Suggested walking route
2 stops in walking order
- Distance
- 0.12 km
- Walking
- 1 min
- Visits
- 40 min
- Difficulty
- Easy stroll
- 1Etropole Waterfall
Waterfall
Etropole Waterfall, known also as Varovitets (Варовитец) is a waterfall in the Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria, located near the Etropole Monastery. It is situated on the Malki Iskar River, which flows near the monastery. The drop from the waterfall is roughly 15 meters(49.2 feet).
~20 min at this stop
- 2Etropole Monastery
Monastery
The Etropole Monastery of the Holy Trinity, also known as Varovitets (Варовитец), is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery near the town of Etropole in west-central Bulgaria. The monastery was founded in the 12th or 13th century, its heyday being from the 16th to the 18th century when, thanks to its prolific scriptoria, it was the dominant literary centre of Ottoman-ruled northern Bulgaria. In its present form, the monastery includes a large mid-19th-century church and two chapels.
~20 min at this stop