Eyes of God — Prohodna Cave

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Eyes of God — Prohodna Cave

Two windows of sky in the cave roof

setting

Mountains

where

Karlukovo, Lovech Province, Bulgaria

best season

April to October, when the gorge paths are d…

ideal for

Nature Journey

( the feeling of it )

Two holes eroded through the roof, side by side and the same size. Everyone who stands under them calls them eyes.

( the story )

Bulgaria's longest cave passage near Karlukovo, where two eroded holes in the roof — the Eyes of God — stare down through the middle chamber.

Prohodna runs 262 metres through the rock near Karlukovo in the Iskar gorge, which makes it the longest cave passage in Bulgaria, and you can walk it right through — the entrances stand 35 and up to 45 metres high at either end. What everyone comes for is in the middle: two equal-sized holes eroded through the ceiling, letting light down in a pair, known to everyone as the Eyes of God. They appeared in the 1988 film Time of Violence, with a priest praying beneath them. There are traces of prehistoric habitation from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic in the cave, and today it is one of Bulgaria's most popular places to bungee jump, two kilometres off the Karlukovo–Lukovit road.

Vassia Atanassova – Spiritia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

You don’t simply book a room in Eyes of God — Prohodna Cave. You tell us what you’re seeking — stillness, ceremony, the mountains, the table — and we curate the days around you.

( field notes, dawn to night )

A day here

late morning

Under the Eyes as the sun crosses them and the light comes down in two beams.

midday

Walking the passage end to end, which almost no cave anywhere lets you do.

afternoon

Climbers on the arch, and someone above them working up the nerve to jump.

evening

Out into the Iskar gorge with the karst going gold above the road.

Experiences we can arrange

Guided Cave Visits
Photography Journeys
Rock Climbing
Bungee Jumping
Private Transfers

( let us curate your retreat )

You stand under two holes in a rock and understand exactly why people made this a sacred place.

Stand underneath and look up.

best time to visit — April to October, when the gorge paths are dry and the light comes through the Eyes at its strongest around midday.

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