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the top of Mt Cherni Vrâh. On summer weekends the area is crammed with picnicking
families and hikers.
ZLATNI MOSTOVE
ELEV 1400M
Zlatni Mostove (Golden Bridges) takes its name from the bubbly little stream here, known
as the Stone River, which was once a popular site for gold-panning. The trail of mammoth
boulders running along its length was dumped here by glaciers during the Ice Age. It's an-
other very popular spot on summer weekends, but at other times you may have the place
to yourself. Minibus 10 runs between Sofia's pl Ruski Pametnik and Zlatni Mostove (1.50
lv); otherwise a taxi from the city centre will cost about 20 lv one way.
DRAGALEVTSI
A two-person chairlift starts about 5km (by road) up from the centre of Dragalevtsi vil-
lage (it's about 3km on foot if you take the obvious short cut up the hill). One chairlift (2
lv, 20 minutes) goes as far as Bai Krâstyo, from where another (2 lv, 15 minutes) carries
on to Goli Vrâh (1837m). Both lifts operate year-round, but most reliably from about
8.30am to 6.30pm Friday to Sunday.
A pleasant option is to take the chairlift to Goli Vrâh, walk to Aleko (30 minutes) and
catch the gondola down to Simeonovo (or vice versa).
From the start of the chairlift, a well-marked trail (about 1km) leads to Dragalevtsi
Monastery . Probably the oldest extant monastery in Bulgaria, it was built around 1345,
but abandoned only 40 years later. The monastery contains colourful murals and is
revered as one of the many hiding places of the ubiquitous anti-Turkish rebel leader Vasil
Levski.
Pl Tsar Ivan Aleksandâr in Dragalevtsi village has a number of cafes and traditional res-
taurants. There are also places to eat and drink along the road from the village to the
chairlift.
Buses 64 and 93 from the Hladilnika terminal go to the village centre; bus 93 continues
on to the chairlift.
SIMEONOVO
Take a gondola to the mountains from Simeonovo (3/5 lv one way/return, 30 minutes). It
operates Friday to Sunday from 9am to 6.30pm 1 October to 31 March, and 8.30am to
6pm 1 May to 30 September. You can jump off at the junctions of Vtora or Chetvarta,
from where hiking trails lead deep into the park, and then continue the trip later with the
same ticket. Bus 123 from the Hladilnika terminal goes directly to the gondola station.
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