The resort situated in the southeastern slopes of Rila, offering views of the Pirin mountain range to the south and surrounded by spruce and pine forests.[1] The Vapski Lakes can be accessed from Semkovo.[3]
Semkovo features several holiday villages and cabins, and has a guest house of the Technical University of Sofia and the guesthouse of the University of Architecture, Geodesy and Civil Engineering.[2] The two universities jointly operate the resort's public ski lifts, providing visitors with access to the resort's ski slopes.[2]
As of 2022, Semkovo was home to the "Coliving Semkovo" project, where a group of digital nomads were revitalizing the former Hotel Rila into a co-op operated coliving space.[4]
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Мичев (Michev), Николай (Nikolay); Михайлов (Mihaylov), Цветко (Tsvetko); Вапцаров (Vaptsarov), Иван (Ivan); Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev), Светлин (Svetlin) (1980). Географски речник на България [Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura).
