You have all heard about the mysterious hills of Tibet, the amazing Nazca lines in Peru, the monumental Inca temples in the Andes, the wonderful Egyptian pyramids and the secrets of Stonehenge in England, right? And perhaps you are also quite familiar with the extraordinary energy these places possess. What you probably don’t know, however, is that Bulgaria’s got all of that as well. In fact the country is so full of such magical spots that it is believed to be one of the most important spiritual centers in the entire world.
Now, if you are keen on finding out more about all this, just get off the beaten tourist track, clear your mind from all trivial thoughts and anxieties and carry on reading.
The Rhodope Mountains in southern Bulgaria seem to be the best place to start. After all, the legend has it that this is where Orpheus descended to the underworld in his attempt to save his beloved wife Eurydice.
There one will find many areas loaded with unworldly energy, such as the ancient Thracian city of Perperikon, for example, which happens to be the largest megalithic structure on the Balkan Peninsula and is also said to keep a supernatural passage to another dimension, or the sanctuary near the village of Tatul built thousands of years ago in full compliance with the principles of the so-called sacred geometry, the white rock of Belantash and the symbolic cross-shaped Krastova Gora (Forest of the Cross)—a striking instance of divine intervention, worshipped by many devoted Christians.
