Routes in България / Благоевград - Blagoevgrad / Благоевград - Blagoevgrad




Again I am not 100% sure i got this right. After the stadium ride/push up the road. At some point the road flattens a bit and you should look right for a small path. Go to it and follow it in direction to Blago, the ride is nice and smooth and shortly you'll reach a small hill with almond threes and nice view of the whole town. The place is particularly magical in the spring when the trees are blooming.

Enjoy this one whenever you have a spare hour and want to breathe and feel free.



After the stadium the road is very steep, but if you have good gears and you're in shape it's ride-able since it's cemented. When you reach the top of the hill you will see a weird area-51-like building (the water supply station). Pass it on its left side and then go up. Soon you'll see some shacks and gardens on the right, on the left a nice forest. Go up the road, this section is totally secluded so don't worry to ride wild - there are no cars. At some point you'll reach a dusty intersection near some houses, take left and then ride through the village. Beware the dogs and enjoy the speed. Again the cars are pretty few, but be careful. The road gets pretty curvy about two km. before Blago - there I advise you to slow down and be careful for crazy drivers.

It's a nice one - great progression and change of scenery.

Safe riding!



Basically you ride up the neighborhood, around the left side of the zoo, to the rose garden then up the hill past the antennas and up the road.

When you reach the first trees, a place where the riders jump over the road, you can see on your left a stone painted in red paint. Throughout the path you will see such stones to show you the way. However, the first time, I suggest you take the path by foot or very slow.

After the first curve the path goes wildly down. The guys built some wild jumps, side-turns and everything that goes with downhill riding.

Since my skills are not very good, I was braking all the time, and still it was pretty tough for me to stay put on the ground. At the end you should jump a lot on the sides of the path to stay put. There are some pretty scary high jumps too.

Check out the photos on the map to get the idea.

Use good equipment and protection and scream!



This route is very nice for a weekend ride. The terrain is not very severe, so you do not need a crazy good bike to have a good time. You start from the bridge that starts Bachinovo, across the street to the right and up the hill. So far it's all asphalt, curvy and steep, but after all it's a ride in the park - very enjoyable. When you reach the top of the hill (the end of the park, near the rose garden) you'll reach a dusty dirt road going up and east. Follow it through the forest until you reach an asphalt road. (You can go left for a place where you can see the whole town from above - starred on the map) You go right and enjoy the nice road, the speed and the forest (no cars, no people around). There is a junction after a kilometer or so, don't take it, go straight and down. After about 2-3 km you will see some vine gardens on the left and Elenovo apartment blocks on the right. Find the junction down to the neighborhood, through the panel blocks and then down to the bigger streets. Here just follow north and soon you'll reach a place you'll know and eventually Skato and a nice shower :)

Enjoy the ride!



This one many of you might find weird - a dead end?! But what the hell, sometimes it's worth it to go to and back the same way.

Start from the bridge that starts Bachinovo, then towards the other park up the cobble stone road. Here! Don't take the right go up along the shack and garden on the dirt road. It makes an S curve and then it becomes a bit flatter. Be very careful here, on the left you will see a thin path through the grass going down and east. The path is basically parallel to the road that goes along the river, you get a nice view on the park, the river and the road. You go on some aqueduct bridges, the path is curvy and technical. You go along for quite a while until the path becomes stony. It's quite nice there. And eventually you reach a landslide and that's it, time to go back :)

Have fun and be careful.



This one I rode about a million times, it's fast, it's beautiful, it gets you to the lake and it's the mountain biking alternative to the alley of Bachinovo.

So, you start from the metal rope bridge cross it, go left and along the river. Shortly you have to go up almost to the road. Then on a sidewalk. Eventually it ends and you go left towards a metal gate. This is the entrance to the baseball field. Get in, ride on the hundred yards then again left along the net of the baseball field. Here comes the cool part. You reach the river, the path is stony and fast, you ride a few meters away from the bank in the forest - nice. After a while you reach a weird asphalt circle, pass it and you are on a small asphalt road that will shortly take you to the lake.

Tie the bike, and hope on a swan  :)



1-ви баир 22.6 км със среден наклон 3.8%

2-ри баир 10.3 км със среден наклон 5.5%



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