Dokuzak
The largest and most abundant waterfall in the Strandzha mountains is fed by nine karst springs, hence its name, which means Nine Springs. You will find it only metres away from the road to Stoilovo village.
Hidden amid the thick Strandzha forest, the Dokuzak provides a shady, cool retreat from the scorching summer sun, particularly if you were wise enough to bring some beer or watermelon with you. The pools around the waterfall are great for cooling these, and there is a picnic area.
Etropole
Until the 1970s this waterfall was ingeniously used to power a small generator providing electricity to the nearby Etropole Monastery. Today there is no longer any sign of machinery to obstruct the view of water falling from 15-metre-high karst rocks amid lush greenery and moss.
The monastery itself is over-renovated, but there is something of interest here. It was one of the few centres of Bulgarian literacy in the early centuries of the Ottoman domination, with its own calligraphy and literature school.
Krushuna
The largest travertine cascade in Bulgaria is a combination of a 20-metre main waterfall plus a number of smaller ones, plus plenty of pools and waterways surrounded by lush, almost tropical greenery. It is a small wonder then that the Krushuna Waterfalls, near Lovech, have become popular with Bulgarian and foreign tourists. They are also the only ones on our list that you have to pay to access.
Hristovski
Close to Hristovtsi, a hamlet near the town of Elena, in the central part of the Stara Planina, the Hristovski Waterfall was called Bulgaria’s Little Niagara by travel bloggers eager to impress.
The Hristovski Waterfall is actually only nine metres high. In spite of the blatant discrepancy between reality and the bloggers’ imagination, the waterfall is a delight to visit. It is at the end of a short path through a forest and a meadow, and the rocks around it are mesmerising.
Source: Vagabond
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