Bosnek 2025

Bosnek is one of our favourite places on Vitosha in the autumn. The trail from the village to the Live water spring is easy and extraordinary beautiful, when the leaves are colored in autumnal tones and it's pure pleasure to hike there. 

However, the village is fairly far from home, the drive there is long and the traffic is usually busy, so we visit it quite rarely - the last time was four years ago. This last Sunday, however, the weather forecasts were for a cold and partially cloudy day after a couple of cold and rainy days, so we decided to postpone our annual big hike on Kladnitza and to go to Bosnek.

It was definitely the right decision, as we had a marvelous time there, despite the biting cold in the morning. 

The promised Indian summer is eluding us this autumn, but the trees on the southern slopes of Vitosha are in their most gorgeous outlook.

Hike info:

Date: 19 October 2025

Destination: Live Water Spring, Bosnek

Mountain: Vitosha

Total length: 10.5 km

Elevation gain: 100 m

Total duration (plus picnic and rests): 4 hours

Average difficulty: 3 / 10 

Me-made items, worn on this hike:

Husband: boxers, Burda Cargo pants, Burda longsleeve, Burda hoodie, knitted woolen socks

I: lingerie, Burda hoodie, leg warmers, fingerless mitts

As usual we took the detour to Borova polyana and had our picnic there, under this big beautiful tree. The sun shone through the clouds and it was warm enough to enjoy our usual beers and tortillas :)

The obligatory visit to the Live water spring.

And back to the village along the same trail. The sun was strong in the early afternoon and the temperatures rose, it was a very pleasant hiking experience.