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Rhodopes get new panoramic viewing platform

Sun, Jul 19 2009 13:34 CET byClive Leviev-Sawyer 2355 Views 1 Comment
Rhodopes get new panoramic viewing platform

Photo: Nadezhda Chipeva

On a clear day you see the Rhodopes, forever. And now, even better, after the installation of a special viewing platform that offers stunning views of the mountain region.
 
Built on Mount St Iliya near Yagodina village by a local tourism company, the spot is reachable only by 4x4, which adds to the adrenaline, a representative of the company told Bulgarian National Television.

The platform is on the edge of a cliff 1563m above sea level, and the perpendicular drop from the platform is more than 600m.

The tourism company’s Sergei Genchev said the site had a panoramic view of two-thirds of Buynovskoto Gorge.
 
Further in the distance, visitors can see the mountains of Greece and parts of Pirin and small peak in the Rila range.
 
The structure, made of concrete and steel, was mounted in the rocks and can hold three tons.

"Naturally, it is made so that there is no danger to tourists," Genchev said.
 
However, visitors will not be allowed to visit the site in bad weather because the area is known for violent thunderstorms.
 
It was no accident that the peak was known by the name of the patron saint of thunder, St Iliya, BNT said.

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