The Vitosha forests in May and early June are so wonderful! We enjoyed our hike to Kopitoto on Monday so much, the weather kept sunny and warm, so we decided to continue our hikes in the region.
For our Friday hike we chose a round trip we had designed two years ago, a sort of a figure eight around Momina skala place. Starting from the Dendrarium area, we climbed to Momina skala meadow, from there on we continued to Kamen del lodge, closed the smaller circle, passing by the abandoned Sredetz lodge back to Momina skala and from there we returned to the Dendrarium through Zlatnite mostove along an alternative trail - very nice, relaxed and easy 10 km hike through the middle altitude of Vitosha.
Hike info:Date: 29 May 2026
Destination: Kamen del Hut
Mountain: Vitosha
Total length: 10 km
Elevation gain: 370 m
Total duration (plus picnic and rests): 4 hours
Average difficulty: 3.5 / 10
An interesting encounter on the meadow - a deer. The deer seemed not to notice or mind us, though we were probably less than 20 m away. It looked calmly in our direction and then slowly continued its walk through the forest.
The Momina skala meadow - a very popular place on Vitosha. While we were passing through the place, there was a class of school graduates, celebrating their graduation with games and a picnic, really sweet!
Me-made items, worn on this hike:
Husband: boxers, Burda cargo pants, Burda hoodie
I: lingerie, Burda color jeans, Burda raglan T-shirt, Burda hoodie
The Kamen del lodge. We decided to postpone our lunch until we were back to Momina skala, so we just passed by the lodge and continued up to Sredetz lodge.
The Boyana river
Back to Momina skala. This time we chose a sunny table with benches and had our super tasty tortillas and homemade muffins here. Husband had a short sunbathe, while I picked a bag of young nettles. We stayed at least an hour here, the weather was so nice and the place very peaceful.
Another wild animal encounter - a common slow worm (slepok), a species of legless lizard, was crossing the trail from Zlatnite mostove down to Dendrarium.
The Dendrarium - a picnic place with a variety of trees, a small lake and picnic benches and gazebos.
