"Vacha" is an amazingly beautiful dam located in the middle of the Rhodopes along the river Vacha.
The dam is part of the "Dospat-Vacha" cascade.
The highest dam wall in Bulgaria was built on "Vacha" - with a height of 144.5 meters.
The former name of the "Vacha" dam was "Antonivanovtsi". A kilometer west of the dam wall, a memorial was erected on the shore in honor of the partisans of the "Anton Ivanov" detachment who died in the area at the beginning of 1944.
"Vacha" is the largest dam on the Vacha river and ranks among the largest in Bulgaria.
The dam is about 10 kilometers long - from the wall at the "Antonivanovtsi" rest station to the spillway near the village of Mikhalkovo.
The waters of the dam are used to irrigate the Plovdiv field.
A wide variety of fish thrives in the reservoir – carp, perch, carp, grass carp, bream, whitefish, baboon, mullet, bream, catfish, walleye, sunfish, redfin and pike. Thanks to this variety, it is a very popular fishing spot.
The dam has many pontoons with buildings, including a fish farm. Some of the pontoon houses are rented out and visited by vacationers and tourists during the summer. You can ride a water bike, boat or jet around them.
There are excellent conditions for tourism along the banks of the dam.
The Krichim-Devin road passes by the dam.
How do you get to Vacha Dam?
And maybe you want to visit "Vacha" in autumn, when the surroundings are extremely picturesque?
I wish you a charming, fresh, green and cheerful walk!