Sights in District Smolyan

The Nature Reserve of Kastrakli is located in the Western Rhodopes mountains, at the territory of Borino municipality, west of the village of Borino and 20 km away from town of Devin. It is situated at a high valley with altitude from 900 to 1290 meters. The area of the reserve is about 130...

"Cave Sharenka" is a small cave-museum, situated about 2.5 km away from the town of Madan. It is named after town largest district - Sharenka. The cave is located in  marble massif in a deep mountain gorge.It was found that the cave was used for mining and was inhabited during the Bronze Age ...

The "Wonderful Bridges" (also called "Erkyupria" - from Turkish "er" - land and "kiupria" - bridge) is one of the most spectacular natural phenomena in the Rhodopes. It is located about 5 km northeast of the village of Zabardo. It is assumed the formation was...

The Rock Phenomenon "Devil`s Bridge" is located in the Rhodope Mountain in region of "Haydushki Dol", 6 km south-east of Borino village. It is a rock bridge, 8-10m. in length and 2-3 m. wide. Its name comes from the belief that only the devil can cross it....

Cave "Lednitsata" is located 7.5 km west of the village of Gela (Smolyan municipality), in an old beech forest near the hut Lednitsata. It is part of Karst region of Zlosten, which has been declared a natural landmark. Here, at an area of 358 hectares, are concentrated some of the most ...

The Trigrad Gorge is a canyon of vertical marble rocks in the Rhodope Mountains, north of village of Trigrad. It is one of the largest and most attractive karst formations in Bulgaria and serves as an inviting attraction for rock climbers. Its western wall reaches 300m in height, and the oposite ...

Haramiyska cave (aka Haramiyska hole) is located in region of Trigrad, near by the Devil`s throat cave. The cave is not provided with all utilities, but it is used for cave tourism, because of the archaeological findings in it. The visitors can visit it only with a special equipment. The lovers of ...

"Kaleto" cave is located near the village of Koshnitsa and is one of the natural phenomenas in the region. It is located to the south of the road between the villages of Koshnitsa and Smilyan. The cave is accessible by footpath, which started around a kilometre before the village. There...

Uhlovitsa cave is located in Rhodopes mountain, 3km away of village of Mogilitsa in area of Blue Pools. It is one of the oldest caves in the region and has very beautiful "dendrite" formation, which look like sea corals. The cave is about 460 m long, 330 km out of which are well-explored and...

Yagodinska cave is the most beautiful cave in the Rhodopes. It is located south-west from village of Yagodina, at the end of Buynovsko Gorge. The cave is 10.5 km long and has 3 floors, from which only the lowest third is electrified and suitable for the tourists. Visitors enter the cave through an a...