Pirin Golf & Country Club
Bansko
Pirin Golf & Country Club is a 150-hectare gated resort between the Pirin, Rila and Rhodope mountains, a few minutes from the ski town of Bansko. It combines a...
UNESCO World Heritage site
Pirin National Park
Limestone peaks, glacial lakes and old pine forests in south-west Bulgaria, rising to Vihren at 2,914 m.
UNESCO World Heritage site
About Pirin National Park
Pirin National Park covers most of the Pirin Mountains in south-western Bulgaria and spans about 403 km². It is one of the three national parks in the country, with Rila and Central Balkan. Established in 1962, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983, with the area extended in 2010.
Elevations range from 950 m to 2,914 m at Vihren, Bulgaria's second-highest summit. The park has more than a hundred glacial lakes and ancient forests of Bosnian and Macedonian pine. Bansko and Dobrinishte are the main gateways.
Worth knowing
- UNESCO World Heritage site since 1983 (extended 2010)
- Vihren, 2,914 m
- Gateway towns: Bansko, Dobrinishte, Sandanski, Melnik
Same province
Also in Blagoevgrad
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Town
Melnik
Bulgaria's smallest town, an architectural reserve among sand pyramids, famous for its wine. -
Ski resort
Dobrinishte
A small spa and ski town 6 km from Bansko, surrounded by Rila, Pirin and the Rhodopes. -
Ski resort
Bansko
Bulgaria's best-known ski town, below Pirin, with an old town of stone houses and a growing community of remote workers. -
Town
Kovachevitsa
A stone village high in the western Rhodopes, protected as an architectural reserve. -
Town
Leshten
A restored mountain village in the western Rhodopes, now almost entirely guesthouses. -
Town
Sandanski
A spa town in the south-west with the warmest average climate in Bulgaria, 20 km from the Greek border.
Business directory
Companies in Blagoevgrad Province
261 companies listed in the province, featured members first.
BELA TREND
Textiles, Clothing and Footwear
Petrich
BELA TREND is a knitwear manufacturer in Bulgaria that makes collections for European brands, with production built around each client's brief. It runs 23 knitt...
Bulgarian.LLC
Blagoevgrad
Bulgarian.LLC, based in Blagoevgrad, helps entrepreneurs open EOOD or OOD companies in Bulgaria fully remotely. Everything is handled by power of attorney, from...
CLS Solar
Blagoevgrad
CLS Solar is a Blagoevgrad company that designs, builds and maintains photovoltaic systems in Bulgaria and abroad. It states that it has more than 200 qualified...
360 Ski Bansko
Bansko
360 Ski Bansko offers ski and snowboard hire, group and private ski lessons and private transfers in Bansko, from a shop 20 metres from the gondola. The company...
57Studio
Bansko
57Studio is a digital marketing boutique agency for ecommerce, performance marketing, strategy and data analytics, with market localisation for Romania and Bulg...
ALIENO
Automotive Components Manufacturing
Blagoevgrad
ALIENO was founded in 2015 in Slashten, Bulgaria, and creates hypercars, built on the passion, vision and knowledge of its founder. All its models with the same...
UNESCO
More UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Madara Rider
- Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
- Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari
- Boyana Church
- Rila Monastery
- Ancient City of Nessebar
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- Ancient Beech Forests (Central Balkan)
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Figures checked 12 October 2026. Information only, not investment, tax or legal advice.
