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Route Borovitsa hut - Utrobata c...

The starting point of the route is located on the lake "Kardjali ", hut " Borovitza " ( 385 m altitude ) . It can be reached by a 18 -kilometer paved road from the town of Kardzhali. It offers all the necessary conditions for a nice vacation in the beautiful scenery of the Eastern Rhodopes.

Only about an hour from the hut Ustobata cave ( also known as Vulva cave ) . Initially walking along an asphalt road towards the lake " Borovitza ." The starting point is marked with information boards . Then the trail , which is rocky and fairly steep , but fairly well marked. Once you climb the ridge , the route splits , the route continues left. From the cave takes about 5 minutes .

Utrobata is located in rock formations on the road between the villages Duzhdovnitsa and Nenkovo ​​in the area Tangardak Kaya . Its walls are artificially processed further in before Tracian era so as to enhance the particular nature of its form of vulva (especially distinct at the entrance ) . It seems that the cave was used for religious center associated with the veneration of the fertility effect , because at the very bottom is built an altar on which the incident solar beam at high noon on the shortest day of the year. Later in the same place there was a Thracian sanctuary and at the foot of the stone two phenomena gushing springs with water according to the legend is sacred and healing .

Rocks around also full of megalithic monuments. In many places have carved a niche in the correct form . All these ancient artifacts attest to the advanced civilization inhabited the area before the 5-6 thousand years. Some of them are related to the cult of fertility and natural forces , others are believed to have served as ancient astronomical observatories , allowing to monitor the movement of celestial bodies .

The transition is relatively easy and very short and worth it take to feel the magical power of nature along the Arda River . You need to be careful , because in some places the deviations from the path are not marked and can be fooled , so you have to go back . The route is suitable for inexperienced adult travelers and groups with small children.

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