Our Cycling Route Through Bulgaria
The green line on the map above shows the exact GPS route we have cycled. The pins on the map show our final destination for each cycling day. You can click on a pin to see the date we cycled.
Our cycling route through Bulgaria
The map above shows the route we cycled through Bulgaria. We entered Bulgaria from it's western boarder with North Macedonia and exited through the eastern border into Turkey.
The road surface in Bulgaria was acceptable and for the most part traffic was light. In Plovdiv there were even a few cycle paths which make navigating the city a little easier.
We entered Bulgaria from North Macedonia at the top of an enormous hill and were immediately welcomed by a great big downhill! Thankfully it didn’t immediately drop us all the way back down so we knew we’d have some nice downhill over the coming days.
On our second day in Bulgaria we completed our longest distance of the entire trip so far with a massive 94 mile day. This was in most part thanks to the elevation, we had a massive and uninterrupted downhill section for nearly 80 miles. At one point I was travelling so fast I was overtaking trucks!
After Plovdiv the terrain began to flatten out and temperature began to climb. The first day in Bulgaria was been quite cold and very wet but that was rapidly changing to become much dryer and much hotter.
If you'd like to take a closer look at our route or use it for your plans you can download the .kml file using the button below. For PC users you can view this file type in "Google Earth Pro", available here: google.com/earth/versions/, for Android users we recommend maps.me and for iPhone users we also recommend maps.me.
Download our Route through BulgariaOur cycling stats for Bulgaria
18.06 kmph
427.60 km
106.90 km
151.20 km
2,855 meters
1,334 meters
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Daily Cycling Activity
Below is a breakdown of our daily cycling activity, you can see our exact route and final destination each day using the map at the top of the page.
| Day | Start/Finish | Distance | Duration | Avg. Speed | Elevation Gained | Elevation Min/Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |
Harmanli to Edirne 24th June 2019 |
43.02 miles 68.84 km |
3:22 |
12.73 mph 20.36 kmph |
646 ft 197 m |
106 ft / 325 ft 32 m / 99 m |
| 3 |
Plovdiv to Harmanli 23rd June 2019 |
71.99 miles 115.18 km |
5:42 |
12.60 mph 20.17 kmph |
1,681 ft 512 m |
241 ft / 795 ft 74 m / 242 m |
| 2 |
Sapareva Banya to Plovdiv 21st June 2019 |
94.50 miles 151.20 km |
8:18 |
11.39 mph 18.22 kmph |
3,004 ft 916 m |
519 ft / 4,377 ft 158 m / 1,334 m |
| 1 |
Kriva Palanka to Sapareva Banya 19th June 2019 |
57.74 miles 92.39 km |
6:50 |
8.44 mph 13.51 kmph |
4,037 ft 1,230 m |
1,441 ft / 3,819 ft 439 m / 1,164 m |
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