Sights in Municipality Kurdjali

The cave "Karangila" is located about 15 minutes walk from the center of village Shiroko pole. It can be reached by two routes - from the village (easier, following signs) or by the path from the fortress "Monyak" towards the old road to the town of Kardzhali.The cave entrance is difficult to be...

The Thracian rock niches near village of Dazhdovnitsa are one of the many megalithic monuments in the Eastern Rhodopes. They are cut high in volcanic rocks, not far in north direction from Dajdovnitsa. It is assumed that the niches were used as funerary urns or to place for gifts to the ...

Perperikon (aka Hyperperakion or Perperakion) is located in the Eastern Rhodope range, south of village of Gorna krepost and some 15 kilometers north-east of town of Kurdzhali. There is an archaeological complex which contains a large megalithic/Thracian sanctuary, a sacred city and medieval for...

The Historical Museum of Kardjali is housed in an interesting building from 1930. The museum has 3 departments and exposures disposed on 3 different floors: ArchaeologyIt is located on the first floor in 9 exhibition halls. The exposures covered the period from the Neolithic (New Stone Age) to the...

Vishegrad fortress (aka "Hissar Yustu" or "Gorna krepost") is located north of village of Vishegrad, in Rhodopes mountain. It is situated on a panoramic peak above the Arda River and dam of Studen Kladenets. The fortress was built probably in XII-XII century over the base of an...

The ruins of the medieval fortress of Monyak is located in Rhodopes mountain at rocky peak called "Sixth fortress" (586 meters),  2 km south of the village of  Shiroko Pole. It was built in XII-XIII century and used to be the main fortification of the Bulgarian rulers of the region at t...

The "Stone Wedding" is magnificent natural phenomenon located south of village of Zimzelen (Eastern Rhodopes), 5km away from Kardzhali. Nature has left a very impressive stone formation which resembles a gathering of people, animals and birds. There is an interesting legend about The St...

This amazing Thracian megalith - The Womb Cave (aka "The Vagina") is located near village of Nenkovo. It was discovered in 2001. The temple is shaped like the opening to a vagina. It leads into a cave deep about 22 m. and wide 2.5 m. A human hand shaped it into a place of conception constantly ...

Natural Phenomenon "The Stone Mushrooms" (aka "The Rock Mushroom") is disposed at an area of about 30 000 m2, 1 km north-east of village Beli Plast, near the road connecting towns of Haskovo and Kardjali. These are rock  formations which for millions of years have been shaped by ...

The first children`s railway in Bulgaria was constructed in 1962 in town of Kardzhali. It is located in the city Park "Prostor" and has a length of 1210 m. After lots of years when the it was a symbol of the town, gradually, in the years after the end of the socialism, the facility has ...