Summits & Ski
Midžor & the Babin zub
Stara Planina · Southern & Eastern Serbia
QUICK INFORMATION
- CATEGORY
- Summits & Ski
- COUNTRY
- Serbia
- REGION
- Stara Planina · Southern & Eastern Serbia
- DURATION
- 2 days
ABOUT THIS ATTRACTION
Midžor is the mountain’s crown: the 2,169-m summit on the border ridge, the climb from Topli Do or the gondola-assisted walks from Babin zub — the ridge path runs the border with the whole Balkan range in view. Babin zub (the “grandmother’s tooth”, the crag above the ski centre) gives the winter slopes and the summer trailheads.
HISTORY & BACKGROUND
The story behind it
The Balkan range gave the Balkans their name — the Old Mountain’s ridge was the border of empires (Roman, Ottoman) and is the Serbian-Bulgarian frontier today. The ski centre (2000s) put the gondola and the slopes under the crag; the summit keeps the shepherds’ and hajduks’ memory.
WHAT TO SEE
What to see here
The Midžor climb (4–5 h from Topli Do).
The Babin zub crag and the gondola’s viewpoint.
The winter slopes (December–March).
GOOD TO KNOW
Facts & Curiosities
Midžor (2,169 m) is Serbia’s second-highest summit — on the border ridge itself.
The Balkan range named the Balkans — “Stara Planina” is the Old Mountain.
The Babin zub crag gives the ski slopes — the east’s best-snow centre.
The ridge path runs the Serbian-Bulgarian border — the walk between two countries.
MAP & LOCATION
Midžor & the Babin zub
Midžor & the Babin zub, Stara Planina, Southern & Eastern Serbia, Serbia
43.3667, 22.6167
THINGS TO DO
Things to do nearby
FOOD & DRINK
Where to eat nearby
The ski centre’s restaurants and the mountain lodges
The village tables of Topli Do and Dojkinci — the lamb and the kaymak
HOTELS & STAYS
Where to stay nearby
The ski centre’s hotels (Babin zub); village lodges and rooms at Topli Do for the hikers
Rosehip Camp — the glamping terraces above the mountain (verified)
ITINERARIES
Day-by-day routes
NEARBY DESTINATIONS
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