Pamporovo

Pamporovo is a winter resort in Bulgaria. There the winter is soft, but with a lot of snow, and the number of the sunny days during the season, from December to May comes up to 120 days.

The resort is set in the south of the Rhodope Mountain where, according to the legend, Orpheus, the mythical singer, had lived. Pamporovo has international popularity. It is located at an altitude of 1620 m above the sea level, 85 km from Plovdiv city and 260 km from Sofia. The average January temperature is about 3C(37.4F).

External Links

• Pictures from Pamporovo (winter and summer resort) (http://www.pbase.com/ngruev/pamporovo)

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