Traveler's Guide

Kardzhali Region

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They say that in Rhodope one can taste the immortality once the desire is strong enough. Here, on this land, the sunrise and the sunset, the heaven and the earth, the water and the wind make the reunion between men and gods possible. Even today, on the sides of this dignified mountain, the footsteps of Romans and Thracians resonate. Rituals and legends about the bewitching lyre of Orpheus and Dionysus’s Bacchanals come to life again from the ancient sanctuaries. The giants-pine-trees cast heavy, cool shades here. Cold brooks wash out the tracks of hooves, chime bells echo over the pastures, and high up the mountain, where the hills turn into pinnacles, the songs of the nymphs are roaming. For thousands of years, the natives lived in harmony with the nature. They have worshipped Mother Nature, they have read the weather with the aid of the sun and the rock, and they have discovered new, intact beautiful spots.

Kardzhali Region is about sharing the nature, the culture and the traditions. An experience that forever will be in your memory!

Medieval bridge - village of Nenkovo

Medieval bridge - village of Nenkovo The bridge is built over the Borovitsa River, a major tributary of the Arda River.It is located near the village of Nenkovo. It represents the architectural tradition of its time. ...

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Monument to slain volunteers and ossuary - Krumovgrad

Monument to slain volunteers and ossuary - Krumovgrad The monument was erected in memory of those who were killed in a battle with the Turkish cavalrymen in 1913. .It is the figure of a soldier with an ...

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Old fountains in Kardzhali

Old fountains in Kardzhali It is a Muslim tradition in the Rhodope Mountains to build drinking water fountains because they believe this brings forth salvation of souls, forgiveness of sins and glorification of ...

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Lake near the village of Letovnik

Lake near the village of Letovnik The lake is known to the locals as Syulyuklyu pond (or the Leeches pond). It is presumed that it was full of leeches which were used from the elderly as ...

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Religious complex "Tatul" near the village of Tatul

Religious complex The exact dating of the megalithic monument is debatable because the excavated materials are from different eras. One hypothesis dates the materials back to 6000 years ago - at the ...

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Stone Mushrooms - village of Beli plast

Stone Mushrooms - village of Beli plast The stone mushrooms are symmetrical rock pieces shaped as natural mushrooms, with pink stumps and greenish hoods. The height of the stumps and the width of the cap is 2.5 ...

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Thracian sanctuary "Harman Kaya" near the village of Bivolyane

Thracian sanctuary Harman Kaya is a rock-hewn sanctuary on a plateau around a small natural cave with a depth of 7 m. In front of it, on the terrain surface, there ...

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Traditional music festival “The night of Orfei”

Traditional music festival “The night of Orfei” The music festival “The night of Orfei” is held every year on the 15th of June at 8pm near the Orfei’s sanctuary near village Tatul. The event includes activities with ...

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Thracian rock sanctuary fortress and necropolis of rock tombs - village of Kovil

Thracian rock sanctuary fortress and necropolis of rock tombs - village of Kovil The tombs are carved into the rocks along the edge of the ridge, in the area of white stones (Ak Kaya), where the traces of a Thracian sanctuary were found. ...

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International festival of arts “Perperikon”

International festival of arts “Perperikon” It is held every year since 2001. The idea of the festival is to connect the European idea to preserve the rich diversity of the cultural heritage and to become ...

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Heron colony in Kardzhali

Heron colony in Kardzhali In Kardzhali, in the center of the town, there is a unique heron colony located in old correction of the Arda Riverbed. The heron colony on the Arda River is ...

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Park Arpezos-North in Kardzhali

Park Arpezos-North in Kardzhali The newest park of Kardzhali town

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