A glance from Nevsha at Venchan and back - TOUR 9

An incredible spot of the beautiful nature in Bulgaria is the canyon of Provadiya River. It shows picturesque scenes, full of many plateaus, made by the river feeders, some of which have the same height, covered by dense woods and protruding rocks here and there.

The region from Provadiya to Shumen is strewn with natural sights, rocky phenomena, niches, monasteries, antique fortresses etc. As it has been found out recently, the oldest European settlement was discovered just near Provadiya. Bearing in mind all the finds in the area I am not surprised by this fact at all. We don’t know yet if all has been proved or many of the things are only assumptions

The photographic walk can be titled ‘A glance from Nevsha at Venchan and back’! 

 The plateau which above Nevsha village (Varna area) ,

Nevsha village – a photo of the plateau above it

known as ‘Dyuza’, is a preserved location, including a characteristic landscape, rock formations, ruins of a rock monastery, different species of the flora and fauna, as some of their representatives are in the Red Book of Bulgaria . The plateau is divided into two parts – eastern (the Big Veil) and western (The small Veil). They are the reserves. Their typical features are the rocky niches and there are lots of caves in the region.

The views that are revealed are so beautiful that man can gaze at the open spaces for hours.

If you stay longer it is likely to see a train.

The segment from the railway, a part of the first railway Ruse-Varna (in 1866) is at the foot. The plain canyon parts of Provadiya River are the agricultural fields, which complement the scenery with their unusual shapes.

We can clearly distinguish the lines of another phenomenon, called ‘Probit Kamak’ from Dyuza to the next hill.

It represents a stone with a trapezium shape, carved in the middle.

 It is presumed to have been made by the Thracians. It was used as an ancient observatory
or related to their cult of the Sun. At vernal equinox the sunset coincides with the hole.

 It is near Venchan village and the other more famous Kaleto plateau (an object of another tour).

plateau Dyuza

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SPRING RHODOPE MOUNTAINS - TOUR 62/ MAY 2014 PART 5

Visiting Monyak again

Although we ticked off all in our preliminary list (part 4) and even more, the road itself took us to a picturesque area, where the ‘Monyak’ fortress was situated.

I will never forget the brown board ‘Monyak’ where six years ago it led us out of the way. After that we climbed up Shesta Krepost peak (586 m) and we were struck by the magical view which was revealed – Studen kladenets dam, the villages on the opposite bank, Kardzhali town, and the scene ended with the depth of the Rhodope Mountains curves.

Since then this place has been one of my favourites. I will not get tired of it no matter how many times I go back to it.

Things hadn’t changed so much for the last six years apart from the road, which the board showed, was blocked with a pile of stones and soil. We stopped by Shiroko pole village but there were no road boards. A kind old man directed us somewhere at the end of the village and following some broken paths we got to the road fork, where we had to go on foot from. The walk was pleasant and the weather was nice in the late afternoon.

All day long the weather supported us and we were away from the rain. 

We were on the top after a 20 minutes’ walk. We were met by the lonely ruins of the fortress walls of the Medieval ‘Mneakos’ or known as ‘Monyak’ or ‘Monek’ nowadays.

Further upwards and here it was – a spectacular view.

You are speechless. You are silent and gazing at the open space in front of you. The place is special somehow. We are feeling it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On our way back

 the sun was about to hide and give its place to the night but before that it showed a little more of its mountain splendour.

 

 

 

Thus that long day was over.

 

On the following day we had to leave, at least for now, the beautiful Rhodope Mountains, full of mysticism and magic, but we were about to see a whole lot more ….

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SPRING RHODOPE MOUNTAINS -  PART 1

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SPRING RHODOPE MOUNTAINS - PART 3

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