The massif of Rila and the Rhodopes is the highest on the Balkan peninsula. The sharp rocky peaks lend these mountains an alpine view. The mountain massif of the Rhodopes has almost square outlines and leveled ridges. It is characterized by the alternation of high long rising grounds and narrow, deeply cut in valleys and ravines. In the Eastern part of Bulgaria, by the Black Sea there are well outlined wide beaches.
Beaches are wide and strewn with fine sand.
Bulgaria is situated in the Southern part of the moderate climatic region of Europe. The territory of the country is subjected to the influence of the Atlantic ocean from the West and from the Northwest and Northeast - to the continental part of Central and Eastern Europe. The climate of Bulgaria is generally defined as moderate continental with well expressed transition to the South of Stara Planina. In the Southernmost regions of the country the influence of the Mediterranean is felt. In the mountainous regions at an altitude above 1000 m there is differentiated a mountainous climatic region with relatively low temperatures, heavy rainfall and continuous snow retention.