Tips on how to get to Buzludzha by a car, during the winter, from bigger cities? Is there public transport, hitchhiking? May be a taxi from nearest town?
Getting to Buzludzha is easy. The abandoned communist monument is located in the very middle of Bulgaria. One of the routes leading to it starts from the pass at the foot of the Shipka peak. There are two side roads leading to Buzludzha via the pass, one of them is from Kazanlak, 24 kilometers long, and the other one comes from the other side of the Balkan mountain and the town of Gabrovo. After the city of Kazanlak, taking a road that deviates from the main road from Stara Zagora to Rousse, you can reach the Buzludzha location. The deviation point is easy to recognize: there is a huge monument to Dimitar Blagoev, the Socialist Party founder. In clear weather you can also see the Buzludzha monument on the top of the peak.
There isn’t a public transportation to Buzludzha monument and the only way to get there is by car. If you want to go on your own you need to take a public transportation train or bus to the nearest big city – Kazanlak. From there you can take a taxi, rent a car or order a private transfer.
If you think of hitchhiking keep in mind that the Buzludzha monument is the only sight located on its road, the itinerary is not so popular and there aren’t random passing cars.
The one way driving distance to Buzludzha from the bigger cities in Bulgaria is:
From Sofia: 252 km/3:10 hours
From Plovdiv: 123 km/ 2:10 hours
From Veliko Tarnovo: 80 km/1:40 hours
From Kazanlak: 24 km/ 0:40 hours
If you want to explore Buzludzha monument during the winter keep in mind that the winters in Bulgaria are really snowy and because the lace is abandoned nobody clean the road. If the road is blocked you’ll probably need to hike a bit to get there. For the winter adventure to Buzludzha you will need warm clothes, shoes and guide who can show the right way. Buzludzha is located on 1441 m. above the sea level and sometimes the weather could be different than in the surrounding cities. Аlso, literally translated “Buzludzha” means “windy hill” so don’t forget your jackets even in the summer.
