Trigrad Gorge
The Trigrad Gorge is situated south of Devin, 1.2 km of the Trigrad village, near the Trigrad river valley in the Rhodope Mountains. It stands 1450 m above sea level, its total length is 7 km and the most interesting part is 2-3 km. The vertical rocks, forming the gorge, rise on the two riversides. The vertical rocks reach 250 m of height.The Trigrad Gorge in Bulgaria is an amazing natural phenomenon situated right outside the village of Trigrad. The outstanding karst formation has 250-meter high walls on the both sides of the narrow asphalt road to Trigrad. To the many Bulgarian and foreign visitors and tourists the Trigrad Gorge is the most compelling natural sight in Bulgaria and no doubt that it is worth the 3-hour ride from Sofia and is highly recommended to visit.
These so wonderful forms of the gorge lie about 3km north of Trigrad and the only road connecting the Trigrad inhabitants to the rest of the world passes right beneath the vertical rocks with just a small patch of sky visible from below. The karst formations have been shaped by the Trigrad river itself, which goes underground here, meanders impressively in the Devil's Throat cave, creating some 18 huge waterfalls there and appears again on the surface shortly before one reaches Trigrad.
The area of the Trigrad Gorge consists of about 150 Bulgarian caves and is the reason why so many nature-lovers, climbers and speleologists visit this place all over the year. Only two of these caves, the Devil's Throat and the Yagodinska caves, however, are open to ordinary tourists. Another cave, the Haramiiska cave, is being regularly visited only by professionals whose skills are above those of the ordinary tourists, after signing a declaration that the organizers are not responsible in case of an incident, are dropped by ropes deep into the cave's throat.
These so wonderful forms of the gorge lie about 3km north of Trigrad and the only road connecting the Trigrad inhabitants to the rest of the world passes right beneath the vertical rocks with just a small patch of sky visible from below. The karst formations have been shaped by the Trigrad river itself, which goes underground here, meanders impressively in the Devil's Throat cave, creating some 18 huge waterfalls there and appears again on the surface shortly before one reaches Trigrad.
The area of the Trigrad Gorge consists of about 150 Bulgarian caves and is the reason why so many nature-lovers, climbers and speleologists visit this place all over the year. Only two of these caves, the Devil's Throat and the Yagodinska caves, however, are open to ordinary tourists. Another cave, the Haramiiska cave, is being regularly visited only by professionals whose skills are above those of the ordinary tourists, after signing a declaration that the organizers are not responsible in case of an incident, are dropped by ropes deep into the cave's throat.
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