EUROVELO 13 - Episode 7 - DOSPAT TO ZLATOGRAD
THIS EPISODE, Dospat to Zlatograd via Smolyan ski resort 1700m and Madan. DIFFICULT.
Dospat - See previous video
Smolyan - Sekvoia Hotel via Booking.com approx €15. Warm, ski style chalet hotel. Minimal wifi, quiet, big views over the valley. Did the job. 6/10
Zlatograd - 1st night, again booking.com approx €15, very nice room excellent cable tv (with all football!) above a little shop. 9/10. 5 min walk from best restaurant we found in Bulgaria, up river 2 minutes, cross the bridge, next to Alexandrov House and the Ethnographic Area Complex.
2nd night - due to the 1st place being full, we took a €25 house on booking.com.
WARNING. Booking.com WITHIN Turkey will not allow you to book accommodation. Startt planning and if you can, booking Turkish accommodation now,
A tale of two halves here as we tackle our highest mountain pass right up into ski territory, then have a huge downhill albeit with one last mountain pass to Zlatograd. Watch for more detail! Some of the most stunning scenery on the trip so far, and definitely the toughest riding.
DETAILS
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