Baylovo 2025

Sunday was an amazing day amongst a series of rainy and cold April days - it was sunny, warm and calm and our hike in Baylovo was simply divine.

The fields with  autumn crops were already juicy green. The snow covered cap of Vitosha is peaking from the west.

And the fields, designated for spring crops, were prepared for the spring planting.

The village of Baylovo is situated in the Sofia valley, surrounded by high mountains on all sides.

Baylovo and the white cap of peak Murgash in the Balkan mountains

Rila to the south

Hike info:

Date: 13 April 2025

Destination: St Spas Chapel

Mountain: Spasova Mogila

Total length: 11.6 km

Elevation gain: 80 m

Total duration (plus rest): 3 and half hours

Average difficulty: 2 / 10 

St. Spas Chapel

We had a very long picnic on the top of Spasova mogila, with a view to the fields. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, the place was completely empty and we could have spent the entire afternoon there, basking in the warm sunshine.

Rila and Vitosha in one frame

Me-made items, worn on this hike:

 

Husband: men's boxers, Burda longsleeve, cargo pants

I: lingerie, ankle warmers, Hounds Tooth hoodie

My first stork for this spring. There were actually more than half a dozen storks we saw on our way back to Sofia.

As we've been doing lately, we took an alternative route back home, by the Ognyanovo dam, where we stopped for a short walk.