According to weather forecasts, Thursday was to be the only day of the week without rain or thunderstorms, so we decided to free it and have a nice trip in the Sofia valley.
We drove to the village of Baylovo and hiked to Spasova mogila, along the country roads and field tracks, enjoying the strong sun and the solitude of the vast crop fields.
The landscape around Baylovo is really amazing and totally worth the one hour drive, half of which takes us through busy city boulevards and heavy traffic - not a tiny price for the peace and quiet of Elin Pelin's native village.
Hike info:Date: 14 May 2026
Destination: St Spas Chapel
Mountain: Spasova Mogila
Total length: 12 km
Elevation gain: 80 m
Total duration (plus rest): 3 and a half hours
Average difficulty: 2 / 10
Me-made items, worn on this hike:
Husband: men's boxers, Burda Cargo pants, Burda longsleeve
I: lingerie, Burda blouse, legwarmers
The chapel on Spasova mogila
The wild lilacs are already in bloom
On a lazy sunny Thursday midday the fields and tracks were completely
empty, but for a lonely tractor very far away in the fields and the
birds, singing their small hearts out from the bushes and trees around
the land.
We sat on the hill and spent at least an hour, basking in the sun, watching the fields and the mountains in the distance and enjoying our delicious tortillas.
On the way back we went down Spasova mogila towards Golema Rakovitza and then returned to Baylovo along the country road between the two villages, thus making the hike circular.
Yellowhammer (жълта овесарка) - pity, that my phone can't take a better picture from afar
After returning to the village, we took a short walk along the streets - Elin Pelin's house
The village church, where
Dobre Dobrev, called by some the Saint of Baylovo, was buried.
The museum of Elin Pelin
We returned through an alternative route by Ognyanovo Dam, making not only the hike, but the ride to Baylovo circular as well.
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