Pirin Macedonia
Pirin Macedonia is a cultural region in Bulgaria that takes up the south-western corner of the country. It contains some of the most rugged mountainous terrain in Bulgaria, as well as the large valley of the Struma river, where Bulgaria's usually temperate climate starts becoming Mediterranean in the southern parts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Blagoevgrad and Pirin National Park.
Blagoevgrad
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Blagoevgrad is the largest city in the mountainous south-western corner of Bulgaria, at the foot of the Rila mountain, close to the border with North Macedonia.
Pirin National Park
Pirin is in Pirin Macedonia, in Bulgaria. The range is a national park and since 1983 part of the UNESCO World nature heritage.
Bansko
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Bansko is a mountain and ski resort in Southwest Bulgaria, under the slopes of the Pirin Mountains. It's one of the busiest international ski resorts in Bulgaria.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Melnik and Belitsa.
Melnik
Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis, CC BY 2.0.
Melnik is a "town-museum" in South-Western Bulgaria, surrounded by curious geological formations. The smallest town in the country, it's also known for its wine and its architecture.
Belitsa
Photo: Спасимир, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Belitsa is a small town in South-Western Bulgaria, and the gateway to the nearby small mountain resort Semkovo on the slopes of the Rila mountains. A bear sanctuary was established there in 2000 for "dancing bears" from Bulgaria and other Balkan countries after the practice was outlawed.
Semkovo
Semkovo is a ski resort in the Rila mountain range of southwestern Bulgaria. It is located at 1750 metres above sea level, and is located 17 kilometres from the town of Belitsa in the Razlog Valley.Pirin Macedonia
- Type: oblast of Bulgaria with 288,000 residents
- Description: oblast of Bulgaria
- Also known as: “BG413”, “Blagoevgrad”, “Blagoevgrad oblast”, “Blagoevgrad Oblast”, “Blagoevgrad province”, “Blagoevgrad Province”, “Blagoevgradski Okrŭg”, and “Okrŭg Gorna Dzhumaya”
- Location: Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Pirin Macedonia” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Provinca Blagojevgrad”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة بلاغويفغراد”
- Armenian: “Բլագոևգրադի մարզ”
- Azerbaijani: “Blaqoyevqrad vilayəti”
- Basque: “Blagoevgrad probintzia”
- Belarusian: “Благаеўградская вобласць”
- Belarusian: “Благоеўградзкая вобласьць”
- Belarusian: “Благоеўградская вобласць”
- Bengali: “ব্লাগোভগ্রাড প্রদেশ”
- Bosnian: “Oblast Blagoevgrad”
- Bulgarian: “Благоевград (област)”
- Bulgarian: “Благоевград”
- Bulgarian: “Благоевградска област”
- Bulgarian: “Горноджумайска област”
- Bulgarian: “Област Благоевград”
- Bulgarian: “Областна администрация - Благоевград”
- Catalan: “Macedònia (Bulgària)”
- Catalan: “Macedònia de Pirin”
- Catalan: “Macedònia Pirin”
- Catalan: “Província de Blagoevgrad”
- Catalan: “Província de Blagòevgrad”
- Cebuano: “Blagoevgrad”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای بلاگۆئێڤگراد”
- Chechen: “Благоевградан область”
- Chinese: “Blagoevgrad Chiu”
- Chinese: “布拉戈耶夫格勒州”
- Chinese: “皮林馬其頓”
- Chuvash: “Благоевград облаçĕ”
- Crimean Tatar: “Blagoyevgrad vilâyeti”
- Croatian: “Oblast Blagoevgrad”
- Croatian: “Pirinska Makedonija”
- Czech: “Blagoevgradská oblast”
- Danish: “Blagoevgrad (provins)”
- Danish: “Blagoevgrad”
- Dutch: “Blagoevgrad (oblast)”
- Dutch: “Blagoëvgrad”
- Dutch: “Pirin-Macedonie”
- Dutch: “Pirin-Macedonië”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Blagoevgrad”
- Estonian: “Blagoevgradi piirkond”
- Finnish: “Blagoevgradin alue”
- Finnish: “Blagojevgradin alue”
- French: “Blagoevgrad”
- French: “Oblast de Blagoevgrad”
- Georgian: “ბლაგოევგრადი (ოლქი)”
- Georgian: “ბლაგოევგრადი (პროვინცია)”
- Georgian: “ბლაგოევგრადის ოლქი”
- German: “BG-01”
- German: “Blagoevgrad”
- German: “Oblast Blagoewgrad”
- German: “Oblast Blagojewgrad”
- Greek: “Επαρχία Μπλαγκόεβγκραντ”
- Greek: “Επαρχία του Μπλαγκόεβγκραντ”
- Greek: “Μακεδονία του Πιρίν”
- Greek: “Μπλαγκόεβγκραντ (διαμέρισμα)”
- Greek: “Μπλαγκόεβγκραντ”
- Gujarati: “બ્લાગોવગ્રૅડ પ્રાંત”
- Hebrew: “בלגואבגרד”
- Hebrew: “מחוז בלגואבגרד”
- Hindi: “ब्लेगोवग्रेड प्रांत”
- Hungarian: “Blagoevgrad megye”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi blagoevgrad”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Blagoevgrad”
- Irish: “Cúige Blagoevgrad”
- Italian: “Blagoevgrad (regione)”
- Italian: “distretto di Blagoevgrad”
- Italian: “Distretto di Blagoevgrad”
- Italian: “Macedonia Pirin”
- Italian: “Pirin Macedonia”
- Italian: “Provincia di Blagoevgrad”
- Japanese: “ピリン・マケドニア”
- Japanese: “ブラゴエヴグラート州”
- Japanese: “ブラゴエヴグラード州”
- Japanese: “ブラゴエヴグラト州”
- Japanese: “ブラゴエヴグラド州”
- Japanese: “ブラゴエフグラート州”
- Japanese: “ブラゴエフグラード州”
- Japanese: “ブラゴエフグラト州”
- Japanese: “ブラゴエフグラド州”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ಲಾಗೋವ್ಗ್ರಾಡ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
- Korean: “블라고에브그라드주”
- Latin: “Scaptopara”
- Latvian: “Blagojevgradas apgabals”
- Latvian: “Blagojevgrandas apgabals”
- Lithuanian: “Blagojevgrado sritis”
- Lombard: “Distret de Blagoevgrad”
- Macedonian: “Благоевград”
- Macedonian: “Благоевградска област”
- Malay: “Wilayah Blagoevgrad”
- Marathi: “ब्लोगोव्हग्रॅड प्रांत”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Blagoevgrad Chiu”
- Mongolian: “Благоевград аймаг”
- Northern Frisian: “Blagoewgrad”
- Northern Luri: “بلاگووگراد”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blagoevgrad oblast”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Provinsen Blagoevgrad”
- Norwegian: “Blagoevgrad oblast”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Blagoevgrad”
- Ossetian: “Благоевграды облæст”
- Persian: “استان بلاگووگراد”
- Polish: “Macedonia Pirińska”
- Polish: “Obwód Blagoewgrad”
- Polish: “Obwód Błagoewgrad”
- Polish: “Obwód Błagojewgrad”
- Portuguese: “Blagoevgrad (distrito)”
- Portuguese: “Blagoevgrad (província)”
- Portuguese: “Blagoevgrad”
- Romanian: “Blagoevgrad”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Blagoevgrad”
- Russian: “Благоевградская область”
- Scots: “Blagoevgrad Province”
- Serbian: “Благоевградска област”
- Serbian: “Благојевградска област”
- Serbian: “Област Благоевград”
- Sinhala: “බ්ලගෝඉව්ග්රඩ් පළාත”
- Sinhala: “බ්ලැගොව්ග්රෑඩ් පළාත, බල්ගේරියාව”
- Slovak: “Blagoevgrad”
- Slovak: “Blagojevgrad (oblasť)”
- Slovak: “Blagojevgradská oblasť”
- Slovenian: “oblast Blagoevgrad”
- Slovenian: “Oblast Blagoevgrad”
- South Azerbaijani: “بلاقووقراد اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Blagoevgrad”
- Spanish: “Blagoevgrado (provincia)”
- Spanish: “Macedonia del Pirin”
- Spanish: “Provincia de blagoevgrad”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Blagóevgrad”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Blagoevgrado”
- Swedish: “Blagoevgrad”
- Swedish: “Makedonien”
- Swedish: “Pirinmakedonien”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Благоевград”
- Tamil: “பலகோயிவ்க்ராட் மாகாணம்”
- Telugu: “బ్లాగోవ్గ్రాడ్ ప్రావిన్స్”
- Telugu: “బ్లాగోవ్గ్రాడ్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”
- Thai: “จังหวัดบลากอเยฟกราด”
- Thai: “บลาโกเอฟกราด”
- Turkish: “Blagoevgrad ili”
- Turkish: “Blagoevgrad”
- Turkish: “Blagoyevgrad ili”
- Turkish: “Makedonya (Bulgaristan)”
- Turkish: “Pirin Makedonyası”
- Turkish: “Yukarı Cuma ili”
- Ukrainian: “Благоєвградська область”
- Ukrainian: “Пиринська Македонія”
- Ukrainian: “Пиринський край”
- Ukrainian: “Пірінська Македонія”
- Urdu: “بلاگووگراد صوبہ”
- Vietnamese: “Blagoevgrad (tỉnh)”
- Vietnamese: “Blagoevgrad”
- Waray (Philippines): “Blagoevgrad”
- Welsh: “Talaith Blagoevgrad”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ بلاگوئیوگراد”
- Wu Chinese: “布拉格耶夫格勒州”
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