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!
It symbolizes the liberation of the Eastern Rhodopes from the Ottoman Empire and their accession to the borders of Bulgaria in 1912. This is the first monument built in ...
The central City Park in Kardzhali is located in the city center between the pedestrian zone on Bulgaria Boulevard and the new Washington Boulevard. It is a popular retreat ...
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 ...
Elmala Baba was a religious complex that consists of a tomb,a mosque,a ritual house and surrounding buildings. It was built between 1362 - 1402. It is one of the most ...
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 ...
There used to be a Roman bridge at its present location, which was part of the famous ancient road "Via Ignasia" connecting the Aegean Sea and Thrace via Makaza Pass. ...
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 ...
It was built in 1980. It is believed that the building was erected after a severe drought. The grave of Ibrahim Baba is a square stone building, located amidst ...
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 ...
A few rock-hewn graves have been discovered about 200-300 metres below the summit where the Monyak fortress is situated.They have a quadrangual layout and trapezoidal vertical and horizontal section. ...
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. ...
Han Krum Memorial was built to honour the 1300th anniversary of the Bulgarian state. It contains the statue of Krum on a horseback. The figure is 4 metres high ...