Postcards from Bulgaria 🇧🇬 |Bansko → Pirin National Park → Gotse Delchev → Delchevo → Sandanski 2011

This is a cinematic montage of our early-spring trip through Southwest Bulgaria in March 2011.
We explored snowy peaks, historic monuments, quiet river gorges, and traditional Bulgarian taverns across Bansko, Pirin National Park, Gotse Delchev, Delchevo, and Sandanski.

📍 Bansko
• Snow-capped Pirin Mountains — Vihren (2,914 m), Kutelo, and Banski Suhodol
• Hotel Riverside Bansko
• Statue of Paisiy Hilendarski
• Monument to Neofit Rilski
• Mehana “Dedo Pene”
• Sveta Troitsa Church (Church of the Holy Trinity)

📍 Pirin National Park
• Banderitsa River
• Pirinsko Gorge
• Banderishki Rapids
• Mount Muratov

📍 Gotse Delchev
• Monument to Gotse Delchev
• WWII Memorial Obelisk
• “Гъбата” (The Mushroom) sweets / souvenir stand
• “Майката” (The Mother) — sculpture by Stavri Kalinov

📍 Delchevo (mountain village)
• 1838 Church of the Assumption of the Virgin
• Krashmova Kushta (traditional mehana)
• Cherkezovata Krachma (stone-and-wood tavern with folk décor)
• Panoramic ridge view over Razlog Valley & Gotse Delchev
• Scebe Chorba (local dish)
• Pirin Golf & Country Club driving range

📍 Sandanski
• “Česma na ljubovta” — Fountain of Love
• Yellow mineral water cheshma (thermal spring water)
• Rupite River / Sandanska Bistrica
• “Momata s krachata” (Girl with the Jug) fountain sculpture
• Sandanski Bear statue (city emblem)

If you love Bulgaria, Balkan travel, mountain towns, or cinematic montage edits, I hope this takes you back — or inspires you to visit.

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