Aleko hut
Historic mountain chalet high on Vitosha, a starting point for hikes to the range's highest peak.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Aleko hut, on Vitosha mountain above Sofia, follows the writer Aleko Konstantinov, who called himself the Happy Man, from the world's great exhibitions to a summer day in eighteen ninety-five when he asked his city to go climbing. It touches the birth of organised tourism in Bulgaria and the chalet that took his name. Best heard outside the hut, facing the slope toward the summit.
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