Zvezditsa hut
Zvezditsa is a three-storey tourist hut with restaurant and 120 beds in the Marina Polyana area of Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria, formerly a holiday home of Balkan Bulgarian Airlines.
Last updated September 29, 2026
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Overview
Zvezditsa hut (Bulgarian: хижа „Звездица“) is a mountain tourist hut located in the Marina Polyana area of Vitosha Mountain, near Sofia, Bulgaria. It is a three-storey building equipped with local heating and a restaurant, and it offers 120 beds of accommodation capacity. Immediately next to the hut there is a designated ski slope, a ski drag lift and motor sledges, making it a small winter-sports and hiking base on Vitosha. The building's former name was holiday home "Zvezditsa" of the Bulgarian civil aviation company Balkan (BGA Balkan), i.e. it originally served as a rest and recreation facility for the staff of the national airline before being operated as a tourist hut. Zvezditsa functions as a node in the Vitosha hiking network. It is reachable on foot from Zlatnite Mostove (the last stop of bus No. 61) in about 1 hour 40 minutes, from the village of Vladaya in about 3 hours 10 minutes, and from the Knyazhevo quarter in about 3 hours 40 minutes. Neighbouring tourist sites include Edelweiss hut (about 10 minutes away), Ostrtisa hut (about 30 minutes), Cherni Vrah via Konyarnika (about 1 hour 50 minutes), Kumata hut (about 45 minutes) and Selimitsa hut (about 1 hour 15 minutes). The hut is a commercial hospitality and tourism offering rather than a corporate group: it sells accommodation, food and beverage service and access to adjacent ski and sledging facilities to hikers, skiers and visitors of Vitosha. Its official web presence is at hijazvezdica.com. Detailed ownership, founding date and current operator are not established by the available evidence.
History
Zvezditsa hut stands in the Marina Polyana area of Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria. According to the Bulgarian Wikipedia entry, the building was formerly the holiday home "Zvezditsa" of the Bulgarian civil aviation company Balkan (BGA Balkan), the national airline. It was therefore originally built and used as a rest and recreation facility for aviation staff rather than as a public mountain hut. At some point the building was converted into a tourist hut. In its current form it is a three-storey structure with local heating and a restaurant, providing 120 beds. A designated ski slope, a ski drag lift and motor sledges operate in the immediate vicinity, turning the site into a small winter-sports base on Vitosha. The hut is integrated into the Vitosha hiking trail network. It can be reached on foot from Zlatnite Mostove (the terminus of bus No. 61) in about 1 hour 40 minutes, from the village of Vladaya in about 3 hours 10 minutes, and from the Knyazhevo quarter in about 3 hours 40 minutes. It lies close to several other tourist sites: Edelweiss hut is about 10 minutes away, Ostrtisa hut about 30 minutes, Kumata hut about 45 minutes, Selimitsa hut about 1 hour 15 minutes, and Cherni Vrah via Konyarnika about 1 hour 50 minutes. The available evidence does not establish the exact founding year, the current owner or operator, or the date of conversion from airline holiday home to tourist hut. The hut maintains an official website at hijazvezdica.com.
Building used as holiday home "Zvezditsa" of Bulgarian civil aviation company Balkan (BGA Balkan).
Building converted into a tourist hut with 120 beds, restaurant and local heating.
Ski slope, ski drag lift and motor sledges established adjacent to the hut.
Products and positioning
A mountain tourist hut and small winter-sports base on Vitosha, serving hikers and skiers near Sofia.
Mountain hut accommodation (120 beds)
Restaurant
Ski slope and ski drag lift
Motor sledges
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