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.
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"Dushan" natural monument covers an area of 0.1 ha and represents a waterfall of Dushan Dere River. The waterfall has a drop height of 20 meters.It is located in a ...
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 ...
The Tracian rock niches are great megalithic monuments, which, in Bulgaria, can be found only in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains. They are carved in vertical rocks. There are two hypotheses ...
"St. Ivan Rilski" church in Krumovgrad was built in 1934. It was consecrated on 30.10.1938 by Kiril, the metropolitan from Ploviv who later became Patriarch of the ...
It is located in the Asara area and occupies a high rocky peak. A wall, built of stone blocks, is preserved at its foot. A bronze image of ...
Both rivers have been dammed by Kardzhali reservoir. The fortress is larger than the neighboring one - Krivus, and has well preserved remains of fortress walls, the foundations of ...
The site can be approached from the perlite quarry, which passes near the old Roman road. The castle is located about 2 km south of the quarry, on a low ...
The Regional History Museum in the town of Kardzhali is one of the largest museums in Southern Bulgaria.A municipality-funded project, it was built in the period 1922-1930. It was designed ...
It is located 700-800 metres northwest of Vodenicharsko village. On the southwest side of "Hambar Kaya ", there are the remains of two tombs, located 6.50 ...
This is the highest peak in the Gyumyurdjinsky Snejnik range. It is 1463 m high. Geographically, it is the southernmost point in Bulgaria. The protected area "Veikata" is ...
It is located northwest of Benkovski, towards Kitna village, on the left before the bridge over the Varbitsa River. The best place to see the Lion is by standing on ...
The mosque is the oldest dated mosque in the Eastern Rhodopes. On the left corner of the south wall there is a large well-shaped stone dated back to 1201 ...