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The Tsarichina Hole. The town is known for its alleged paranormal activity. In the early 1990s, it was nicknamed "Bulgaria's Area 51 " [2] due to the local "Tsarichina Hole". This hole was dug by the Ministry of Defence of Bulgaria, who excavated an area in the center of the village during a project active from 6 December 1990 to 19 November 1992.
110,879 km 2 (42,811 sq mi) Bulgaria is a country situated in Southeast Europe that occupies the eastern quarter of the Balkan peninsula, being the largest country within its geographic boundaries. It borders Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east.
Sofia (/ ˈ s oʊ f i ə, ˈ s ɒ f-, s oʊ ˈ f iː ə / SOH-fee-ə, SOF-; [15] [16] Bulgarian: София, romanized: Sofiya, [17] [18] IPA: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria.It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country.
Bulgaria is a middle-sized country situated in Southeastern Europe, in the east of the Balkans. Its territory covers an area of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), while land borders with its five neighbouring countries run a total length of 1,808 kilometres (1,123 mi), and its coastline is 354 kilometres (220 mi) long. [ 113 ]
Sofia – the capital city of Bulgaria and the largest settlement in the country – is the administrative centre of both Sofia Province and Sofia City Province (Sofia-grad). The capital is included (together with three other cities plus 34 villages) in Sofia Capital Municipality (over 90% of whose population lives in Sofia), which is the sole ...
Geologically, Iskar is the oldest river in the Balkan Peninsula. Its watershed drains 8,617 km 2[2] in the provinces of Sofia, Sofia City, Vratsa, Lovech and Pleven. The Iskar flows through nine towns and numerous villages. The Iskar river basin is home to more than 50 species of fish, including Cottus haemusi that is endemic to the upper Iskar ...
The Blato (Bulgarian: Блато) is a 30 km-long river in western Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river Iskar. [1] The river takes its source from a karst spring at an altitude of 554 m, situated some 1.2 km west of the villages of Opitsvet and Bezden. It slows through the Sofia Valley, initially in direction southeast, and downstream of the ...
Map of Vitosha. Vitosha (Bulgarian: Витоша [ˈvitoʃɐ]), the ancient Scomius or Scombrus, [ 1 ] is a mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Vitosha is one of the symbols of Sofia and the closest site for hiking, alpinism and skiing. Convenient bus lines and rope ways render the mountain easily accessible.