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Bulgaria's best-known lakes lie high in the mountains of the south-west. Rila holds the Seven Rila Lakes, a chain of glacial lakes stepped one above the other, and Pirin is dotted with cirque lakes above Bansko.
Lower down, reservoirs such as Batak and Dospat in the Rhodopes and Iskar near Sofia are used for fishing and boating, and on the Black Sea coast the lakes around Burgas, Vaya among them, and the salt lake of Pomorie are important stops for migrating birds.
The high lakes are reached on foot in summer, often with a chairlift or a mountain road for the first part of the climb.
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Photo: User:Vmenkov · CC BY-SA 3.0Bulgaria · Black Sea Coast
Lake Atanasovsko is a salt coastal lake north of Burgas, close to the Black Sea, and one of the key bird sites of Bulgaria. A strip of sand divides it in two. The lake is known for the diversity of…
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Glacial lakes, high tarns and big mountain scenery: seven Balkan mountain lakes with hiking routes, difficulty, elevation, walking times, access points and the best season to go.
