Schipkadenkmal

sehr windig

einfach riesig ,man sollte warme sachen anziehen sehr kalt und stürmisch,die vielen stufen zum monument sind etwas anstrengend,aber der blick in die ferne ist einfach atemberaubend schön.

Unübersehbares Monument ...

... und bedeutendes nationales Denkmal. 1938 errichtet, ist es ein spätes Exemplar jener wuchtigen, im frühen 20.Jahrhundert zur Demonstration staatlicher Größe errichteten Monumente im neoromanisch...

Tricky to get to in winter

Views are amazing but it can be a struggle to get herer in winter. There is a road taking you all the way up, but in winter this doesn't seem to be maintained. There was even piles of snow put there o...

It’s a monument

You can take the steps from the highway (yeah, right…) or drive up to it. There are monuments everywhere in Bulgaria, to every meaningful person to live and to every event that has occurred. It’s okay...

Scenic and historical place

Set pretty much at the top of the historic Shipka Pass it commemorates a series of important battles to secure Bulgarian freedom from the Ottoman Empire. There are something like 800 steps to the top ...