Climate
Four seasons - snowy winters, hot summers, mild autumn and spring.
Continental with Mediterranean influence in the south and Black Sea coastal
regions. Dry and hot summer, mean temperature+ 25 C ( April-September ). Cold winter with snowfalls, mean temperature 0 C. Mean annual temperature 12.5C.
Relief
Bulgaria possesses a variety of natural forms, located in the range of 0 and 2,925 m. altitude. Its territory includes part of the lower Danube Plain, The Balkan Range - part of the Alpine-and-Himalayan chain, part of the Thracian lowland and to the south - the mountain structures of the Macedonian-Thracian massif. The best
known mountains are the Rila - the highest in the Balkans, with the highest peak Mussala - 2,925 m., Pirin - the most beautiful Bulgarian mountain ( Vihren - 2,914 m. ), Vitosha ( Cherni Vrah - 2,291 m. ), Stara Planina - the longest Bulgarian mountain
( the Balkan range -Botev Peak - 2,376 m. ), and the Rhodopes ( Golyam Perelik- 2,191 m. ). The mountains occupy half of this country's territory, with the high-mountain relief - i.e. at an altitude above 1,600 m., comprising 5 % of its entire area.
The Bulgarian mountains easily accessible and the presence of towns and villages
in them that have preserved the authentic Bulgarian spirit and hospitality, gives a chance for receiving and accommodating tourists at village houses.
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