Sights in Municipality Rakitovo

From September 19, 2913 in the village of Dorkovo function interesting Natural-Science museum called "Pliocene epoc park". It presents findings from the Pliocene epoch found in the deposit "Kokalite" ("The Bones") around the village.The deposit is the largest, known to the paleontologists, cluster...

The Clock Tower in Rakitovo was built in 1872 with donations from two local residents - Veli Haji Musa Efendi and his son - Hafiz Hussein Effendi. It was built on Brdo hill, close to the eastern part of the town.The tower is made of wood and stone and has an octagonal shape with a conical roof,...

The Tzepina fortress is situated in Rhodopes mountain, in the northeastern end of the Chepinska valley, some 6 km north-west of village of Dorkovo. It was built around IX century on a high rocky summit rising 1136 m above sea level.  In XII – XIII century, it was an important Medieval to...

Mantaritsa Biosphere Reserve is located at the territory of municipality of Rakitovo, not far away of Batak dam and Tsigov Chark resort. There are kept most magnificent coniferous forests in Bulgaria. The vegetation is impassable for the most part, and resembles a jungle. The most common trees in ...

The cave of Lepenitsa (in municipality Rakitovo) is situated on the left bank of Lepenitsa River in Rhodopes mountain, about 13 km away of town of Velingrad and 10 km away of town of Rakitovo (there is another cave "Lepenishki pech", called also Lepenitsa that is located near village of B...

The mount of "Pashino bardo" rises in the western part of the Mantaritsa reserve, about 4 km south-west of Tsigov Chark resort and 6 km south of town of Rakitovo. There were found remains of an ancient Thracian fortress. The wall of the fortification was more than 1 m wide. Its current...