Western Bulgaria Hotspot

Connected Sites: 4

Cluster of at least 4 WHS within reach for a return day trip from a center. The center is: Sofia

Connected Sites

  • Primeval Beech Forests
    Primeval Beech Forests
    Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.71
    317
    37
    Boatin Reserve: 127km
  • Rila Monastery
    Rila Monastery
    Bulgaria
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.56
    207
    9
    117km / 3h by one direct bus a day
    See www.worldheritagesite.org
  • Pirin National Park
    Pirin National Park
    Bulgaria
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.86
    107
    11
    Bansko is 155km, a bus takes 2.5h
  • Boyana Church
    Boyana Church
    Bulgaria
    Inscribed: 1979
    2.90
    195
    8
    In the outskirts of Sofia