Национален парк Рила
Rila National Park, the largest national park in Bulgaria, is located about 100 km south of Sofia, in the central and highest regions of the Rila Mountains. The name Rila is derived from the Thracian word roula, meaning 'lots of water'. Most of Rila National Park is covered in thick forests – primarily spruce, white fir, and Macedonian pine. Rich in wildlife, some quite rare, the park includes large meadows, over 100 peaks rising above 2,000 metres, one of them Bulgaria's highest mountain Musala (2925 m), as well as a variety of rock faces, precipices, caves, deep canyons, and waterfalls. The landscape is dotted with about 120 lakes, more than half of them dating back to the Ice Age.