Region: SOFIA-CITY
Address: On the right bank of the Matnitsa River, in South Vito;

Altitude: approximately 1300 m.
Description: One-storey timber building
Facilities: Stove, wooden table and benches outside, drinking water
Starting points: Kladnitsa Village - 1,30 h.,Chuipetlovo Village - 1,45 h.
Neighborhood Objects: Dain Kladenets area - 0,30 h., Mecha Cehshma area- 1,00 h., Krasta Summit (1561 m.) - 1,10 h., Selimitsa Chalet - 1,30 h.
Host Association: Self-service

Region: SOFIA-CITY
Address: Boeritsa area;

Altitude: 1695 m.
Description: Solid two-storey building with 24 places capacity (former forest association house)
Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, heated by electric stoves
Contact details: Through Planinarska Pesen Chalet
Starting points: Zlatnite Mostove area - 1,00 h., Vladaya Village (Rail-way Station Sofia - Kulata (Gyueshevo)) - 2,30 h.,Knyajevo Residential District - 3,00 h.
Neighborhood Objects: Planinarska Pesen Chalet and Boeritsa Chalet - 0,03-0,04 h., Kumata Chalet - 0,15 h., Chernata Skala Summit (1869 m.) - 0,30 h., Septemvri Chalet - 0,40 h., Tintyava Chalet - 1,00 h., Momina Skala Chalet - 1,15 h., Cherni Vrah Shelter - 1,45-2,00 h.
Host Association: Tourist Chorus Association in Bulgaria, 1000 Sofia, 18, Serdika St., tel.: 02 / 986-78-53

Region: SOFIA-CITY
Address: Meteorological Station on Cherni Vrah;

Altitude: 2290 m.
Description: One room with two entrances, as well as kitchen
Facilities: Not water-supplied, but you can ask for drinking water in the kitchen. The nearest spring is situated in Southeast direction from the peak in the area of the Struma River. The shelter is wired, heated by electric and firewood stoves, tourist canteen and small shop (offering hot soups, tea and coffee) available
Contact details: Radiotelephone, tel.: 02 / 967 11 60, phone card Betkom: 048 / 92 93 00, Mountain Rescue Association phone number 02 / 967 11 28
Starting points: (clockwise direction and from the foot upwards) Knyajevo Residential District (15,300 km.) - 4,15-4,30 h., Zlatnite Mostove area (7,900 km.) - 2,15-2,30 h., Kumata Chalet (5,600 km.) - 1,30-1,45 h., Konyarnika Shelter (4,600 km.) - 1,15-1,30 h., Kopitoto Summit (11,200 km.) - 4,00 h., Bor Resting House (7,200 km.) - 2,30 h., Tintyava Chalet (7,200 km.) - 2,30 h., Dragalevtsi Residential District (10,200 km.) - 3,30 h., Bai Krastyo area (7,100 km.) - 2,30 h., Goli Vrah Lift Station (3,500 km.) - 1,30 km., Simeonovo Residential District (11,800 km.) - 4,00 h., Aleko Chalet (through Stenata area) (3,200 km.) - 1,30 h., Upper lift station of Romanskiya lift (1,300 km.) - 0,30 h.,Bistritsa Village (through the Yanchevska River Valley and through Stenata area) (9,300 km.) - 3,30 h., Jeleznitsa Village (9,100 km.) - 3,30 h., School base Academic (4,100 km.) - 1,00 h., Yarema area - 5,00 h., Yarlovo Village - 5,30 h., Chuipetlovo Village - 4,00 h., Kladnitsa Village - 4,00 h., Vladaya (12,400 km.) (Rail-way Station Sofia-Kulata (Gyueshevo)) - 4,00 h.
Neighborhood Objects: The Sruma River spring - 0,05 h., Malak Rezen Summit (2191 m.) - 0,30 h., Golyam Rezen Summit (2277 m.) - 0,30 h., Skoparnika Summit (2226 m.), Kupena Summit (2195 m.), Yarkovski Kupen Summit (2173 m.)
Point of European Routs: E-4
Host Association: Tourist Association Vitosha, 1618 Sofia, 18, Doiran St., tel.: 02 / 55 40 59

Region: SOFIA-CITY
Address: Boeritsa area, at the foot of Chernata Skala Summit;

::::::Altitude: 1700 m.
Description: Solid two-storey building with mansard and 40 places capacity
Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, tourist kitchen and canteen available
Contact details: Mobile 048 / 85 55 31
Starting points: Zlatnite Mostove area - 1 h., Vladaya Village (Rail-way Station Sofia - Kulata (Gyueshevo)) - 2,30 h.,Knyajevo Residential District - 3,00 h.
Neighborhood Objects: Planinarska Pesen Chalet and Borova Gora Chalet - 0,03-0,04 h., Kumata Chalet - 0,15 h., Chernata Skala Summit (1869 m.) - 0,30 h., Septemvri Chalet - 0,40 h., Tintyava Chalet - 1,00 h., Momina Skala Chalet - 1,15 h., Cherni Vrah Shelter - 1,45-2,00 h.
Host Association: Bulgarian Boy-scout Association

Region: SOFIA
Address: North-West part of RILA Mountain;

Situated: In Golyama Mokritza area (old name Golyamo Pazardere), at the foot of Skalitsa Summit (old name Seimenski Kamak)
Altitude: 2300 m.
Description: Solid two-storey building with 65 places capacity and huts with 33 places capacity (total 98 places available)
Facilities: Water-supplied, wired from its own hydroelectric power station, heated by firewood stoves, no bathroom, tourist canteen and kitchen available
Contact details: Radiotelephone
Bulgarian Tourist Association-s Cards: Not valid
Starting points: Bistritsa Village - 5,30 h., Rila Monastry Rojdestvo Bogorodichno (along the Baucher Hill) - 6,00 h.,Town of Sapareva Banya (through Kabul Summit and Otovishki Summit) - 7,00-8,00 h.
Neighborhood Objects: Chernoto Lake (old name Karagyol) - 1,00 h., Otovishki Summit (2697 m.) - 1,00 h., Skalitsa Summit (2666 m.) - 1,00 h., Vazov Vrah Summit (old name Damga, 2669 m.) - 1,15 h., Varla Summit (2593 m.) - 1,30 h., Golyam Kalin Summit (2667 m.) - 1,30 h., 7-te Ezera Chalet - 2,30 h., Golyam Polich (2615 m.) - 2,30 h., Gradinskite Lakes - 2,30 h., Rislki Ezera Chalet - 3,00 h., Malyovitsa Chalet - 5,30 h.
Host Association: Profilaktika, rehabilitatsiya i otdih PLC, Sapareva Banya Branch

Region: SOFIA
Address: East part of RILA Mountain, 25km from Yakoruda;
e-Mail: grancharchalet@abv.bg

Old names: Boris Hadjisotirov, Granichar

Location: On the Granchar Lake Shore, beneath Suha Vapa Summit (around 25km from town of Yakoruda) 

Altitude: 2187 m.

Description: Complex from solid two-storey building with 65 places capacity and huts with 155 places capacity (total 220 places available). During the winter it is mostly on self-service

Facilities: Water-supplied, wired from its own hydroelectric power station, heated by firewood stoves, bathroom, tourist kitchen and canteen as well as small shop available
Bulgarian Tourist Association-s Cards: Not valid

Contact details: Radiotelephone, Mobile 048 / 81 14 02 (BTA network:: 281), 048 / 81 63 17 (BTA network:: 309)

Starting points: Town of Yakoruda (Rail-way Station of the Narrow Gauge Line Septemvri-Dobrinishte) - 5,30 h.

Neighborhood Objects: Grancharski Waterfall (on the Grancharitsa River) - below the chalet, Ovcharets Summit (2768 m.) - 1,30 h., Kovach Summit (2634 m.) - 1,40 h., Suha Vapa Summit (2639 m.) - 2,00 h., Treshtenik Chalet - 2,15 h., Zavrachitsa Chalet (summer variation through the Kaizeroviya Road) - 3,00 h., Musala Summit (2925 m.) - 3,30 h., Semkovo Chalet (through Gorni Kuki Saddle and along the Stankova River) - 5,00 h., Musala Chalet - 5,00 h., Zavrachitsa Chalet (winter variation through Marishki Summit) - 5,00 h., Semkovo Chalet (along a path crossing over Treshtenik Chalet) - 6,00 h., Ribni Ezera Chalet - 6,00 h., Makedonia Chalet (through Kanarata Summit) - 8,00 h.

Host Association: Managing Committee of BTA, 1000 Sofia, 75, Vasil Levski Blvd., fl. 5, tel.: 02 / 987-34-09, 930-06-74, mobile 048 / 89 34 23 (BTA network: 270)

Region: SOFIA
Address: East part of RILA Mountain;

Situated: In Milikini Nivi area
Altitude: 1150 m.
Description: Solid three-storey building with 68 places capacity and huts with 12 places capacity (total 80 places available)
Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, heated by electric stoves, restaurant available
Contact details: Radiotelephone, tel.: 07144 / 52 32
Starting points: Kostenets Resort (old name till 1992 - Georgi Dimitrov) - 1,00 h.,Kostenets Village - 1,45 h. (3 km. to the resort), Town of Kostenets (Rail-way Station between Sofia-Plovdiv) - with public transport to Kostenets Village (7 km.) or to Kostenets Resort (10 km.)
Neighborhood Objects: Venetitsa Chalet - 3,15 h., Leva Reka Shelter - 3,45 h., Belmeken Dam Lake - 4,30 h., Belmeken Chalet - 5,30 h.
Host Association: Tourist Association Ravni Chal, 2042 Kostenets Village

Region: SOFIA
Address: East part of RILA Mountain;

Old name: Kurtovo
Situated: In Valcha Polyana area (old name Kurtovo)
Altitude: 1860 m.
Description: Solid three-storey building with 83 places capacity
Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, heated by electricity and firewood stoves, bathroom available
Contact details: Radiotelephone
Starting points: Yundola Chalet - 2,30 h.,St. Petka Rail-way Station (on the Narrow Gauge Line Septemvri - Dobrinitse) - 4,00 h.
Neighborhood Objects: Alpine Sport Complex (Sport Town) Belmeken - 2,15 h., Slavov Vrah Summit (2306 m.) - 3,15 h., Balabanitsa Summit (2157 m.) - 3,00 h., Belmeken Chalet - 4,00 h., Zavrachitsa Chalet - 8,00 h.
Point of European Routs: E-8
Host Association: Tourist Association Yundola, 4600 Velingrad, 6, Otetc Paisij St., Postbox: 28, tel.: 0359 / 5 21 15

Region: SOFIA
Address: East part of RILA Mountain;

Situated: In Dolna Banya Resort
Altitude: 830 m.
Description: Complex from solid two-storey with 50 places capacity and 7 huts with 21 places capacity (total 71 places available)
Facilities: Water-supplied, wired, central heated, tourist kitchen and canteen available
Contact details: Radiotelephone
Starting points: The center of Dolna Banya Resort - 0,15 h.,Town of Dolna Banya - 1,15 h.
Neighborhood Objects: Venetitsa Chalet - 2,00 h., Belmeken Chalet - 6,00 h., Zavrachitsa Chalet - 10,00 h.
Host Association: Tourist Association Ibar, 2040 Dolna Banya, tel.: 07120 / 21 82, mobile 048 / 76 12 05

Region: SOFIA
Address: East part of RILA Mountain;

Situated: On the north-west shore of the Ledenoto Lake
Altitude: 2709 m.
Description: Prefabricated building (metal outside, wooden inside) with 30 places capacity
Facilities: The drinking water is 2-3 min. away from the shelter and it is a flow coming from the lake. During the winter a hole in the ice is broken, not wired, small shop available
Bulgarian Tourist Association-s Cards: Valid
Contact details: Radiotelephone, direct telephone with the meteorological station on Musala Summit, GSM 088 / 59 03 42, 089 / 88 18 14, mobile 048 / 96 99 92
Starting points: Musala Chalet - 1,15 h.
Neighborhood Objects: Musala Summit (2925 m.) - 0,30 h., Chakar Voivoda Chalet (through the Jaltite Lakes) - 3,30 h., Maritsa Chalet (through the Jaltite Lakes) - 3,30 h., Granchar Chalet - 4,00 h., Zavrachitsa Chalet (through Marichiniya Circus, summer variation) - 4,30 h., Zavrachitsa Chalet (through Marishki Summit, winter variation) - 4,30 h., Semkovo Chalet (through the saddles Gorni and Dolni Kuki) - 9,00 h., Ribni Ezera Chalet - 10,00 h., Irechek Summit (2852 m.), Studeni Vrah Summit (2764 m.), Musala Summit (through Dimitrov and Trionite Summits - for experienced tourists ONLY!
Point of European Routs: E-8
Host Association: Tourist Association Rilski Tourist, 2000 Samokov, 2, Iskar Blvd., tel.: 0722 / 2 22 05, Mobile 048 / 76 12 26 (BTA network:: 215)