Rodopi
is a mountain range in Bulgaria and Greece. The mountain is the most huge mountain range in Bulgaria and the loan around one seventh part from the bulgarian territory . Her footage is approximately 220-240 km, but latitude-up to 100 km. The general area of Rodopi is 18 000 a square km from which 14 571 square kilometers be in bulgarian territory.){kind=link}
A natural gate is Asenovgrad to the mountain range. Due to the handiness of lot of chapels and churches the region is known in this region under the name - Holy Mountain. An most important - looking entity is here Bachkovo monastery, That It is second latgest monastery in Bulgaria. Krustova Gora is considered by the Bulgarians as our "Rhodope Jerusalem".
They contain two parts in the relief - the Rodopi at idiosyncrasies: West (high) as well eastern (low). West Родопи crosses territories in 8732 square кm. Here are located Velingrad , Batak , Devin , Dospat.The most great resort on this mountain range Pamporovo that is on 30 kilometer from city Smolian is being found east of river Vacha. In this a section is being found highest the located city of the balkans – city Chepelare.
They meet together in west Rodopi typical karst forms: gorges Buinovsko and Trigrad gorge, caves – Snejanka, The Devil's Throat, Yagodinska and Lepenitsa, Wonder bridges, karst spring – Kleptuza. You must visit a village Trigrad obligatorily.
East Rodopi is being qualified with low level and cragged relief. The biggest city here is Kardjali. It doesn't be located away from him recently the open ancient city Perperikon.Most south points of east Rodopi are Momchilgrad and Zlatograd.
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