This attractive gorge boasts walls of up to 250 meters and is an inviting attraction for rock climbers. Bird watchers know the canyon as the home of the rare Wallcreeper which can be observed at the entrance of Devil’s Throat Cave and throughout the gorge on the sheer canyon walls. The Devil’s Throat Cave is entered along an artificial tunnel that empties into an impressive hall which is over 100 meters long and has a height of 35 meters. This is the second largest hall of all the Bulgarian caves and could accommodate the Alexander Nevski Cathedral in Sofia. Your eyes will not be able to take it all in at once. Visitors descend to the bottom of the hall to where the Trigrad River plunges into an abyss and then climb a staircase towards the light of the natural entrance to the cave. On the right you will feel the roar and finally see of one of the highest underground water falls in Europe. The riddle is where does that enormous amount of water go!

There are many legends associated with the Devil’s Throat Cave. A well-known legend is that the ancient Thracians threw into the abyss, where the river disappears underground, their leaders in order to make them immortal. According to another legend, this is the place where the singer, healer and teacher Orpheus entered the underground kingdom of Hades to search for his love Evridika.  

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