Yagodinska cave

Yagodinska cave is located very close to the village of Yagodina, in the western Rhodope Mountain region. Diavolskoto Gurlo is another cave located nearby. The temperature inside the cave is six degrees Celsius year-round. During the summer, bring warm clothes since the walk lasts nearly one hour.



Yagodinska cave has three levels and only one of them is suitable for mass tourist visits. A group of enthusiasts needs to form before they are taken to some of the other levels. Such extreme adventure can be negotiated with one of the guides. According to a tradition, a big number of couples get married inside the cave. The same wedding chamber is used for New Year’s Eve celebrations.



The cave has its wall of sin. Visitors try to stick a coin on the clay-covered portion of the wall. Only innocent ones can accomplish this according to the legend. Many stalactites and stalagmites can be seen there. Some cave pearls are available for visitors to look at, as well. Yagodinska cave is open for visitors until 4pm. Groups of tourists enter the cave every hour. Accommodation is possible in Yagodina and Trigrad, both villages being located nearby.



The Yagodinska Cave is the “pearl in the crown” of the Rhodope Mountains. It is situated near Buynovska River, 3 km from the village of Yagodina. The cave is a part of the unique Karst of Buynovsko Gorge.
It is 10 km long, and 5 stories tall, with many labyrinths and abysses inside. Visitors enter the cave through an artificially dug opening, while the natural entrance is 30 m above.
A special path through the cave offers the opportunity to see the wonderful underground world formed in the course of millions of years. Electric lights make the mysterious formations: draperies, pipe-like stalactites, cave pearls, “leopard’s skin” and hanging stalactone visible along with many others. Some of the formations inside resemble the well- known "Santa Claus", "Snow-White and The Seven Dwarfs", "Virgin Mary and her newborn child","Pizho and Penda"(2 characters from a typical Bulgarian tradition celebrated on the first of March ),"The Elephant","The Crocodiles" and hundreds more. The New Year’s hall is of great intеrest too. Every year the local spelaean club meets the New Year. The upper floor was well-known to ancient Eneolithic inhabitants. The cave-dwellings are situated 10 min from the artificial entrance.

You can reach the cave following the road after the deviation of the village of Nastan and then take the road right of the village of Teshel. You can follow some tourist trails, the most known is from the village of Trigrad (2h30min).