Price: Beli Iskar Dam is one of the most alpine lakes in Europe. It was built on the upper reaches of the Beli Iskar at the foot of the highest peak on the Balkan Peninsula - Musala ( 2925 m.) Dam locates on 1900 meters above sea level about 60 km from the capital Sofia and provides about 20 percent of its drinking water. Beli Iskar Dam is one of the oldest waterworks in Bulgaria since its construction began in 1939 and ended in 1945 . The dam wall has impressive size for its time and is built of granite rock and 216,000 cubic meters of concrete . When the reservoir is full water tank area reaches 850,000 square meters with a length of 2.8 km and a width of 600 meters. Starting point for the approach to the dam can be Beli Iskar, leaving a host of other strategic routes in the Rila Mountains - Maliovitsa hut, Vada, Seven Lakes , Chakar leader , Yastrebetz hut, Potter , Royal Palace Bistrica and Borovets. Beautiful views of the lake is open to the marked trail from hut Potter to hut Fish Lakes. Initially you may notice it difficult because of the many grown squats , but if you carefully go between them, you will come across the open space and rock just above the lake - a breathtaking view! The dam is visible in the distance even from the very top peak, if you look towards the Pirin Mountain. Be careful , because it is prohibited passage through the barrier of the catchment area of the dam to the saddle Dzhanka .
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