Sights in District Kardjali

The Thracian sanctuary near village Obichnik is located on a huge rock which looks as a figure of an animal and called by locals "Yumruk Kaya" or "The Lion". The rock has carved stone niches where the ancient Thracians were put ritual objects - votive clay pots and tiles. Some o...

In the area Klise basha north of the village Chiflik (Kardjali region) is located an interesting archaeological complex of religious sites and tombs. It is linked with the nearby (at 2km) complex Perperikon, and today is included in the common tourist route with it. The most interesting object there...

The Rope bridge over the "Studen Kladenets" dam has a length of 260 meters and is the longest cable-stayed bridge in Bulgaria. It is built on one of the narrowest sections of the dam between the villages of Shiroko pole (at North) and Lisitisite (at South). This is the only pedestrian c...

The Rock tomb in Mazhentsi (former village) is an evidence for the presence of Thracian tribes in theese lands from the end of the second millennium BC. The site is located northeast of the center of the village Dedets and is a well preserved domed tomb which resembles a cave. It is cut in the base...

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 Sharapanas (from Turkish sharap - wine) near village of Nochevo are located not far away by the Thracian religious complex in Pamuk Kaya locality. These are two facilities, carved on monolithic rocks and representing stone reservoirs for liquids with grooves between them. It is believed that in...

Art Gallery "Stanka Dimitrova" in Kardzhali was founded in 1961  as a branch of the National Art Gallery but in 1967 it was separated as a self-dependent institution. The gallery is housed in a historic building - a former Turkish konak (police building). The exposures include col...

Elmala Baba Tekke is located in the Eastern Rhodopes mountain, near Bivolyane village (municipality Momchilgrad). This is a sacred place for the Muslims-alevii. It is assumed that the site was built in the XVII century, because there was found an inscription from this period, which is believed was ...

"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 Fair in Elmala baba teke locality near village of Bivolyane is first from the many fairs of the Muslims-alevii (a religious branch of the unorthodox Islam) held every autumn in the Eastern Rhodopes mountain. These events are called "autumn maeta" and are traditional for the Alevi...