Vitinya Pass, Mountain pass in Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.

Vitinya Pass is a mountain pass through the Balkan Mountains located at approximately 965 meters elevation, creating a natural connection between northern and central Bulgaria. The route passes through rocky terrain and offers views of the surrounding mountain ranges during the drive.

Thracians and Romans used the Vitinya saddle as a road long before the first highway was built across it around 1865. A motor road followed in 1934, becoming the main link from Sofia to northern Bulgaria in place of the Botevgrad (Arabakonak) pass. On 30 June 1971 footballers Georgi Asparuhov and Nikola Kotkov died in a car crash here.

The pass is crossed by a 25.8 km section of the first-class I-1 road, from km 201.8 to km 227.6, on the Vidin–Sofia–Kulata route. Streets in Sofia's Hadzhi Dimitar, Suha Reka, Vasil Levski and Hristo Botev quarters, and in Plovdiv, are named after Vitinya.

The road remains open for vehicle traffic throughout the year but is regularly cleared during winter months. Travelers should expect slower conditions and extra caution when encountering snowfall or poor weather.

On 30 June 1971, footballers Georgi Asparuhov and Nikola Kotkov died in a car crash on the pass. The Hemus motorway tunnel beneath the saddle, in use since 1984, runs 1,195 m and is Bulgaria's second-longest after the Zheleznitsa tunnel.