Where is Reselets?
Reselets is a village in Cherven Bryag Municipality, Pleven Region, northern Bulgaria, about 6 km from the town of Cherven Bryag. A wider natural area of rivers, limestone and protected sites surrounds it.
Questions and answers
Short answers to common questions.
The answers rest on the same official and academic sources as the rest of the site.
What is Kaleto?
Kaleto is a karst canyon about 600 metres long near the village, a protected natural monument since 1961 with a current area of 65.88 hectares. The official name of the site is Tectonic Graben Kaleto, although modern geology describes a karst origin.
What is the Kapanki custom?
On Ivanovden, participants are carried across the Rachene River in a ritual associated with health and good fortune. The Bulgarian News Agency documented the custom in Reselets on 7 January 2023.
Can the Reselets reservoir be visited?
The reservoir is not a free tourism zone. It is managed as a working site, has no visitor side and allows no swimming or bathing. Recreational fishing is permitted only after explicit prior confirmation from the operator for the specific visit. Access for research or technical purposes can be discussed only in advance and for a specific activity. Any change in access will be announced on this website first.
Are there otters in Reselets?
There are documented video observations of otters around the reservoir. This is a real example of the biodiversity of the place, but it is not an established population, number or den site. The exact places of observation are not published.
What does the status Exploring mean?
A direction we would talk about. It does not mean approved, permitted, funded or started. Every idea depends on the rights over the specific site, the applicable environmental regime and the required permits.
Who operates the reservoir?
The Reselets reservoir is public municipal property. AQUAVIO ltd. operates it under a long-term concession agreement with Cherven Bryag Municipality and does not own the water body.
How many different Kukli are there around Reselets?
Three protected rock sites with different names and locations: Kuklite in the Uleya locality on the right bank of the Iskar, which the University of Mining and Geology calls Reseletskite Kukli, Skalnite Kukli in the Pladnishteto locality in the Rachene valley, and Kupenite by the road to Breste. Tourism material uses the name "Reseletskite Kukli" more broadly; the overview page explains why.
What are Kupenite?
Kupenite are limestone rock pyramids on the right bank of the Belilkata by the road to Breste, 30 to 40 metres above the river and a hundred metres above Skoka waterfall, one of the four geotopes the University of Mining and Geology lists around Reselets and a protected natural monument since 1972. Access to them has not been verified separately from Skoka.
How high is Skoka and where is it?
According to the University of Mining and Geology, Skoka is a small waterfall 3 to 4 metres high, as thick as the limestone bed that forms it, about a hundred metres below Kupenite. The official register places it on the Belilkata River in the locality of Reselets; the municipality's tourism page lists it near the neighbouring village of Breste.
When is the water-onion festival?
In the cultural calendar of Cherven Bryag Municipality the festival of the Reselets water onion falls in September, on 12 September in the calendar read, under the motto Golden Autumn in the Village of Reselets, organised by the Todor Popov 1927 community centre. The site publishes no programme; current dates are with the municipality and the community centre.
Is Kaleto a fortress or a canyon?
The protected natural monument Kaleto is a karst canyon, officially registered as Tectonic Graben Kaleto. The name comes from the word kale, a fortress. Cherven Bryag Municipality lists an ancient fortress among the archaeological sites in the territory of Reselets, and the municipality's tourism page lists a late antique and medieval fortress "Kaleto" near the village of Reselets. An archaeological field survey in 2021 recorded above-ground structures of a late antique fortress in the Kaleto locality. The fortress is a separate cultural site, and the site does not claim that it and the natural monument share one boundary.
What does Natura 2000 mean for Reselets?
The territory of Reselets appears in the official registers of two zones: Karlukovo (BG0001014) under the Habitats Directive and Karlukovski karst (BG0000332) under the Birds Directive. This does not mean that every parcel or activity falls under the same protected regime.
Which places around Reselets have their own page?
Kaleto, Skoka waterfall, the Rachene canyon, Bankovskata watermill and perilo and the three groups of Kukli, Kuklite in Uleya, Skalnite Kukli in Pladnishteto and Kupenite, set apart on an overview page, each have their own page, gathered in one list of places and landmarks. It is information about verified places, not a tourism directory: the site maintains no trails and offers no visits.
How do I propose a project or partnership?
Read the partnerships page with the field profile and write to us at the projects address on the contact page. The most useful first message describes the problem, the field activity required, the equipment, the expected duration and the role of the local partner.
How do I get to Reselets?
The village is about 6 km from the town of Cherven Bryag, whose railway station is a junction on the Sofia - Varna line; the first-class Sofia - Ruse road crosses the municipality. The site maintains no route directions and does not describe access to the individual places.
Who makes this site and how do I report an error?
reselets.bg is an independent, unofficial site about the area. Who maintains it and how facts are checked is described on the About page. If you notice an error, write to us through the contact page and name the page, the statement and the source you have.