Editing Tourism in Bulgaria (section)

== National Parks ==
Bulgaria has 3 [[national park]]s, 11 [[nature park]]s and 55 [[nature reserve]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eea.government.bg/zpo/en/index_download.jsp|title=Register of protected areas in Bulgaria|publisher=Executive Environment Agency|access-date=2016-04-04|archive-date=2018-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311081130/http://eea.government.bg/zpo/en/index_download.jsp|url-status=live}}</ref> The first nature park in Bulgaria and the [[Balkan Peninsula]] is [[Vitosha Nature Park]], established in 1934.
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| File:Bansko ski 2025 28.jpg|[[Pirin National Park]]
| File:CentrlRilaReservation.jpg|Rila National Park
| File:Centralbalkan.jpg|[[Central Balkan National Park]]
| File:Belasitsa Flower.jpg|[[Belasitsa Nature Park]]
| File:Bulgarka2.JPG|[[Bulgarka Nature Park]]
| File:Bistrishko-Branishte.jpg|Vitosha Nature Park
| File:Zlatni park3.JPG|[[Golden Sands Nature Park]]
| File:Danube at belene.jpg|[[Persina Nature Park]]
| File:Bulgaria-Karandila-05.jpg|Sinite Kamani Nature Park
| File:Strandzha Natural Park, Bulgaria.jpg|Strandzha Nature Park
| File:RusenskiLomPark.jpg|Rusenski Lom Nature Park
| File:Rock-hewn Churches of Osmar 11.jpg|Shumensko Plato Nature Park
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===Caves and waterfalls===

As of 2002, there are around 4,500 discovered underground formations in Bulgaria.<ref>{{cite book |title= География на България. Физическа и социално-икономическа география |year= 2002|publisher=„ФорКом“ |isbn= 954-464-123-8|pages=64}}</ref> The earliest written records about the caves in Bulgaria are found in the manuscripts of the 17th century [[Bulgarian National Revival]] figure and historian [[Petar Bogdan]]. The first Bulgarian speleological society was established in 1929. The caves in the country are inhabited by more than 700 invertebrate species and 32 of the 37 species of [[bat]]s found in [[Europe]].
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| File:DevilsThroathCave.jpg|[[Devil's Throat Cave]]
| File:Bacho Kiro Cave.jpg|[[Bacho Kiro cave]]
| File:Devetàshka peshterà (Devetàshka cave).JPG|[[Devetashka cave]]
| File:LedenikaCave.jpg|[[Ledenika]]
| File:Magura-cave-pictographs.jpg|[[Magura Cave]]
| File:Prohodna cave Eyes TottoBG.jpg|[[Prohodna]]
| File:WhiteCastleStalagmite.jpg|[[Saeva dupka]]
| File:Snejanka-Cave.jpg|[[Snezhanka (cave)]]
| File:Uhlovitza-cave-niche.jpg|[[Uhlovitsa]]
| File:Babsko praskalo.JPG|[[Babsko Praskalo]]
| File:Borov kamyk 201.jpg|[[Borov Kamak]]
| File:Emen waterfall 2.jpg|[[Emen, Bulgaria|Emen]]
| File:Raysko-praskalo-cc-karalamov.jpg|[[Raysko Praskalo]]
| File:Vodopad.varovitec.JPG|[[Etropole Waterfall]]
| File:Waterfall Karlovsko pruskalo.jpg|[[Karlovsko Praskalo]]
| File:KrushunaIwatterfall2.jpg|[[Krushuna Falls]]
| File:Popinolashki vodopad.jpg|[[Popinolashki waterfall]]
| File:Skakavitsa Waterfall TB1.jpg|[[Skakavitsa Waterfall]]
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===Nature landforms and formations===

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| File:%D0%91%D1%8A%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg|[[Seven Rila Lakes]]
| File:Bulgaria-The Stone Mushrooms-03.jpg|[[The Stone Mushrooms]]
| File:Белоградчишките скали.JPG|[[Belogradchik Rocks]]
| File:Bulgaria-Pobiti Kamani-03.jpg|[[Pobiti Kamani|The Stone Desert]]
| File:Trigrad gorge.jpg|[[Trigrad Gorge]]
| File:Panorama stobski piramidi.jpg|Stob Pyramids
| File:Stone River in Vitosha 47.jpg|[[Zlatnite Mostove]]
| File:Wonderful-bridges-large1.jpg|[[Marvelous Bridges]]
| File:Iskar-gorge-2.jpg|[[Iskar Gorge]]
| File:Ritlite-3.jpg|Ritlite
| File:Melnik Pyramides 01.jpg|[[Melnik Earth Pyramids]]
| File:Kamenna svatba - The Groom and the Bride.jpg|Rock wedding, [[Kardzhali]]
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