LIFTS (ROPE WAYS)

STARA PLANINA MOUNTAINS

bullet SOPOTSKI LIFT

Sopotski Lift - General view

Sopotski Lift - General view

bulletOld name: TRW* "Nezabravka"
bulletUnpopular: Sky Lift
bullet Type: Chair Lift (with two seats)
bullet Contact Details: -
bullet Technical Characteristics: This is the longest tourist chair rope way in Bulgaria. Its length is 3990 m. It consists of two parts:
bullet The first one begins from the outskirts of town of Sopot, near Sopotski Monastery "Vaznesenie Gospodne" (557 m., First station) and ends in Pochivaloto Area (1389 m., Second station). It is constructed in 1980, the length is 2630 m., the trip lasts 22 min and the displacement is 832 m. The capacity of this line is 300 persons per hour.
bullet The second part starts from Pochivaloto Area (Third station) to the region of Nezabravka Private Chalet (Fourth station). It is constructed after 10 Nov 1989, the length is 1360 m., the capacity is 254 persons per hour and the trip lasts 15 min.
bullet Work Time:
bulletSummer 2010: every day from 9,30 h. to 17,30 h.
bullet Prices (Summer 2010):
bulletMinimum 10 persons
bullet² station - ²² station - 6,00 lv.
bullet²²² station - ²V station - 4,00 lv.
bulletFor only once run a lift (under 10 persons)
bullet² station - ²² station- 60,00 lv.
bullet²²² station - ²V station - 40,00 lv.
bulletStarting Point to the lower (I) lift station:
bulletThe town center in town of Sopot – 0,20 h.
bulletSopot Rail Way Station (on Podbalkanska line) - 0,50 h.
bulletStarting Point from the upper (IV) lift station:
bulletNezabravka Chalet – 0,05 h. (along marked path or cart road)
bulletDobrila Chalet – 0,40 h.
bulletDermenka Chalet – 3,00 h.
bulletAmbaritsa Chalet – 3,00 h.
bulletVasil Levski Chalet – 5,00 h.
bullet Host Association: "Center Region Group" Ltd. (Shambhala - Extreme Sports Center), Town of Sopot 4330, 5 Vasil Levski Str., Aleksandar Vazov Kinotsentar, GSM: 0893 / 54 22 04, 0885 / 13 25 14, 0888 / 21 84 67, Skype: shambhala.center, Å-mail, Web-site

 
bulletSLIVEN – KARANDILA LIFT

Sliven-Karandila Lift - General view

Sliven-Karandila Lift - General view

bullet Type: Chair Lift (with two seats)
bullet Contact Details:
bulletTel.: 044 / 66 72 82 (Lower station)
bullet Technical Characteristics: The length of a lift is 1895 m., the trip lasts 17-18 min and the displacement is 597 m. The lower station is on 390 m. altitude and the upper one is on 987 m. The capacity of the line is 400 persons per hour. The lift is constructed in 1974.

Sliven-Karandila Lift - Lower lift station

Sliven-Karandila Lift - Lower lift station

bulletWork Time:
bulletSummer: 8,30 to 17,00 h.; prophylactic examinations every Monday from 8,30 to 12,00 h
bulletPrices: Towards August 2009 one-way ticket costs 10,00 lv., and return ticket is 15,00 lv.
bulletStarting Point to the lower lift station (Kaptazha Area):
bulletShato Alpia Hotel (Alpine House) - tel.: 044 / 66 80 15, 66 80 18, GSM: 0887 / 51 70 31, E-mail, Web-site - 5 min.
bulletThe Visitors' Center of Nature park "Sinite kamani" - 10 min.
bulletTown of Sliven - By town bus or on foot
bulletStarting Point from the upper lift station (Slancheva Polyana Area):
bulletKarandila Chalet and Hotel Karandila (Tourist House) - 30 min.
bulletHost Association: "Patnicheski Prevozi" JSC, Sliven 8800, 3 Stefan Karadzha Blvd., tel./fax: 044 / 62 53 34, Å-mail, Å-mail1, Web-site

 
bullet LEDENIKA LIFT

Ledenika Lift - Lower lift station

Ledenika Lift - Lower lift station

bulletType: Chair Lift (with two seats)
bullet Technical Characteristics: The rope way is in exploitation from 1987 in honor of the 7th Congress of BTA. It is constructed in Vrachanski Balkan and connects Zgorigrad Village (near Vratsa) with the region near Ledenika Cave. The lower lift station in on 460 m., the upper one is on 966 m., the displacement is 506 m., the length is 2694 m. and the capacity is 500 persons per hour.
bulletWork Time: Abandoned after 1989 and does not work
bulletStarting Point to the lower lift station:
bulletZgorigrad Village, which can be reached by bus from town of Vratsa
bulletStarting Point from the upper lift station:
bullet Ledenika Cave

 

NOTE: *TRW - Tourist Rope Ways

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