That was a period of 500 years, which started some 700 years AFTER (!) establishment of the Bulgarian Kingdom. So Bulgaria just REGAINED its independency, in the 1800s, unfortunately in way-smaller size than it had been in the 14th century.
Bulgaria was ruled by Ottoman Empire of Turkey as recent as late 1800's before it became independent.
for Mussala: 42.1833 lat, 23.5833 long http://www.me.umn.edu/~curt/weather/data/stnlist-sorted.txt
Another popular starting point for Rila is the town of Dupnica - about 2 hours by train south of Sofia . If you want to hike in the Western part of Rila (including "seven rila lakes"), this is where you need to start.
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=mussala http://weather.digsys.bg/c/index.pl%3Fplace=48&action=real&lang=_eng.html
you pay for camping in Rila Mts when you do it near the challet (appr. 1 euro per tent). Night in the shelter/challet costs ca. 5 euro
Tarambuka3500 - Sep 25, 2003 9:50 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThat was a period of 500 years, which started some 700 years AFTER (!) establishment of the Bulgarian Kingdom.
So Bulgaria just REGAINED its independency, in the 1800s, unfortunately in way-smaller size than it had been in the 14th century.
gordonye - Jul 25, 2002 11:25 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentBulgaria was ruled by Ottoman Empire of Turkey as recent as late 1800's before it became independent.
gordonye - Nov 6, 2002 5:01 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled Commentfor Mussala: 42.1833 lat, 23.5833 long
http://www.me.umn.edu/~curt/weather/data/stnlist-sorted.txt
notracks - Sep 17, 2003 1:08 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentAnother popular starting point for Rila is the town of Dupnica - about 2 hours by train south of Sofia . If you want to hike in the Western part of Rila (including "seven rila lakes"), this is where you need to start.
Tarambuka3500 - Sep 25, 2003 9:50 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThat was a period of 500 years, which started some 700 years AFTER (!) establishment of the Bulgarian Kingdom.
So Bulgaria just REGAINED its independency, in the 1800s, unfortunately in way-smaller size than it had been in the 14th century.
Tarambuka3500 - Sep 25, 2003 9:53 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled Commenthttp://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=mussala
http://weather.digsys.bg/c/index.pl%3Fplace=48&action=real&lang=_eng.html
spellbinder - Sep 9, 2005 6:28 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled Commentyou pay for camping in Rila Mts when you do it near the challet (appr. 1 euro per tent). Night in the shelter/challet costs ca. 5 euro