{"id":2077,"date":"2026-01-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/uncategorized\/baykusheva-mura-bulgaria-ancient-tree\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T13:10:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:10:04","slug":"baykusheva-mura-bulgaria-ancient-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/places-in-bulgaria\/baykusheva-mura-bulgaria-ancient-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Baykusheva Mura: Bulgaria\u2019s Ancient Pine Above Bansko"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baykusheva Mura is one of the few places in Pirin where age is something you can feel physically. The tree grows at <strong>1,930 metres above sea level<\/strong>, a few hundred metres above Banderitsa hut, and is considered the oldest conifer in Bulgaria. It is often called a pine in the loose sense, but the species is <strong>Bosnian pine<\/strong> (Pinus heldreichii) \u2014 a tree of stony slopes that holds on where the soil is thin and the winter long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f4f7f6;border-left:4px solid #2e7d6b;padding:16px 20px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:4px;\">\n<strong style=\"font-size:18px;\">Quick facts<\/strong>\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:10px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:10px 14px 10px 0;width:38%;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\"><strong>Where<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\">Pirin National Park, about 300 m above Banderitsa hut, at 1,930 m altitude<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:10px 14px 10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\"><strong>Getting there<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\">Roughly 15 km of paved road from Bansko towards Vihren hut; the turn-off is on the right, marked with signs<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:10px 14px 10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\"><strong>How long<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\">10\u201315 minutes on foot from the road; half a day if you add a walk around the huts<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:10px 14px 10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\"><strong>When to go<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\">June to October for the easiest access; in winter both road and trail call for proper gear<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:10px 14px 10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\"><strong>Summer traffic rules<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\">From 10 July to 15 September the road to Vihren hut is closed to cars daily between 08:00 and 16:00; the bus from Bansko and licensed taxis still run<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:10px 14px 10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\"><strong>Parking<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\">A handful of spaces in the widened stretch of road by the signs; a larger car park sits at Vihren hut<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:10px 14px 10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\"><strong>Entry<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\">Free \u2014 the park charges no entry fee. Visitor rules are published by the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pirin.bg\/?page_id=4300\">Pirin National Park Directorate<\/a><\/strong>; check the current ones before you set off<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:10px 14px 10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\"><strong>The tree<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:10px 0;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #d7e2df;\">A Bosnian pine over 1,300 years old, 26 m tall with a girth of 7.80 m<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A tree with a discovery date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tree is named after the forester <strong>Kostadin Baykushev<\/strong>, who found and described this specimen in <strong>1897<\/strong>. Its age is estimated at <em>more than 1,300 years<\/em> \u2014 almost as old as the Bulgarian state \u2014 which makes it second only to the oak in the village of Granit. The accepted measurements give a height of 26 metres, a trunk diameter of 2.48 metres and a girth of 7.80 metres. The information board on site quotes more modest figures, 18.8 metres and 7.24 metres, the gap coming from different surveys taken over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"2199\" src=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/places-baykusheva-mura-03.jpg\" alt=\"Ancient pine trunk and branches of Baykusheva Mura in Pirin\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"2198\" src=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/places-baykusheva-mura-02.jpg\" alt=\"Information board beside Baykusheva Mura in Pirin National Park\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting there<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The starting point is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/places-in-bulgaria\/bansko-bulgaria-history-pirin\/\">Bansko<\/a><\/strong>, from where the paved road to Vihren hut climbs through the forest, passes <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/places-in-bulgaria\/banderishka-polyana-bulgaria-pirin\/\">Banderishka Polyana<\/a><\/strong> and reaches Banderitsa hut after some 15 kilometres. The tree stands a few hundred metres further up, on the right-hand side, where the road widens and the signs appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A short cut leaves the campsite below the hut and follows wooden structures over the damp ground, saving you the hairpin bend on the road. The walk is brief \u2014 <em>ten unhurried minutes<\/em> \u2014 though the ground stays muddy early in the season. Under the <strong>summer traffic rules<\/strong> cars are kept off the road in the middle of the day, so an early or late drive up saves waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"2197\" src=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/places-baykusheva-mura-01.jpg\" alt=\"Wooden footbridge on the trail to Baykusheva Mura in Pirin National Park\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The tree in the Pirin landscape<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dense conifer forest surrounds the site, and above it rise the granite ridges of northern Pirin crowned by <strong>Vihren<\/strong>. That combination \u2014 altitude, stony ground and the steady water of the Banderitsa \u2014 is what allowed the tree to last so long. From the path it reads against the skyline, and a few steps aside open the wider view down the valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"2200\" src=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/places-baykusheva-mura-04.jpg\" alt=\"Baykusheva Mura pine with the Pirin Mountains in the background\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"2201\" src=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/places-baykusheva-mura-05.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain landscape around Baykusheva Mura above Bansko\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>2023<\/strong> one of the large branches partly broke, and the Pirin National Park Directorate adopted a protection plan drawn up with forest researchers and arborists. The low fence and the signs are there for a reason: do not climb, do not touch the bark, and keep off the soil around the roots. If you are making a wider loop through the valley, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/places-in-bulgaria\/razlog-bulgaria-park-three-mountains\/\">Razlog<\/a><\/strong> is close by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related video:<\/strong> watch the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/from-above\/from-above-bulgaria-baykusheva-mura\/\">episode on Baykusheva Mura and Banderishka Polyana<\/a><\/strong> from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/category\/from-above\/\">From Above<\/a><\/strong> series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit Baykusheva Mura, one of Bulgaria\u2019s best-known ancient trees, rooted in the forests and granite landscape of Pirin above Bansko.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bc_lat":"41.841983","_bc_lng":"23.479302","_bc_location_name":"Baykusheva Mura: Bulgaria\u2019s Ancient Pine Above Bansko","_bc_location_confidence":"1.0","_bc_location_source":"review_gui","_bc_extra_coords":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-2077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-places-in-bulgaria","tag-natural-landmark","latest_post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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