Bulgaria podcast highlights summer in the mountains
Highlighted in the penultimate edition of the Bulgarian Dreams podcast series, is the often overlooked summer activity potential of Bulgaria’s mountain ski resorts which offer much more than just world class skiing!
When thinking about holidays in Bulgaria, many people’s travel associations’ fall into two categories. Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast resorts of Sunny Beach, Golden Sands and Varna come to mind as typical Bulgarian summer holiday hotspots and Bulgaria’s mountain terrain attracting legions of skiing aficionados in search of cheap ski holidays. The Summer in the Mountains podcast draws attention to the many buyers who invested in a ski property in Bulgaria, initially resigned to just using it during the winter months but who are now returning for a summer break, pleasantly surprised by its potential as a base for active summer pursuits.
Unesco protected National Parks are the reason for Bulgaria’s lesser known reputation as a top European hiking destination, giving it the potential to attract a much wider market in addition to sun seekers and snow enthusiasts. During the warmer months, exploring the thick pine forests and wide open meadows hiking trails that make up the Rhodope Mountains scenic beauty is a pleasure. Bulgaria’s alpine lakes are the perfect tranquil getaway from the crowds and to escape pace of life. Stara Planina, or the Balkan range, is the longest in Bulgaria, dividing the country in two parts, stretching for over 600km from the Serbian border to the Black Sea coast, it’s these well-protected hiking paths and ecotrails which traverse Bulgaria starting in Portugal and ending in Greece which offer a great way to get under the skin of Bulgaria. Hikers can sleep overnight either in the network of alpine huts found throughout the mountain highlands or in cosy guest houses in the many foothill villages.
Opportunities for adventure are practically limitless with climbing walls, mountain biking trails and horseback riding as options. You can even cave trek deep into the earth’s depths at the Trigrad gorge to access a 60m high waterfall, not for the fainthearted!
The Bulgarian Dreams podcast also touches on the more relaxing pastime of Bulgaria’s natural springs spas. Purported to offer medicinal cures, balneological resorts such as Velingrad, lie within easy reach of several Rhodope Mountain ski resorts and with over 80 mineral springs ranging in temperature from 22 -88 degrees cement its reputation as Bulgaria’s Spa capital.
A great deal of property for sale in Bulgaria is often pigeonholed into either summer or winter property markets but as this podcast shows, owning a property in Bulgaria’s mountains actually offers the buyer greater year round functionality, definitely something to bear in mind when choosing where to invest in Bulgaria.
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