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Centralsouth Bulgaria > Sopot > Surrounding areas
Surrounding areas of Sopot
The ruins of Anevo Kale (“kale” meaning a fortress, stringhold) (a Bulgarian fortress of the 12th to the 14th centuries) above the Anevo Quarter, on the southern slopes of the Balkan Mountain, at about 900 metres above sea level. One can walk to it from the town for about 1.30 or 2 hours. Sopot Kale is located north-east of the town, too. Sopot is used as a point of departure to the Troyan Balkan. The open-seat lift located in the north-western part of the town (tel.: 03134 2677, 3428) takes you at the altitude of about 1600 m in a little more than 30 minutes, at a 5-minutes’ walk from the institutional Nezabravka Chalet. The lift has an interim station in the locality of Pochivaloto (about 1350 metres above sea level) - a favourite place for take off of delta and para-gliders. One can walk to the Nezabravka Chalet from Sopot, too along a marked track starting from the lift (3-3.30 hours). Marked tracks start from Nezabravka Chalet to various directions around the Troyan Balkan Mountain: south-east towards Dobrila Chalet (1 hour), joining the Kom – Emine ridge route. Mt. Ambaritsa (1.30 hours) may be climbed from the Dobrila Chalet and one can continue in the direction of Mt. Botev (about 6 hours more) along the most beautiful and Alpine ridge of Stara Planina. It takes 4 to 4.30 hours of hiking to get to Ambaritsa Chalet and 4 to 5 hours to reach Vassil Levski Chalet. One can set out north-west from the Nezabravka Chalet to the Dermenka Chalet, too (about 3 hours) and continue westwards along the ridge.
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