Leaving the Rhodope Mountains three days ago, I gravitated back toward Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where I had a shower and a night in a bed. At dawn the sun strikes the clock tower on Sahat Tepe, and the city ...

Exploring the Rhodope Mountains on horseback is a unique way to experience Bulgaria's natural beauty. This region, famous for ...

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A visit to the Bulgarian Rhodopes is a chance to explore one of Europe’s lesser-known mountain ranges - getty I realise that I’m on a very different kind of travel assignment when the entire tour ...

Bulgaria's Rhodope Mountains became the seventh area, part of the Rewilding Europe initiative. The project Rewilding Europe started in 2011, with main goal to recreate the kind of wilderness that has ...

Bulgarian and Greek municipalities have come together to offer joint tourist tours of the Rhodope Mountains. This has been announced by Zlatka Nikolova, head of the Bulgarian Association of Rhodope ...

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A safari is one of the best ways to discover the rich wildlife of this part of Bulgaria. Biodiversity expert Stefan works for Rewilding Rhodope, a non-profit organisation that defines itself as ...

They were once lords of the forest, hulking great beasts that provided sport for kings and counts as they wandered the wilds of Bulgaria. Now, the bison is back, with conservationists in the Balkan ...

The sounds of a Muslim call to prayer echoed through the forest, surprising me as I lay in my sleeping bag in the dark woods just outside the village of Dospat, Bulgaria. Then I recalled having read ...