beglikobus
Routes and stops
For the guests of the Beglika 2026 festival, we offer organized transportation, the stops are:
Sofia – Bus parking lot in front of the National Stadium;
Pazardjik – Railway Station;
Beglika: Two stops –
Camping area, from where you can catch a water taxi and cross the beautiful Golyam Beglik Dam by boat;
Entrance to Chatama area, from where you have a 40-minute walk on a dirt road.
(We reach the second point only upon explicit request, not by default.)
Ticket prices:
One-way ticket: Sofia – Beglika / Beglika – Sofia – €35 / 68 lv
One-way ticket: Pazardjik – Beglika / Beglika – Pazardjik – €20 / 39 lv
Two-way ticket: Sofia – Beglika – Sofia – €60 / 117 lv
Two-way ticket: Pazardjik – Beglika – Pazardjik – €30 / 59 lv
Contacts for Beglikobus: ☎︎ +359 898 645 980 ✉️ info@getabus.bg
Dates and hours
Wednesday 12.08.2026
08:00 Sofia – Beglika 10:30
09:30 Pazardjik – Beglika 10:30
10:30 Beglika – Sofia 13:00
10:30 Beglika – Pazardjik 11:30
19:00 Sofia – Beglika 21:30
20:30 Pazardjik – Beglika 21:30
21:30 Beglika – Sofia 00:00
21:30 Beglika – Pazardjik 22:30
Thursday 13.08.2026
08:00 Sofia – Beglika 10:30
09:30 Pazardjik – Beglika 10:30
10:30 Beglika – Sofia 13:00
10:30 Beglika – Pazardjik 11:30
19:00 Sofia – Beglika 21:30
20:30 Pazardjik – Beglika 21:30
21:30 Beglika – Sofia 00:00
21:30 Beglika – Pazardjik 22:30
Friday 14.08.2026
08:00 Sofia – Beglika 10:30
09:30 Pazardjik – Beglika 10:30
10:30 Beglika – Sofia 13:00
10:30 Beglika – Pazardjik 11:30
19:00 Sofia – Beglika 21:30
20:30 Pazardjik – Beglika 21:30
21:30 Beglika – Sofia 00:00
21:30 Beglika – Pazardjik 22:30
Saturday 15.08.2026
08:00 Sofia – Beglika 10:30
09:30 Pazardjik – Beglika 10:30
11:00 Beglika – Sofia 13:30
11:00 Beglika – Pazardjik 12:00
Sunday 16.08.2026
11:00 Beglika – Sofia 14:00
11:00 Beglika – Pazardjik 12:30
17:00 Beglika – Sofia 20:00
17:00 Beglika – Pazardjik 18:30
water taxi
From the dam wall you can take a boat directly to the festival area.
By transferring from the Beglikobus or by parking your car next to the Wall in the Blue Bay. We will help you with your luggage.
Price one way: 10 € / 20 BGN
Fixed water taxi schedule
Wednesday 12.08
10:30, 21:30
Thursday 13.08
10:30, 21:30
Friday 14.08
21:30
Saturday: 15.08
10:30
Sunday: 16.08
10:30, 16:30
👉 Outside these hours – with a minimum of 4 people!
Departure points
From Samodivska Polyana (see on the map: here )
From the festival entrance (see on the map: here )
Beglika and the family of the mysterious capercaillie
The Beglika area, nestled at an altitude of 1,500 m in the majestic Western Rhodopes, is known for many things.
The “Beglika” and “Mantarica” biosphere reserves stretch here, along with the protected areas of “Sluncheva Polyana”, “Chatama”, “Batlaboaz” and “Toshkov Chark”. The area is rich in natural treasures – nearly 120 medicinal plants and coniferous forests, whose age reaches a respectable 200 years, and its name has remained from Ottoman times, when the Yuruk-shepherds gathered here once a year to hand over to the authorities the beglik tax due for their livestock.
Beglika is also home to one of the most mysterious inhabitants of the Rhodopes – the capercaillie. Also known as the “wild rooster”, its mystical song can only be heard in the spring, when it performs its mating ritual. This bird, a symbol of the Begliche community, is strongly attached to its home — the forests that shelter its “family hearth” generation after generation.
