USEFUL INFORMATION

Food: a fully equipped kitchen and barbecue are available, as well as supplies of lasting products such as salt, cooking oil, sugar, onions, etc. You need to bring any perishables that you would like to cook with you. If you have not bought products in the city that you are departing from, you can do it in any of the towns on the way, or, as a last stop, in Shiroka Luka. Smaller settlements in the Rhodopes have no milk in the stores, because people produce it on their own. If you are already in Solishta and you have no milk for the next morning, ask some locals in the evening whether you could buy from them, so they would set some milk aside for you before turning it over to the dairy farm. Boil up the milk before drinking.

Banks and money: the nearest ATMs are in Pamporovo and Devin. You cannot use electronic cards in the region, so you need to have enough cash and change on you. For more complicated banking or other administrative services, you would need to go to Smolyan or Devin.

First aid: the nearest hospitals are in Smolyan and Devin. The one in Smolyan is larger and has more specialists available.

Transportation: public transportation in the region is poorly developed and it would be best if you could rely on your own vehicle. There are several buses every day from Sofia to Smolyan, departing from Tsentralna Avtogara (Central Bus Station). There are buses from Sofia to Devin on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in 17:00, departing from Avtogara Yug (Bus Station South). There are several buses every day from Plovdiv to Smolyan and Devin, departing from Avtogara Rodopi (Rhodopes Bus Station). There is a bus line between Smolyan and Devin, which stops at Shiroka Luka. Hitchhiking is a typical way of getting around in this part of Bulgaria.

In case you need help or assistance on-site, please call Atanas Karadjov at +359 889 969 106