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Most basic food provisions (hranitelni stoki) can be purchased before setting off from the numerous little general stores (hranitelni magazini) that are found in towns and the majority of villages. However, be aware that you are extremely unlikely to find other more technical items, such as specialist clothing or other mountain equipment outside Sofia, and even there, such supplies are often extremely difficult and time-consuming to track down. The best advice is to bring everything you need from home, and be properly equipped to set off straight for the hills.

Maps

It is also a good idea to get hold of your maps before you go. Hiking maps at varying scales, and even more varying accuracy, have been produced for most of the major mountain ranges in Bulgaria, but it is often a rather hit-and-miss affair trying to obtain them. Your best first point of contact for maps is Balkan Trek (www.balkantrek.com), as they usually maintain a stock and sell them by mail order. Something to bear in mind is that these maps are nowhere near the same standard or accuracy of British Ordnance Survey or French IGN maps. They are not proper topographic maps, and even those at a scale of 1:50 000 should be treated as schematic, and not relied on for critical navigation with a compass.