Boyana Waterfall
Shaded mountain cascade dropping over volcanic rock, frozen into ice-climbing tongues each winter.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Boyana Waterfall, on Vitosha above Sofia, is about the work the fall does in winter, when its shaded valley turns the Boyana river to ice. It follows the climbers who come to learn a hard craft here, and the stubborn volcanic rock that made the drop in the first place. Spring snowmelt and a line from the poet Ivan Vazov turn up along the way. Best heard at the foot of the fall, looking up at the rock wall on its right.
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