The village of Ribaritsa is the most picturesque village among the whole 13 in the Teteven region (12 km from Teteven town). The village is located at 600 meters above the sea level at the foot of the Teteven Balkan. It is no accident that the name of the village is Ribaritsa - it is settled 12 km to the Beli Vit river banks and its feeders, and there is a monument of the “River boy” at the beginning of the village – the symbol of the village.
The charm of the Ribaritsa village are the numerous little country houses and villas. They are lost in greenness and flowers, offering not only tranquillity and calmness, but also the opportunity to feel the unique authentic atmosphere and coziness of the Bulgarian village. Here in Ribaritsa the traditions are still alive. Old water-mills are still working, the fulling-mills are still washing the colorful carpets, the famous Ribaritsa rakia (brandy) is prepared right before you in a copper, housewives prepare the unforgettably sweet jams of wild berries and the old farmers are still making the well-known Balkan brine cheese prepared both from sheep and goat milk. You will wander how beauty one can find in the thing made from wool and wood - all these made by the light-handed craftsmen.
The biggest attraction in the village of Ribaritsa is the wild nature of the National Park Central Balkan and one of its nine green pearls – the biosphere reserve of Tsarichina. There is a legend about the name of the reserve, according to which the king’s daughter Tamara was cured by the magic of the “red harefoot”, which the local people still called “tsarichina”.
There are convenient tourist routes to the other two reserves – ‘Boatin’ and ’Kozia stena’.
This is the best point to start for the three huts - "Georgy Benkovsky", "Echo", and "Vejen".
Its an unbelievable pleasure to go round the village of Ribaritsa with the tourist-train or to hire a mountain bicycle to ride to the place of death of Bulgarian national hero Georgi Benkovski. Riding your bicycle you pass the Roman bridge above Kostina River, the romantic old hamlets Briazovo and Goriunovo. You can climb up to the Yakova cave. Its so exciting to take the retro ride with the cabriolet, to experience the photo-safari with a picnic in the forest, to join the walking tours led by a professional mountain guide, to go fishing and to enjoy the fishing picnic at the end.

Cycling tourism
village of Ribaritsa - Bryazovo hamlet
village of Ribaritsa - Vejen hut
village of Ribaritsa - monument of Benkovski
village of Ribaritsa - the place of Cherna Reka /Ostrikite/
village of Ribaritsa - village of Shipkovo - town of Troyan

Tourist routes
village of Ribaritsa - Cherna reka - Eho hut
village of Ribaritsa - Sovatski dol place - Vejen hut
village of Ribaritsa - Sovatski dol place - Benkovski hut
village of Ribaritsa - Bogoya - Vasiliov hut
Benkovski hut - Vejen hut - Eho hut - Vasiliov hut
Rest complex Ribaritsa - the ridge of Vasiliovska mountain - Vasiliov hut

One-day trips
village of Ribaritsa - town of Teteven - Saeva dupka cave
village of Ribaritsa - Glojen monastery
village of Ribaritsa - village of Shipkovo - Troyan - Troyan monastery - Cherni Osam
village of Ribaritsa - Shipkovo mineral baths