In today's Wednesday walk I will tell you about Babyak - a mountain village located between the Pirin, Rila and Rhodopes mountains.
The village is located in Southwest Bulgaria, Belitsa municipality.
I visited it in the summer, when our road passed through it, and as the road was being repaired at that time, we had to wait for it to open. I had a short amount of time to walk around and while my friends decided to have coffee at a local establishment, I excitedly hit the streets.
The first thing that impressed me was the tidy and well-maintained center. A huge square and across from it a multi-purpose playground where children play.
Next to the square is the town hall.
From the square, stairs lead to the community center of the village - "Probuda 2011", which I understand has recently been renovated.
I continue towards the upper part of the village, to the right of the community center and soon the street took me to the kindergarten.
I climbed a mini path to see the kindergarten from above.
I found out from the local people where the school was and headed there.
Children from 1st to 8th-grade study in the school. It was summer and the students were of course on vacation.
I see that next to the school there is a beautiful hill with tall conifers. I decide I have time to go up and have a look.
From the top there was a beautiful view of the whole village.
"According to some authors, the name of the village is derived from the word "baboons" or "baboon". This was one of the names of the Bogomils who inhabited these places and subsequently converted to Islam."
sourse: https://bg.wikipedia.org
In the distance, you can see the mosque, which is considered an architectural monument in the village. It is believed to have been built between the 17th and 18th centuries. It was currently being repaired.
sourse: belitsa.com
On the way down I went to the other side passing through narrow streets and back yards.
Мy walk continued through the streets, that almost all of them are asphalted.
The river Grbnitsa runs through the village itself. I find bridges in several places.
I understand from Wikipedia that in its upper course the river is called Grbnitsa, but after it reaches the village of Babyak, it is called Babyashka river.
My friends called me that the road is now open and we can continue traveling by car. I quickly found them and we moved on, leaving with pleasant memories of my rather long walk, which I made in a short time.
