Protected areas

In the region of the ”Shiroka Laka” State Forestry Unit the following protected areas add to to the unique natural beauty of the region:

Turlata – an area of 18.6 ha. Protection of territories with spectacular landscapes; remains of fortresses, dating from the Second Bulgarian kingdom.
Vracha – an area of 4.0 ha. A top with fortress remains.
Gradishteto – an area of 9.0 ha. Ruins of an ancient fortress.
Ledenitsata (The Icy One) – A cave on the land of the village of Gela with a surrounding area of 0.1 ha. The negotiable length of the cave is about 900 m. Noteworthy morphology with ice formations in the winter time which have given the cave its name.
Chernoka – an area of 8.6 ha. A 300-years-old black pine forest and rock formations on the land of the village of Solishta.
Lyatnata Gora (The Summer Forest) – an area of 36.6 ha. A beautiful age-old spruce and fir forest.
Momata (The Maiden) – an area of 0.4 ha. Rock formations the central of whom resembles a standing female figure.
Gorchova Voda – an area of 17.3 ha. Age-old forest.
Rozhen – an area of 108.5 ha. Picturesque forest landscapes with vast high-mountain meadows, surrounded by spruce forests.