Maritsa Hut
Google 59 ratingsMountain or regionRila
- Coordinates
- 42.190272, 23.641047
- Elevation
- 1,801 metres
- Location
- Eastern Rila, near the confluence of the Lyava and Prava Maritsa rivers
- Capacity
- Access
- A crushed-stone cascade road from Borovets, 16 km (about 4 h on foot).
- Information updated
Maritsa Hut is a massive two-storey building in Eastern Rila, near the confluence of the Lyava and Prava Maritsa rivers. It was built for the workers constructing the Belmeken–Sestrimo cascade and has operated as a hut since 1982. It is run by the Rilski Turist tourist society of Samokov.
The hut has 48 places, solid-fuel heating, a tourist kitchen, a dining hall and a buffet. It is about 1 h 15 min from Zavrachitsa Hut and about 1 h 30 min from Chakar Voyvoda Hut.
The hut is reached on foot from Borovets, by the Sitnyakovo lift and then about 2 h 40 min via Chakar Voyvoda Hut along the Kaiser's road, or along the crushed-stone cascade road (16 km, about 4 h).
Amenities
- Cooking facilitiesAvailable
Hiking routes
- from Borovets, Sitnyakovo ski lift (0.20 h), then about 2 h 40 min on foot via Chakar Voyvoda hut along the Kaiser's road
- from Borovets along the cascade road – 16 km, about 4 h
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