Rhodopes

Highlights

1. 1

   Rhodope Mountains

   Two mountains in one: marble karst in the west, bare hills in the east

   3–10 h

   BuhaM · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2. 2

   Rozhen Observatory

   The largest telescope in the Balkans, on a ridge at 1,759 metres

   45 min–1.5 h

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3. 3

   Uhlovitsa Cave

   A staircase cave in the far south Rhodopes, guided only, on the hour

   1–1.8 h

   Kiril Kapustin · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
4. Map4

   Golyam Perelik (peak)

   The highest point in the Rhodopes, and you cannot stand on it

   2–5 h

   Ikonact · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
5. 5

   Trigrad Gorge

   A marble slot the road squeezes through, with a river that vanishes

   45 min–2 h

   Evgeni Dinev from Burgas, Bulgaria · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
6. 6

   Tsepina

   A Rhodope citadel on a cone of rock, and the seat of a rebel despot

   45 min–1.5 h

   Спасимир · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons