The Balkan Peninsula includes numerous mountain ranges, including the Dinaric Alps, which run north-west along the Adriatic Sea coast; the mountains of Greece; and the mountains of Bulgaria.
Bulgaria's mountains include the Balkan Mountains, which extend west-east for 350 miles through central Bulgaria, to the Black Sea. Elevation here averages only 3000-4000 feet, but rises to 7, 793 feet in Botev Peak. Despite the modest heights, however, climbing is good and the scenery