Seven Rila Lakes
The Seven Rila Lakes are a group of glacial lakes, situated in the northwestern Rila Mountain in Bulgaria. Situated between 2,100 and 2,500 metres elevation above sea level, they are the most visited group of lakes in Bulgaria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Vance 95, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Twin and The Trefoil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urdini Lakes and Panichishte.
Urdini Lakes
Locality
The Urdini Lakes are a group of glacial lakes, situated in the northwestern Rila Mountains in Bulgaria. They are not as popular with the tourists as the Seven Rila Lakes further west, because they are situated in the most difficultly accessible areas of the mountain range. Urdini Lakes is situated 2½ km south of Seven Rila Lakes.
Panichishte
Village
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Panichishte is a resort in Bulgaria. It is located in Rila Mountain, 3 km southeast of Sapareva Banya Town and not far from Dupnitsa Town. At 1,350 meters above sea level, it lies on the border of Rila National Park. Panichishte is situated 7 km north of Seven Rila Lakes.
Seven Rila Lakes
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: group of lakes in Bulgaria
- Categories: group of lakes and tourism
- Location: Sofia Province, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.20225° or 42° 12′ 8″ northLongitude
23.31723° or 23° 19′ 2″ eastOpen location code
8GJ56828+WVOpenStreetMap ID
node 6698043496OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1661327
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Seven Rila Lakes” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرات ريلا السبعة (بلغاريا)”
- Arabic: “بحيرات ريلا السبعة”
- Armenian: “Յոթ Ռիլայան լճեր”
- Bulgarian: “Седемте рилски езера”
- Chinese: “里拉七湖”
- Chuvash: “Çичĕ Риль кӳлли”
- Dutch: “Seven Rila Lakes”
- Georgian: “რილის შვიდი ტბა”
- German: “Sieben Rila-Seen”
- Hebrew: “שבעת אגמי רילה”
- Indonesian: “Tujuh Danau Rila”
- Italian: “Sette Laghi di Rila”
- Latvian: “Septiņi Rilas ezeri”
- Macedonian: “Седум Рилски Езера”
- Malay: “Tujuh Tasik Rila”
- Malayalam: “ഏഴ് റില തടാകങ്ങൾ”
- Nepali: “सेभेन रिला लेक्स”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “De syv Rilasjøene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rilasjøene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rilasjøane”
- Norwegian: “De syv Rilasjøene”
- Romanian: “Cele șapte lacuri din Rila”
- Russian: “Семь Рильских озёр”
- Serbian: “Рилска језера”
- Slovenian: “Sedem rilskih jezer”
- Swedish: “De sju Rila-sjöarna”
- Turkish: “Rila Yedi Göller”
- Ukrainian: “Сім Рильських озер”
- Western Armenian: “Ռիլայի եօթը լիճեր”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Haramiyata and Изворът „Ръцете, които дават“.
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