Boyana waterfall and Golden Bridges

There is hardly any mountaineer from Sofia, who has not visited this beautiful and popular spot in the Vitosha mountain, so this article is for those who have not yet touched by the magic of the Boyana waterfall.
It is on Boyana River, about 5 km from the center of Boyana quarter. With its fall of 15 m this is the largest waterfall in the Vitosha mountain. In clear weather during the spring it can be seen from the city center of Sofia.
There are several relatively easy trails to it. As they pass each week hundreds of tourists, nature lovers, children, pregnant women.
The waterfall is most easily accessible from the Kopitoto, whither is asphalt road. Depending on the pace and nature the walk takes about an hour - hour and a half, as most of the path is flat. More difficult is just the last section, which leads to the waterfall - a bumpy, rocky terrain that is steep descend to the waterfall above. You can go on the path, against the Television tower, or path, leaving the right of the hotel complex. Both places are going through a thick forest. Follow signs as some areas have forks. Another way to reach the waterfall is a walk in the valley of the river from Boyana and it is longer but more gentle. The distance that is passed is between 4.5 and 5 km on the north slope of Vitosha mountain. A waterfall is reached for a little over an hour and a half, with passes and along the lake and a cascade of small waterfalls.
Boyana waterfall is a popular site for ice climbing among the Sofia climbers. Usually it freezes on two ice tongues. The left is easier and right offer climbing above the average difficulty. There are 8 routes. Between the tongues can be practiced dry-tooling on the overhang and climbing ice pendants.

From here you can easily reach to another popular site of Vitosha mountain - Golden Bridges. The stone river is located in the northwest slopes of the mountain at an altitude of 1350 - 1500 m. The river is not formed by glacial processes, but by weathering and denudation of Vitosha monocytes. Thus the enormous stone blocks are filled Vladaiska river, which is deeply into them.