Rozhen Monastery in Sandanski

You're standing at Rozhen Monastery, or to give it its full name, the Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God. It's the biggest monastery in the Pirin Mountains, in southwestern Bulgaria. Have a look around. The monastery is tucked in among the Melnik Earth Pyramids, those strange, eroded rock formations rising out of the landscape. Hard to imagine a more striking spot for a monastery.