Traveler's Guide
Kardzhali Region
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!
Muslim cult object - village of Zvezdel
There is no information as to when the mosque was built in the village. It is known to be one of the oldest buildings in the village though. The ...
Ada Tepe, the earliest gold mine in Europe
The Thracians, who lived on our lands thousands of years ago, were good miners and metallurgists. One of the places, where traces of these activities have been found, is ...
Rock Niches - villages of Dazhdovnitsa and Nenkovo
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 ...
Peak "Dambala" near Momchilgrad
The name comes from Turkish "damla - drop". In the picturesque area of a deciduous forest, water springs down a high mountain crown. There are several spouts at ...
Medieval fortress Monyak
Description of site: The fortress occupies a high rock plateau, nearly inaccessible from the west and south. It is on the left bank of "Studen Kladenets" dam , about ...
Abrasive wells
The rocks are coulee from active volcanic activity millions of years ago. Some of the craters have been partially destroyed by the river waters.Big quartz veins and chalcedony inclusions ...
"Gyumyurdzhinski glacier"
The region was designated as protected in 2003.It includes the territories of of Gorno and Dolno Kapinovo villages, Chakarlovo village, Shumnatiza village and Kremen village. Its southern part reaches the ...
Mount Vetren (Kodzhaele)
Many maps have marked it as Vetren Mount, but locals know it as Kodzhaele / The Big Top /.It is 1266 m high. Nearby, there is an area called ...
The spring of the fairies (Likoto vrische) near the village of Chernichevo
This is a very beautiful place with fairy magic and glamor. The fabulous beauty of the spring and the rocks through which water has hollowed out its bed is depicted ...
"The Elephant" near the village of Kayaloba
It is a weathered sandstone rock formation. It strikingly resembles an elephant, especially when observed from the east. The "Trunk" forms a hole used by the locals as ...
Stone Wedding - village of Zimzelen
Numerous stone pyramids (known as Kardzhali pyramids), reminiscent of a wedding procession. The figures are extremely diverse in shape and size, the height is from 0.5 to over 10 metres. ...
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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