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Ruins · Smolian · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Ruins Chamla in Smolian

Chamla is a ruin in Smolian, Smolyan, Bulgaria. This place has a story in the app.

Ruins Chamla in Smolian
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Photo: Evgord © Evgeni Dinev · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

The story

Story · Chamla

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You're standing in Chamla, an abandoned village high up in southern Bulgaria. Take a look around and listen for a moment. Chances are all you'll hear is the wind. You're at roughly 1,650 metres here, and for a long time this was the highest village in Bulgaria with people living in it all year round. Officially it still is the highest village, because on paper Chamla remains a village, even though nobody has lived here for years.

Read the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

Photos

1 photo from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

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Photo: Evgeni Dinev from Burgas, Bulgaria · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

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