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Magnificent mountain scenery - Explore Litochoro

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On the third day the weather was not suitable for a lazy beach day so we decided to see what's there to do in the resort. We opted for a mount Olympus visit and it was amazing! Very beautiful and even though it was rather chilly we still had great time! We got to the mountain with the cars and had a quick walk to the waterfall - it's small and noisy and quite fresh! We walked less than an hour and the path finished straight in it. At the beginning of the path there was a very nice guy selling magnets who was from Bulgaria and we chatted for a while - he was the one to tell us about the waterfall and was great with the instructions! The waterfall It's not the biggest we've seen but yet it's very refreshing! After that we went back and had the option to take a photo of this great view: Very impressive! On the way down we managed to take a look at a monastery with beautiful church:  So even though it was the last d...

Explore Rila Mountain

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Rila is a Bulgarian mountain situated in southwestern Bulgaria and in this mountain range you can enjoy the highest peak on the Balkans- Musala (2.925). Rila is the sixth highest range in the world and the name is believed to be of a Thracian origin meaning a well-watered mountain. It's also famous for the 7 lakes of Rila each with a different shape and fascinating names.   I haven't been to the lakes so far but I would like to go. Yesterday I didn't manage to get that far but since it was an extremely hot day we decided to go to the mountain for some fresh and cold air. We arrived at Borovetz and went for the Yastrebets gondola lift which is for up to 6 people in it. No idea how exactly six people go in there during the winter with all the backpacks and equipment - guess it's very inly but during the summer it was very hot but still fun. Besides while going up we had an amazing view of the mountain and cities - very beautiful and all those shades of green we...