BOTEV Shelter
Botev Shelter (1998) before its reconstruction
- Mountain: Kaloferska
- Location: In Polyankata Area, at the West foot of Botev Summit
- Altitude: 2056 m.
- Description: Solid one-storey stony building with 28 places capacity in two bedrooms (with 20 and 8 beds)
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired from its own hydroelectric power station (during the months April-July) as well as by solar cells.
Heated by a fireplace and locally heating system. There is an indoor bathroom, Internet and TV. The shelter has a tourist canteen as well as small shop
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Web cam
- Contact details:
- Tel.: 02 / 491-23-21
- GSM: 0878 / 30-75-17
- GSM: 0878 / 19-74-51
- GSM: 0878 / 54-48-80
- Starting points:
- Town of Karlovo (through Ravnets Chalet) - 6,45 h.
- Town of Karlovo (through Vasil Levski Chalet) - 7,30 h.
- Neighborhood objects:
- Botev Summit (2376 m.) - 0,45 h.
- Pleven Chalet - 2,30 h.
- Ray Chalet (through Botev Summit) - 2,45 h.
- Vasil Levski Chalet - 3,00 h.
- Tazha Chalet (through Botev Summit) - 3,45 h.
- Ravnets Chalet - 4,30 h.
- Ray Chalet (through Ravnaka Area, old named Dyuza) - 5,50 h.
- Dobrila Chalet (through Golyam Kupen Summit) - 7,20 h.
- Point of European Route: E-3 (Kom - Emine)
- Host Association: Managing Committee of BTA, 1040 Sofia, 75 Vasil Levski Blvd. (Sportnata Palata Building), fl. 5,
tel.: 02 / 987-34-09, tel.: 02 / 9300-648, fax: 02 / 986-22-55;
E-mail,
E-mail1,
Web-site,
Facebook;
Chalet Department: tel.: 02 / 9300-674, GSM: 0882 / 56-67-77,
E-mail,
E-mail1;
Information Center: tel.: 02 / 980-12-85, GSM: 0882 / 96-63-19, GSM: 0882 / 96-63-20, GSM: 0896 / 68-83-20, fax: 02 / 987-69-41,
Web-site,
E-mail,
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BUTORA Shelter
- Mountain: Eleno-Tvardishka
- Location: In Butora Area
- Altitude: 900 m.
- Description: The shelter is destroyed. Only one small additional solid building is left and it can be used only in case of
emergency (the information is from August 1998)
- Facilities: In bad condition, the water is 100 m. away
- Contact details: -
- Starting points:
- Drenta Village, Veliko Tarnovo Region - 1,30 h. on foot (7,5 km. along a road)
- Predela Chalet (the Republic Pass) - 3,30 h.
- Neighborhood objects:
- Waterfall - 0,05 h.
- Karaivanovo Horishte Shetler - 1,45 h.
- The Old Balkan Tourist Complex - 4,00 h.
- Bukovets Chalet - 4,15 h.
- Gramadliva Chalet - 4,30 h.
- Chumerna Chalet - 5,45 h.
- Point of European Route: E-3 (Kom - Emine)
- Host association: -
KARAIVANOVO HORISHTE Shelter
Karaivanovo Horishte Shelter
- Mountain: Eleno-Tvardishka
- Location: In the same named area
- Altitude: 1100 m.
- Description: Solid one-storey building with 20 places on plank-beds
- Facilities: -
- Contact details: -
- Starting points:
- The peak of Tvardishki Prohod Pass - 2,45 h.
- Town of Gurkovo (Railway Station on Podbalkanska line) - 3,30 h.
- Predela Chalet (the Republic Pass) - 5,15 h.
- Neighborhood objects:
- Butora Shelter - 1,45 h.
- Bukovets Chalet - 2,30 h.
- Chumerna Chalet - 4,00 h.
- The Old Balkan Tourist Complex - 5,45 h.
- Gramadliva Chalet - 6,15 h.
- Point of European Route: E-3 (Kom - Emine)
- Host association: Self-service, hosted by Tourist Association "Hemus", 5000 Veliko Tarnovo, 79 Stefan Stambolov Str., P.O. Box 349,
GSM: 0884 / 33-22-20, GSM: 0896 / 68-84-30, GSM: 0892 / 20-57-92, E-mail
MARINKA Shelter
- Mountain: Kaloferska
- Location: In the same named saddle, North-East from Botev Summit
- Altitude: 2060 m.
- Description: Solid one-storey building with 15 places capacity
- Facilities: In bad condition, the water is 100 m. away
- Contact details: -
- Starting points: Town of Kalofer (htrough Rudinata Area and along Rudinata Ridge) - 6,30 h.
- Neighborhood objects:
- Botev Summit (2376 m.) - 0,45 h.
- Tazha Chalet - 2,30 h.
- Point of European Route: E-3 (Kom - Emine)
- Host association: Self-service, hosted by Tourist Association "Haydut", 4370 Kalofer, 64 Georgi Shopov Str.,
GSM: 0882 / 96-64-94, GSM: 0882 / 96-64-91
ORLOVO GNEZDO Shelter
Orlovo Gnezdo Shelter (1998)
- Mountain: Troyanska
- Location: On the Main Staroplaninkso Ridge, East from the peak of Troyanski Prohod Pass
- Altitude: 1560 m.
- Description: Solid one-storey building with 23 places capacity
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, locally heated, tourist kitchen and canteen available
- Web cam
- Contact details:
- GSM: 0887 / 11-42-42
- GSM: 0888 / 88-20-00
- Starting points: The peak of Troyanski Prohod Pass - 1,45 h.
- Neighborhood objects:
- Dermenka Chalet - 1,00 h.
- Kozya Stena Chalet - 3,45 h.
- Point of European Route: E-3 (Kom - Emine)
- Host association: Tourist Association "Stratesh", 5500 Lovech, 2 Vasil Karakonovski Str., tel.: 068 / 60-42-18, tel.: 068 / 58-86-06,
GSM: 0882 / 96-64-58, GSM: 0882 / 96-64-57, E-mail,
Web-site
Tourist Dormitory on BOTEV SUMMIT
Tourist Dormitory on Botev Summit
- Mountain: Kaloferska
- Location: On Botev Summit - the highest peak in Stara Planina Mountains
- Altitude: 2376 m.
- Description: Solid one-storey building with capacity
22 places in 2 rooms
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, heated,
tourist canteen with 25 seats
and
buffet
- Contact details:
- Starting points:
- Town of Kalofer (through Ray Chalet, along the so-called Tarzanova Pateka Path, summer variant) - 7,00 h.
- Town of Kalofer (through Rudinata Area and along Rudinata Ridge, winter variant) - 7,00 h.
- Kalofer Railway Station (on Podbalkanska line) - another 0,45 h. (3 km.) to the town
- Town of Apriltsi (through Pleven Chalet) - 7,30 h. (12 km. along asphalt road and another 4,30 h. along a path)
- Town of Karlovo (Railway Station on Podbalkanska line and Final Railway Station on the line Plovdiv-Karlovo)(through Ravnets Chalet) - 7,30 h.
- Town of Karlovo (through Vasil Levski Chalet) - 8,15 h.
- Neighborhood objects:
- Botev Shelter - 0,30 h.
- Marinka Shelter - 0,30 h.
- Ray Chalet (along the so-called Tarzanova Pateka Path) - 2,00 h.
- Tazha Chalet - 3,00 h.
- Pleven Chalet - 3,00 h.
- Vasil Levski Chalet - 3,30 h.
- Dobrila Chalet - 9,00 h.
- Point of European Route: E-3 (Kom -Emine)
- Emergency Variant: One can stay for the night in the Mountain Rescue Association base on Botev Summit -
tel.: 02 / 987-58-35, 032 / 26-61-42
- Host association:
- Tourist Association "Haydut", 4370 Kalofer, 64 Georgi Shopov Str.,
GSM: 0887 / 76-12-75, GSM: 0882 / 96-64-94, GSM: 0882 / 96-64-91
- "DZHI EL SI KOMERS" Ltd., 4370 Kalofer,
5 Koshovete Str., GSM: 0878 / 85-56-86,
GSM: 0878 / 77-68-45,
E-mail
Tourist Dormitory "DR. HRISTO MOMCHILOV"
in town of Elena
Tourist Dormitory "Dr. Hristo Momchilov" in town of Elena
- Mountain: Eleno-Tvardishka
- Location: In the center of town of Elena, on 3 Stoyan Mihaylovski Str.
- GPS Position: 42 55 45.5N 25 52 40.9E
- Altitude: 297 m.
- Satellite image from Wikimapia
- Description: Complex of two two-storey buildings with 23 places capacity
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, heated by firewood stoves, bathroom available
- Contact details:
- Starting points:
- Elena Bus Station
- Elena Railway Station (Final Railway Station on the line Gorna Oryahovitsa-Elena - railway line is closed from January 01, 2004) - 1,00 h.
- Neighborhood objects: The culture and historical sightseeing of the town (Revival Houses, house-museum of Ilarion Makariopolski, clock tower,
churches: "Uspenie Bogorodichno", "St. Nikolay" and "Rozhdestvo Bogorodichno")
- Host association: Tourist Association "Chumerna 1901", 5070 Elena, 9 D-r Hristo Momchilov Str., P.O. Box 78, tel.: 06151 / 90-79,
GSM: 0896 / 69-31-69, GSM: 0896 / 69-31-73, E-mail
Tourist Dormitory "ZDRAVETS" in town of
Pirdop
- Mountain: At the foot of Zlatishko-Tetevenska Mountain
- Location: In town of Pirdop on Petnadeseta Street
- Altitude: 690 m.
- Description: Solid three-storey building with 100 places capacity
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, heated by electric and firewood stoves
- Contact details: -
- Starting points:
- Pirdop Bus Station
- Pirdop Railway Station (on Podbalkanska line)
- Neighborhood objects:
- Paskal Chalet - 2,00 h.
- Svishtiplaz Chalet - 3,45 h.
- Host association: Tourist Association "Paskal", 2070 Pirdop, 2 Todor Vlaykov Square, tel.: 07181 / 56 93, fax: 07181 / 56 78
Tourist Dormitory in town of KARLOVO
Tourist Dormitory in town of Karlovo
- Mountain: At the foot of Ravnets Massive in Kaloferska Mountain and Troyanska Mountain (the boundary between the two is split by
the Stara Reka River)
- Location: Near the central town square, on 33, Vodopad Street
- Altitude: 460 m.
- Description: Solid old reconstructed two-storey building with 45 places capacity
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, tea-room available
- Bulgarian Tourist Association Cards: Valid
- Contact details:
- Starting points:
- Karlovo Bus Station - 0,20 h.
- Karlovo Railway Station (on Podbalkanska line) - 0,20 h.
- Neighborhood objects:
- The culture and historical sightseeing of the town (the house-museum of Vasil Levski, lots of Revival Houses, the churches "St. Nikolay" and
"Pokrov Bogorodichen")
- The Visitors' Center "Central Balkan" - on 35 Vodopad Str.
- The Karlovo Waterfall (Suchurim) - 0,10 h.
- Hubavets Chalet - 2,00 h.
- Ravnets Chalet - 2,00 h.
- Balkanski Rozi Chalet - 2,45 h.
- Vasil Levski Chalet - 4,15 h.
- Ambaritsa Chalet (through Hubavets Chalet and Platnishki Yarove Saddle, the route is badly marked) - 6,30 h.
- Botev Summit (through Ravnets Chalet) - 7,30 h.
- Botev Summit (through Vasil Levski Chalet) - 8,15 h.
- Host association: Tourist Association "Vasil Levski", 4300 Karlovo, 12 Han Krum Str., tel.: 0335 / 9-34-36, GSM: 0896 / 68-85-23,
E-mail, Web-site
Tourist Dormitory "NIKOLA GABARSKI" in
town of Troyan
Tourist Dormitory "Nikola Gabarski" in town of Troyan
- Mountain: At the foot of Troyanska Mountain
- Location: In the town park Kapincho
- Altitude: 440 m.
- Description: Solid two-storey building with 66 places capacity
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, locally heated
- Contact details: -
- Starting points:
- Troyan Bus Station - 0,20 h.
- Troyan Railway Station (Final Railway Station on the line Troyan-Levski) - 0,20 h.
- Neighborhood objects:
- The culture and historical sightseeing of the town - Church "St. Paraskeva", Museum of fine arts
- Oreshaka Village - 7 km.
- Troyanski Monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno" - 10 km.
- Shipkovo Village - 12 km.
- Chiflik Village - 17 km.
- Yavorova Laka Chalet - 20 km.
- Haydushka Pesen Chalet - 20 km.
- Beklemeto area - 22 km.
- Ambaritsa Chalet - 20 km. along a road to Smesite Area and another 3,00 h. on foot
- Host association: Tourist Association "Ambaritsa", 5600 Troyan, P.O. Box 31, tel.: 0670 / 6-24-17, GSM: 0889 / 43-53-74, GSM: 0889 / 68-72-38,
E-mail, Web-site
Tourist Dormitory "TINTYAVA" in
town of Kalofer
Tourist Dormitory "Tintyava" in town of Kalofer
- Mountain: Kaloferska (the mountain threshold Strazhata, connecting Stara Planina with Sredna Gora Mountains)
- Location: Near the center of the town, on 58 Georgi Shopov Str.
- Altitude: 600 m.
- Description: Solid two-storey building with 43 places capacity
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, locally heated, tourist kitchen and canteen available
- Contact details:
- Starting points:
- Kalofer Bus Station - 0,10 h.
- Kalofer Railway Station (on Podbalkanska line) - 3 km. (0,45 h. on foot or by bus)
- Neighborhood objects:
- The culture and historical sightseeing of the town (the house-museum of Hristo Botev, Revival Houses, churches,
Kaloferski Monastery "Vavedenie Bogorodichno" - in the North-West part)
- Kaloferski Monastery "Rozhdestvo Bogorodichno" - 1,15 h. (6 km. along a road)
- Ray Chalet - 4,30 h.
- Tazha Chalet - 5,30 h.
- Svezhen Chalet (in Sarnena Sredna Gora) - 5,45 h.
- Botev Summit (2376 m.) (through Ray Chalet, along the so-called Tarzanova Pateka Path, summer variant) - 6,30 h.
- Marinka Shelter (htrough Rudinata Area and along Rudinata Ridge) - 6,30 h.
- Botev Summit (2376 m.) (trough Rudinata Area) - 7,15 h.
- Host association: Tourist Association "Haydut", 4370 Kalofer, 64 Georgi Shopov Str., GSM: 0882 / 96-64-94, GSM: 0882 / 96-64-91
BRASHLYAN Hotel in town of Tryavna
- Old name: Tourist House Brashlyan
- Mountain: Trevnenska
- Location: At the North foot of Trevnenska mountain, town of Tryavna, 6 Panorama Str.
- Altitude: 450 m.
- Description: Complex of solid building with 19 places capacity and 12 bungalows with 24 places capacity (total 43 places available)
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, locally heated, Conference Hall and restaurant with unique wood-carved ceiling available
- Contact details:
- Tel.: 0677 / 6-31-19
- Tel.: 0677 / 6-30-19
- GSM: 0884 / 54-21-11
- E-mail
- Web-site
- Starting points:
- Tryavna Railуay Station (on Prezbalkasnka line) - 0,10 h. (1 km.)
- Neighborhood objects:
- The cultural and historical sightseeing in town of Tryavna
- Propastite Karst Area with Kumintcheto (Parova Dupka) Cave and Marina (Zmeyova) Dupka Cave
- Bozhentsite Village (also called: Bozhentsi) - architectural reserve - 1,00 h.
- Host association: Tourist Association "Planinets" - town of Tryavna, 10 Bacho Kiro Str., GSM: 0889 / 80-06-82,
E-mail, E-mail1
BUZLUDZHA Hotel
Buzludzha Chalet (the new one, 2002)
- Old name: Buzludzha Chalet (the new one)
- Mountain: Shipchenska
- Location: At the South foots of Hadzhi Dimitar Summit (up to 1942 named Buzludzha, 1441 m.)
- Altitude: 1310 m.
- Description: Solid three-storey building with 105 places capacity
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, locally heated, tourist kitchen and canteen available
- Contact details:
- Tel.: 04324 / 21-98
- GSM: 0886 / 02-70-47
- GSM: 0882 / 28-95-99
- E-mail
- Web-site
- Starting points:
- Town of Shipka (three marked paths) - 2,00-2,30 h.
- The peak of Shipka Pass - 2,30 h. on foot along short path (11 km. along asphalt road)
- Town of Gabrovo (Final Railway Station on the diversion Tsareva Livada-Gabrovo on Prezbalkanska line)(through Yabalka Residential District) - 2,30 h.
- Kran Village - 3,00 h. on foot along short path
- Enina Village (through Katunite Area) - 3,30 h.
- Sokolski Monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno" (through Shipka Pass) - 4,30 h.
- Town of Kazanlak (Railway Station on Podbalkanska line) - 25 km. along asphalt road
- Neighborhood objects:
- Near by is the death place of Hadzhi Dimitar and his 44 rebels
- The house-monument on Malka Buzludzha Summit (now abandoned and robbed) - 0,30 h.
- Atovo Padalo Summit (1495 m.) - 0,45 h.
- Mladost Chalet - 0,45 h.
- Shipka Summit - 2,15 h.
- Balgarka Forest House - 3,45 h.
- Krastets Chalet - 5,00 h.
- Uzana Chalet - 5,00 h.
- Point of European Route: E-3 (Kom - Emine)
- Host association: Tourist Association "Orlovo Gnezdo", 6100 Kazanlak, 8 Academician Petko Staynov Str., tel.: 0431 / 6-25-66,
GSM: 0882 / 96-64-90, GSM: 0882 / 96-64-89, GSM: 0889 / 63-38-81, E-mail,
Web-site,
Facebook
HLEBNA Hotel
- Old names: Deveti Mart Chalet, Hlebna Chalet
- Mountain: Shipchenska
- Location: In Noviya Krachan Area
- Altitude: 1220 m.
- Description: Solid two-storey building with 15 places capacity
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, restaurant
- Contact details:
- Starting points:
- Yasenovo Village (through Yantra Chalet) - 3,40 h.
- Golyamo Dryanovo Railway Stop (on Podbalkanska line) - 4,40 h.
- Neighborhood objects:
- Yantra Chalet - 0,10 h.
- The Dyado Georgi Fountain - 0,30 h.
- The Geographical Center of Bulgaria - 0,50 h.
- Uzana Chalet - 1,20 h.
- Point of European Route: E-3 (Kom - Emine)
- Host association: Private
Forest House BALGARKA
Forest House Balgarka
- Mountain: Trevnenska
- Location: On the peak of Trevnenski Prohod Pass
- Altitude: 1070 m.
- Description: Solid three-storey building with 40 places capacity
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, locally heated, tourist kitchen and canteen available
- Contact details:
- GSM: 0889 / 79-30-70
- GSM: 0885 / 82-54-72
- Starting points:
- Krastets Railway Station (on Prezbalkanska line) - 1,45 h. on foot along short path (7 km. along a road)
- Plachkovtsi Chalet - 17 km. along a road
- Town of Maglizh - 28,5 km. along a road
- Neighborhood objects:
- Near by Vikanata Rock (natural phenomenon)
- Izvora Chalet (3,5 km along a road) - 0,45 h.
- Mladost Chalet - 3,00 h.
- Buzludzha Chalet - 3,45 h.
- Point of European Route: E-3 (Kom - Emine)
- Host association: State Forestry (SF, DGS) - town of Plachkovtsi, Gabrovo Region, 5360 Plachkovtsi, 17 Balkan Str., GSM: 0889 / 81-58-06,
fax: 06770 / 21-29, E-mail,
Web-site
GRAMADLIVA Ski Base
- Mountain: Trevnenska
- Location: Near by Gramadliva Chalet
- Altitude: 860 m.
- Description: Buildings with 15 places capacity
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, heated by firewood stoves,
surface lift available
- Contact details:
- Starting points:
- The peak of the Prohoda na Republikata Pass (the Republic Pass) - 1,15 h.
- Neighborhood objects:
- Gramadliva Chalet - 0,15 h.
- Point of European Route: E-3 (Kom - Emine)
- Host association: Tourist Association "Grada", 5050 Kilifarevo, 15 Drava Str., GSM: 0878 / 30-03-23,
E-mail
CHUMERNA Camp
- Other name: Chumerna Ski Base
- Mountain: Eleno-Tvardishka
- Location: On the North slope on Chumerna Summit
- Altitude: 1450 m.
- Description: Six bungalows with total capacity 42 places
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, locally heated, tourist kitchen and canteen available as well as
surface lift, Internet
- Contact details:
- GSM: 0878 / 78-72-74
- GSM: 0896 / 82-39-43
- GSM: 0878 / 96-16-26
- E-mail
- Web-site
- Starting points:
- Miykovtsi Village, Elena Municipality - 2,30 h.
- Town of Tvarditsa (Railway Station on Podbalkanska line) - 17 km. along asphalt road to the peak of Tvardishki Prohod Pass and another 1,30 h. on foot
along short path
- Town of Elena (Final Railway Station on the line Gorna Oryahovitsa-Elena - railway line is closed from January 01, 2004) - 26 km. along asphalt road
to the peak of Tvarditsa Pass and another 1,30 h. on foot along short path
- Neighborhood objects:
- Chumerna Chalet - 0,05 h.
- Chumerna Summit (1536 m.) - 0,30 h.
- Bukovets Chalet - 1,30 h.
- The historical area Aglikina Polyana Meadow - 6,30 h.
- Vratnik Pass - 6,45 h.
- Predela Chalet (the Republic Pass) - 9,15 h.
- Point of European Route: E-3 (Kom - Emine)
- Host association: Tourist Association "Chumerna", 8890 Tvarditsa, 22 Balkan Str., GSM: 0888 / 60-40-68,
E-mail
THE OLD BALKAN Tourist Complex
Himik Chalet (1998)
- Old name: Himik Chalet and Planinar Chalet
- Mountain: Trevnenska
- Location: 2 km. away from the Prohoda na Republikata Pass (the Republic Pass)
- Altitude: 850 m.
- Description: Complex of two solid two-storey buildings (formerly known as: "Himik Chalet" and "Planinar Chalet"). Currently The Old Balkan
Tourist Complex consists of a hotel (8 apartments) and a tourist dormitory (34 places)
- Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, locally heated, bathroom, tourist kitchen and canteen available as well as restaurant
- Contact details:
- Starting points: The peak of the Prohoda na Republikata Pass (the Republic Pass) - 0,30 h. (2 km. along cart road)
- Neighborhood objects:
- Gramadliva Chalet - 0,15 h.
- Predela Chalet - 0,30 h.
- Point of European Route: E-3 (Kom - Emine)
- Host association: Private
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