{"id":32215,"date":"2017-10-18T13:01:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T10:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.prestigtours.com\/sovety-turistu\/pejzazhi-bolgarii-s-vysoty-shipkinskogo-perevala.html"},"modified":"2017-10-18T13:01:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T10:01:05","slug":"pejzazhi-bolgarii-s-vysoty-shipkinskogo-perevala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.prestigtours.com\/en\/sovety-turistu\/pejzazhi-bolgarii-s-vysoty-shipkinskogo-perevala","title":{"rendered":"Landscapes of Bulgaria. From the heights of the Shipka Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThe third and final section of Bulgarian landscapes covers a broader geography. We&#039;ll look at Bulgaria from the heights of the Shipka Pass, stroll through vineyards and fields near the town of Chernomorets, and stand on a high cliff near the town of Veliko Tarnovo.<\/p>\n<p>How can I summarize my Bulgarian entries? We saw the coastal, flat, and mountainous parts of the country. I&#039;ve already written about visiting the cities separately.<br \/>\nThat&#039;s all I wanted to tell you about my first visit to Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/61524fc886a26d29c9e52fe8a95c969d.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>First, a mountain theme. Shipka Pass. As the saying goes, the only thing better than mountains is mountains.<br \/>\nA stone wall protects you from falling off the cliff edge. Nature protects you.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/e611929e825a5a269132f9b69fc23330.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Flowers and the Balkan Mountains.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10de7ad439a62a930f953ffd5fb9a575.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Balkan Mountains disappear into infinity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/b4c7b2476552849a17cf9281532b1450.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/3ad5f3f1c28bc33ffc4c84293d89bf0e.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/db8f4c612f73c381749f168fb62ad3be.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cloudy weather has its own beauty.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/c7902dc90b888cd4b37c05511755d038.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Bulgarian plantations are about a kilometre below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/b80dc8ef6183bebe72f5c340d1f71478.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And now we&#039;re near the coastal town of Chernomorets. If you venture further inland, you&#039;ll find yourself in a truly lovely landscape. Numerous vineyards surround the area, surrounded by small mountains.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1559086665ffd5af01b966377d479410.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Looks like there are still some left over from the people&#039;s government.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/aaa8b8a3b9fc4516368e2c51ea5bc960.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The grapes are not ripe yet, so the pictures are without bunches.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/99108b7a786fa23a24a33af840fe8cb0.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/363e22e4be730082f639ff95b5ea943d.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Field. Bulgarian field.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/263a90230f000dd82bfddd9fe4f14936.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wheat fields surround the vineyards shown earlier.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/e08673337b1c666f648b4468cc49c059.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I decided to hike up one of the mountains. I came across a small nature reserve. I tried to walk through it and find the way up.<br \/>\nI found a small lake at the foot of that very mountain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4fd7b7f1410310c9f8c6307a2bd6fccd.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The road through the nature reserve. It&#039;s a good thing there was no one there. Otherwise, I might have been facing a fine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dee8238cba27ae52d76eaeb68ee952c0.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#039;t find the way up. Eventually, I came out the other side and found myself back in the field.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/9dbdff43684302f12f9df66f9c783ba5.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This time the field is surrounded by hills and mountains.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1572b074cec20764e0fedcdb8284fc7b.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It was along this gypsy road that I reached the people.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4e72f2aeb6c117068d83b4f8375984a9.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4772e13bcfcfcb2787795b8bf2c9b107.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/b315caea43a28c9167ada8b83c7c9a7c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/0ebf47fd1c0d44805debee5de8d01f07.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mountains again. Republic Pass. The road runs along the bottom of this gorge, and that&#039;s where I found myself.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/73c1bc51f2fa63d4609f26036abd83b2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/041cc341eef5d09ad55a4d9b9a981c0d.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/c0f80beb1aca93a405b40c1fbe00bda8.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photographs don&#039;t always convey the differences in altitude in the mountains. But here it&#039;s clearly visible.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/5ef42269adced80569e75ca4547021b3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And a little mountain lavender for the scent.<\/p>\n<p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2da7ae9d8b62db1ee4b61c7904d3e16e.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ad3987a6e19b62ae903df28ff5790d5c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/reports.travel.ru\/reports\/2017\/10\/248717.html?utm_source=generic.tmpl&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel.ru<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third and final section of Bulgarian landscapes covers a broader geography. We&#039;ll look at Bulgaria from the Shipka Pass and stroll through vineyards.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sovety-turistu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.prestigtours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.prestigtours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.prestigtours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.prestigtours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.prestigtours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.prestigtours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.prestigtours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.prestigtours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.prestigtours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.prestigtours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}