The Iskar Gorge is located in the Sofia and Vratsa regions. It can be entered from Sofia (south), from Mezdra (north), from Milanovo-Gara Lakatnik (north), from Godech-Iskrets-Svoge (west), from Botevgrad-Rashkovo-Ignatitsa (east). The latter road is in very poor condition, narrow and with asphalt missing in many places. Until the construction of the railway line at the end of the 19th century, the gorge was almost impassable and little used. Now an 80-kilometer section of the Sofia - Mezdra railway line passes through the gorge, and the journey along it is a real attraction. Parallel to the railway line, you can travel by car along the second-class Republican Road II-16 Rebarkovo - Svoge - Novi Iskar.
The Iskar Gorge (Iskar Gorge) crosses the Western Stara Planina Mountains, connecting the Sofia Valley in the south with the Danube Plain in the north. The Iskar Gorge is the longest and most impressive gorge in Bulgaria with a length of 84 km and an average altitude of 362 m. The gorge begins north of the town of Novi Iskar at 520 m above sea level. and heads north. It divides Sofia Mountain into two parts and in this section serves as a border between the mountains Mala Planina, Ponor and Koznitsa to the west (left bank) and Golema Planina to the east (right bank). After the village of Lakatnik, the river turns east and here serves as a border between Vrachanska Planina to the north and Rzhana Mountain to the south. (All of the mountains listed are part of the Western Stara Planina). The gorge ends south of the town of Mezdra at 210 m above sea level.
