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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The local people call it “Dickily tash”. It is a lonely, distinctive crag that resembles a human figure. The following legend is known about it: One man decided to rest ...
An interesting geological phenomenon formed in the late 19th century. It is a high, cut through the middle hill, located left of the road to Vodenicharsko village, shortly before ...
"St. Athanasius" Church in Chernichevo village was built in the years 1847-1848, with the permission of the Turkish authorities. Ginyo Ginev, a wealthy man from the village, came up with ...
Тhis is a black pine forest - the eastmost black pine plantation in the country. The total protected area is 360 acres. The area of this reserve is heavily choppy, ...
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 ...
Тhe tree is adjacent to the church in Pchelarovo. It was declared a protected site in 1984.It is 25 meters high and the trunk circumference is 3.50 m. The peak ...
Two well-preserved sharapanas located about 200 meters apart. One is within the fenced area protecting the newly planted pine trees. Both basins are preserved and connected with a chute. The ...
This is the smallest maintained reserve in Kardzhali District. Its area is 30 acres.It faces northeast. The altitude is 450 m and the bedrock comprises sandstone. The soil ...
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 rock tomb by Yagnevo is a testimony of the presence of Thracian tribes in the area at the end of the second millennium BC.An arched niche with irregular shape ...
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 ...
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. ...