Sights in Municipality Ardino

The fortress Patmos is located on the territory of the municipality of Ardino, which is situated in southern Bulgaria, on the boundary of the west and east part of Rhodopi mountains. The fortress can be seen on the left bank of Borovitsa River, on a rocky peninsula. This fortress is bigger than the...

Krivus fortress is located in Southern Bulgaria, in the east part of Rodopi Mountains, near village of Bashevo. Not far away from it is situated the medieval castle Patamos. The Krivus fortress built in the X-th century in order to protect the area around the river Arda in the eastern parts of the ...

This Thracian sanctuary is located in the "Eagle Rocks" (Kartal Kaya) locality, about 4 km south of town of Ardino. The cult complex dates back to VI-IV century BC. and was used for rituals and burials. The sanctuary is a large rock in which are cut about 90 trapezoidal niches. These niches were us...

Near the village of Stoyanovo (Ardino municipality) were found traces of earlier cult activity dating back to the Late Bronze Age. The sanctuary is located on Mount Karaburun (from Turkish "Black Cape") which is 1027 m. in height. The peak is located on the watershed between the rivers M...

"The Devil`s Bridge" (the Turkish name is "Shaitan Kupru") was built in the late Middle Ages, in a picturesque narrow gorge over Arda River, about 5 kilometers northwest of the town Ardino. In this times here was passing the road connecting the area of ​​the Thracian lowland with Aegean. The brid...

The ruins of the Fortress Kaleto near town of Ardino are located in the area "Orlovi skali" ("Eagle Rocks"), about 500 meters away of a Thracian sanctuary. Nowadays it is totally demolished and it is difficult to be found, but the fortress was situated at the height before ...