Pirin National Park

Taste of Pirin National Park...

Most serviced huts offer basic meals, provided you can communicate with the caretaker. Prices are low, and food in generally tasty. For example, a good breakfast will cost around 6 лв, a dinner with beer will be around 10–12 лв, a soup 3–4 лв, omelette 6 лв, and a hearty salad will be 5–7 лв. Coffee and tea are 1–2 лв. There is a network of mountain huts/chalets, which offer rooms and bungalows (bungalow for about 20 лв for two persons). Bring your sleeping bag just in case, but you can expect that a dorm room in the hut will provide blankets and sometimes even clean linen, the latter becomes more sparse the more remote. Sleeping in the huts is 15-20 лв. Prices are often pinned at the wall inside of the huts. BTS member pay a few leva less. Alternatively, there are marked camping areas around the huts. There is a popular, inexpensive tent camping area around Banderitsa, close to the restaurant and water source, about 20-30 min walking slightly downhill from Vihren hut/chalet. Many popular huts are serviced between April and November. But even if not serviced, the sleeping area is often left open during winter. This is mountainous terrain between 2,000-3,000 m, which can be rough, slippery sometimes, with steep cliffs, and getting cold at night very quickly. Take the usual precautions. If inexperienced, better just do Mt. Vihren and Vihren hut, or go with an organised tour.