Melnikskie Pyramids - a natural landmark Melnik, located not far from the resort. Pyramids of Melnik are considered one of the most interesting places in Bulgaria. In 1960, the pyramids were officially announced a unique natural landmark.

Melnikskie pyramid - a rocky formation extending a total area of ​​50 sq.m. They are named so because of its whiteness, which is often compared with chalk (precisely because of the unique rock formations of the city and was named Melnik). Conventionally, they are divided into Melnik, Rozhen and Kyrlanoskie pyramid depending on place of origin.

Geologists believe that the current form of the pyramid gained due to erosion of clay soil. In addition, the formation of the pyramids is not completed - its shape and appearance they are slightly vary from year to year. Today, there are pyramid-like mushrooms, minarets, haystacks, Alpine peaks, obelisks, swords, Gothic temples and pyramids themselves directly.

At the village Karlanovo in Blagoevgrad region are four pyramid of special interest. They resemble the hundred-meter obelisk with steep slopes, inaccessible peaks are covered with herbaceous vegetation. Not far from the village of Rozhen, you can see more than a thousand so-called pyramids - big and small rocky mushrooms.

All the information about these amazing formations located in a special town center of Melnik, which is dedicated to the study of unique geological formations.