Places

Bulgaria · Smolyan

Settlements

Riben dol (Banite Municipality)

Riben dol is a village in Banite Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62606. Elevation range: 500–699 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Bulgaria · Kardzhali

Settlements

Ribino (Krumovgrad Municipality)

Ribino is a village in Krumovgrad Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62617. Elevation range: 300–499 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Bulgaria · Blagoevgrad

Settlements

Ribnik (Petrich Municipality)

Ribnik is a village in Petrich Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62623. Elevation range: 100–199 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Bulgaria · Smolyan

Settlements

Ribnitsa (Rudozem Municipality)

Ribnitsa is a village in Rudozem Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62637. Elevation range: 700–999 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Photograph from Ribnovo (Garmen Municipality)

Bulgaria · Blagoevgrad

Settlements

Ribnovo (Garmen Municipality)

Ribnovo is a village in Garmen Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62640. Elevation range: ≥ 1000 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Bulgaria · Kardzhali

Settlements

Ridino (Dzhebel Municipality)

Ridino is a village in Dzhebel Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62654. Elevation range: 300–499 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Bulgaria · Kardzhali

Settlements

Ridovo (Kardzhali Municipality)

Ridovo is a village in Kardzhali Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62668. Elevation range: 300–499 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Photograph from Rila (Rila Municipality)

Bulgaria · Kyustendil

Settlements

Rila (Rila Municipality)

Rila is a city in Rila Municipality, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62671. Elevation range: 500–699 m. Municipal centre. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Bulgaria · Kyustendil

Monasteries and places of worship

Rila Monastery

Rebuilding after a nineteenth-century fire shaped the monastery’s present architectural character. Its influence on Balkan building and art reflects its role as a spiritual and literary centre during the Bulgarian Revival.

Bulgaria · Kyustendil

Monasteries and places of worship

Rila Monastery Museum — Rilski manastir

The museum collection preserves woodcarvings, liturgical and ethnographic objects and examples of applied art. These complement the monastery’s rich tradition of manuscripts, icons and early printed books maintained over centuries.

Bulgaria · Kyustendil

Nature and mountains

Rila Monastery Nature Park

Mountain lakes feed the Rilska and Iliyna rivers that shape the park’s principal valleys. Beech, spruce and Macedonian pine forests give way to high-mountain communities, revealing western Rila’s ecological variety.

Bulgaria · Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Sofia Province

Nature and mountains

Rila Mountains (region)

Glacial lakes are scattered across Rila’s high mountain terrain, predominantly on northern exposures. Groups such as the Musala and Maritsa lakes connect former glaciation, mountain relief and today’s water basins.

Bulgaria · Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil, Sofia Province, Pazardzhik

Nature and mountains

Rila National Park

Glaciation left groups of high mountain lakes, with coniferous forests below the treeless ridges. The Iskar, Maritsa and Mesta originate within the park, linking mountain ecosystems with distant river basins.

Bulgaria · Kyustendil

Nature and mountains

Rila Skakavitsa Waterfall

Skakavitsa is Rila’s highest waterfall within its mountain landscape. The Friends of Plants botanical route approaches it, introducing different plant species and the connections between these plants and their natural habitats.

Bulgaria · Blagoevgrad

Settlements

Riltsi (Blagoevgrad Municipality)

Riltsi is a village in Blagoevgrad Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62699. Elevation range: 300–499 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Bulgaria · Shumen

Settlements

Rish (Smyadovo Municipality)

Rish is a village in Smyadovo Municipality, Shumen Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62732. Elevation range: 200–299 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Bulgaria · Stara Zagora

Settlements

Risimanovo (Radnevo Municipality)

Risimanovo is a village in Radnevo Municipality, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62712. Elevation range: 100–199 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Bulgaria · Gabrovo

Settlements

Ritya (Dryanovo Municipality)

Ritya is a village in Dryanovo Municipality, Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62726. Elevation range: 300–499 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Bulgaria · Yambol

Settlements

Robovo (Tundzha Municipality)

Robovo is a village in Tundzha Municipality, Yambol Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62757. Elevation range: 100–199 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Bulgaria · Veliko Tarnovo

Settlements

Rodina (Zlataritsa Municipality)

Rodina is a village in Zlataritsa Municipality, Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62877. Elevation range: 200–299 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Bulgaria · Haskovo

Settlements

Rodopi (Haskovo Municipality)

Rodopi is a village in Haskovo Municipality, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62880. Elevation range: 100–199 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Bulgaria · Kardzhali

Settlements

Rodopsko (Ardino Municipality)

Rodopsko is a village in Ardino Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62894. Elevation range: 700–999 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Photograph from Rogach (Krumovgrad Municipality)

Bulgaria · Kardzhali

Settlements

Rogach (Krumovgrad Municipality)

Rogach is a village in Krumovgrad Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62774. Elevation range: 300–499 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.

Bulgaria · Dobrich

Settlements

Rogachevo (Balchik Municipality)

Rogachevo is a village in Balchik Municipality, Dobrich Province, Bulgaria. EKATTE code: 62788. Elevation range: 100–199 m. This profile uses the official National Register of Settlements. View the location on the map and add the settlement to your personal itinerary.