Shipka Pass

Stara Zagora Province · Bulgaria

Shipka Pass, Bulgaria
Photo: Jeroen Kransen, Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to October
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
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A high pass over the Balkan Mountains where Bulgarian and Russian troops held off Ottoman forces in a decisive 1877 battle. A hilltop monument reached by a long stairway honours the defenders.

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