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Balkan Mountains

The Balkan Mountains region of consists of the most representative, central parts of the Balkan Mountains themselves - the namesake of the , a 560-kilometre long mountain range that runs from the border between Bulgaria and to the .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Gabrovo and Kazanlak.

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is a city in the Balkan region of . The city is also home to two museums, several historical churches and monuments in and historic bridges over the Yantra River, all popular destinations for tourists and sightseers.

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is a city in Central , in a valley south of the Balkan Mountains, on the road to the historic Shipka Pass. It's famous as the center of Bulgaria's rose oil industry, and the surrounding area abounds with ancient tombs, one of which is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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is a beautiful town of about 20,000 inhabitants in the Balkan Mountains of Bulgaria. It's best known as the birthplace of Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski who organised an uprising against the Ottoman rule in the late 19th century.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Sevlievo and Tryavna.

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is a town in central , in a valley among the northern foothills of the Balkan Mountains. It can be a pleasant stop when travelling west of , or between and .

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is a small town in the central part of the Balkan Mountains in , near . It's famous for its preserved 19th century architecture, as well as the continuing practice of traditional hand crafts.

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is a protected national nature park in the central northern part of the Balkan Mountains near the towns of and .

Balkan Mountains

Latitude of center
43.2674° or 43° 16′ 3″ north
Longitude of center
25.0676° or 25° 4′ 3″ east
Elevation
124 metres (407 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1213669460
Geo­Names ID
792963
Wiki­data ID
Q170427
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Balkan Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Malet Ballkan”
  • Albanian: “Malet e Ballkanit”
  • Arabic: “جبال البلقان”
  • Aragonese: “Monts Balcans”
  • Armenian: “Ստարա Պլանինա”
  • Asturian: “Monte Balcanes”
  • Asturian: “Montes Balcanes”
  • Azerbaijani: “Balkan dağları”
  • Bashkir: “Балҡан тауҙары”
  • Bashkir: “Стара-Планина”
  • Basque: “Balkan mendiak”
  • Basque: “Balkanetako mendikatea”
  • Basque: “Balkanetako mendilerroa”
  • Belarusian: “Балканскія горы”
  • Belarusian: “Балканы”
  • Belarusian: “Старая Планіна”
  • Bulgarian: “Балкан”
  • Bulgarian: “Балкана”
  • Bulgarian: “Стара планина”
  • Bulgarian: “Хемус”
  • Catalan: “serralada dels Balcans”
  • Catalan: “Serralada dels Balcans”
  • Cebuano: “Balkan Mountains”
  • Chinese: “巴尔干山脉”
  • Chinese: “巴爾幹山脈”
  • Chinese: “斯塔拉山脉”
  • Chinese: “老山山脉”
  • Church Slavic: “Стара планина”
  • Croatian: “Balkan”
  • Croatian: “Stara Planina”
  • Czech: “Stara planina”
  • Danish: “Balkanbjergene”
  • Danish: “Balkanbjergkæden”
  • Dutch: “Balkan”
  • Dutch: “Balkangebergte”
  • Dutch: “Stara Planina”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبال البلقان”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جبال البلقان”
  • Esperanto: “Balkana montaro”
  • Esperanto: “Stara Planina”
  • Estonian: “Balkani mäed”
  • Estonian: “Stara planina”
  • Finnish: “Balkanin vuoret”
  • Finnish: “Balkanvuoret”
  • French: “Grand Balkan”
  • French: “Mont Hémos”
  • French: “Mont Hémus”
  • French: “Stara planina”
  • Galician: “Cordilleira dos Balcáns”
  • Galician: “Montes Balcáns”
  • Georgian: “ბალკანეთის მთები”
  • Georgian: “სტარა პლანინა”
  • Georgian: “სტარა-პლანინა”
  • German: “Balkan”
  • German: “Balkangebirge”
  • German: “Haemus”
  • German: “Hemus”
  • German: “Stara Planina”
  • Greek: “Αίμος”
  • Greek: “Βαλκάνια όρη”
  • Greek: “οροσειρά του Αίμου”
  • Greek: “Στάρα Πλάνινα”
  • Hebrew: “אזור הרי הבלקן”
  • Hebrew: “הרי הבלקן”
  • Hebrew: “הרי הבלקנים”
  • Hindi: “बाल्कन पर्वत शृंखला”
  • Hungarian: “Balkán-hegység”
  • Icelandic: “Balkan-fjöll”
  • Icelandic: “Balkanfjöll”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Balkan”
  • Irish: “na Sléibhte Balcánacha”
  • Italian: “Balcani”
  • Italian: “Montagne balcaniche”
  • Italian: “Monti Balcani”
  • Italian: “Stara planina”
  • Japanese: “ヴァルカン山脈”
  • Japanese: “スターラ・プラニーナ”
  • Japanese: “スターラ・プラニナ”
  • Japanese: “スタラ・プラニーナ”
  • Japanese: “スタラ・プラニナ”
  • Japanese: “バルカン山脈”
  • Javanese: “Pagunungan Balkan”
  • Kirghiz: “Пирин”
  • Korean: “발칸산맥”
  • Korean: “스타라 플라니나 산맥”
  • Korean: “스타라 플라니나”
  • Korean: “스타라플라니나 산맥”
  • Korean: “스타라플라니나”
  • Ladin: “Crëps de Balkan”
  • Latin: “Haemus”
  • Latin: “Stara Planina”
  • Latvian: “Balkānu kalni”
  • Latvian: “Stara Planina”
  • Lithuanian: “Balkanų kalnai”
  • Lithuanian: “Stara Planina”
  • Macedonian: “Стара Планина”
  • Malay: “Pergunungan Balkan”
  • Malayalam: “ബാൾക്കൻ പർവ്വതനിരകൾ”
  • Mazanderani: “بالکان کوهون”
  • Northern Frisian: “Balkanberger”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balkan-fjellene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balkanfjella”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balkanfjellene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balkanfjella”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stara Planina”
  • Norwegian: “Balkanfjellene”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Monts dels Balcans”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hæmus”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਾਲਕਨ ਪਹਾੜ”
  • Persian: “رشته‌کوه بالکان”
  • Polish: “Stara Planina”
  • Polish: “Stara Płanina”
  • Portuguese: “Balcãs”
  • Portuguese: “Bálcãs”
  • Portuguese: “Cordilheira Balcânica”
  • Portuguese: “Cordilheira dos Balcãs”
  • Portuguese: “Cordilheira dos Bálcãs”
  • Portuguese: “Stara Planina”
  • Romanian: “Munţii Balcani”
  • Romanian: “Munții Balcani”
  • Romanian: “Munții Stara Planina”
  • Romanian: “Stara Planina”
  • Russian: “Балканские горы”
  • Russian: “Балканский хребет”
  • Russian: “Стара-Планина”
  • Russian: “Старая Планина”
  • Rusyn: “Балкан”
  • Serbian: “Stara planina”
  • Serbian: “Балкан”
  • Serbian: “Балканске планине”
  • Serbian: “Планина Балкан”
  • Serbian: “Средишњи Балкан”
  • Serbian: “Стара планина”
  • Serbian: “Стара Планина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Balkan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stara planina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stara Planina”
  • Slovak: “Balkán”
  • Slovak: “Stara planina”
  • Slovak: “Stará planina”
  • Slovenian: “Balkansko gorovje”
  • Slovenian: “Haemus”
  • Slovenian: “Stara planina”
  • Slovenian: “Stara Planina”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera Balcanica”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera Balcánica”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera de los Balcanes”
  • Spanish: “Montes Balcanes”
  • Spanish: “Parque Nacional de Stara Planina”
  • Spanish: “Stara Planina”
  • Swahili: “Milima ya Balkani”
  • Swedish: “Balkan”
  • Swedish: “Balkanbergen”
  • Swedish: “Stara Planina”
  • Swiss German: “Balkan”
  • Tamil: “பால்கன் மலைகள்”
  • Tatar: “Балкан таулары”
  • Thai: “เทือกเขาบอลข่าน”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Balkangebirge”
  • Turkish: “Balkan Dağları”
  • Turkish: “Koca Balkan Dağı”
  • Turkish: “Koca Balkan Dağları”
  • Turkish: “Stara Planina”
  • Ukrainian: “Балканські гори”
  • Ukrainian: “Стара Планина”
  • Ukrainian: “Стара-Планіна”
  • Urdu: “سلسلہ کوہ بلقان”
  • Uzbek: “Staraplanina”
  • Venetian: “Monti Balcani”
  • Vietnamese: “Dãy núi Balkan”
  • Western Armenian: “Էմոս”
  • Western Panjabi: “سلسلہ کوہ بلقان”
  • Wu Chinese: “巴尔干山脉”
  • Yue Chinese: “巴爾幹山脈”

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