiful glacier lakes (more than 180, in fact!), deep river valleys, broad alpine meadows, and diverse flora and fauna. The Rila National Park is the largest of Bulgaria’s three national parks and one of Europe’s largest. The tour includes all ground transfers, including those from and to Sofia Airport. The walking treks are rather arduous and suitable for people experienced in alpine ...Read more >

This Bulgaria self-guided walking holiday is perfect for keen and experienced hikers who are ever on the lookout for new challenges. This eight day, tailor made trip takes you into the heart of and indeed to the top of Bulgaria’s Rila and Pirin Mountains, with spectacular routes that take in dramatic ridges, alpine meadows and Cirques of glacial lakes, such as Seven Rila and Banderishki. There are two summit highlights on this walking holiday: Mount Musala (2925m), the highest peak in the Rila Mountains and also Mount Vihren (2,914 m), the peak of the Pirins. These ascents are for experienced hikers only, with a good level of fitness and an ability to cope with changeable mountain ...Read more >

This Bulgaria Mountains hiking holiday is a small group tour, with fully guided walks along trails in the Pirin, Rila Mountains and Rhodope Mountains. With six days of walking on this trip, trails vary in length from between 2-6 hours, and many of them also have a focus on Bulgarian cultural heritage as well as its natural gems. Hiking highlights along the way include views of Mount Pirin, considered by many to be Bulgaria’s most beautiful mountain and within the eponymous range which is made up of glacial lake cirques, U-shaped valleys and rocky ridges. We also walk in the shadow of Mount Rila and Musala, the latter being the highest peak in the Balkans at 2925m. We always ensure ...Read more >

This Bulgaria guided trekking holiday is perfect for keen and experienced hikers who are ever on the lookout for new challenges. Our experienced local mountain guides will lead you into the heart of and indeed to the top of Bulgaria’s Rila and Pirin Mountains, with spectacular routes that take in dramatic ridges, alpine meadows and cirques of glacial lakes, such as Seven Rila and Banderishki. There are two summit highlights on this trekking holiday: Mount Musala (2925m), the highest peak in the Rila Mountains and also Mount Vihren (2,914 m), the peak of the Pirins. These are steep ascents but the views from the top are spectacular, and you don’t need any technical climbing skills. Be ...Read more >