Devil’s Throat Cave, Pamporovo

Devil’s Throat Cave is located in the Western Rhodopes, 17 km from the city of Devin. The cave’s entrance resembles a devil’s head, and down its throat rushes a massive waterfall that from ancient times has captivated imaginations and given birth to numerous legends. The most popular of these is that Orpheus descended down this orifice to the subterranean kingdom of Hades, to seek his lost love Eurydice. The cave descends straight down without branching in either direction. The water from the Trigrad River falls from a height of 42 meters down the cave’ “throat”, making it the highest underground waterfall on the Balkan Peninsula.Because of the muffled roar of the waterfall, the cavern into which it falls is known as The Hall of Thunder. It is enormous – the second larges cavern in Bulgaria. Roughly 400 meters from the entrance the water disappears down a funnel.It is an arresting fact that nothing carried into The Devil’s Mouth Cave by the river emerges from it.The best time to visit is in late spring and summer, when the entrance to the cave is surrounded by invigorating greenery and the Rhodopes are most inviting.