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Rhodope Mountains

The Rhodope Mountains, or the Rhodopes, are a mountain massif and a cultural region in southern and northern . They offer a captivating blend of dramatic landscapes, ancient Thracian sites, mystical folklore, and authentic Bulgarian-Greek culture.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Smolyan and Kardzhali.

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is a town in the Rhodope Mountains of . It occupies the narrow gorge of the Cherna River in the East Rhodope Mountains, and has 34 000 residents.

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is a city in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains, in the south of . It's the gateway to the Eastern Rhodopes, with quite a few natural features and ancient Thracian sites nearby.

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is a spa town in in the far south of . It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Municipality. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 7,054.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Pamporovo.

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is a ski and mountain resort in the Western Rhodope Mountains in southern , not far from . Established in the 1930s, it's one of the most famous ski resorts in the country and hosts international winter sports competitions.

Rhodope Mountains

  • Type: Mountain range
  • Description: mountain range
  • Also known as: “Despoto Dagh”, “Dospad Dagh”, “Orosirá Rodhópis”, “Rhodope Gebirge”, “Rhodopes”, “Rodhópi Mountains”, “Rodhópi Óri”, and “Rodope Oros”
  • Location: ,
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Latitude of center
41.5977° or 41° 35′ 52″ north
Longitude of center
24.7682° or 24° 46′ 5″ east
Elevation
1,437 metres (4,715 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1213668279
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
734402
Wiki­data ID
Q6489
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Rhodope Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Mali Rodop”
  • Arabic: “جبال رودوب”
  • Aragonese: “Monts Rhodopeyos”
  • Armenian: “Ռոդոպներ”
  • Asturian: “Montes Ródope”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rodop dağları”
  • Basque: “Rodopeak”
  • Belarusian: “Радопы”
  • Bosnian: “Rodopi”
  • Bulgarian: “Родопи, Rodopi”
  • Bulgarian: “Родопи”
  • Catalan: “Ròdope”
  • Cebuano: “Rhodope Mountains”
  • Chinese: “罗多彼山脉”
  • Croatian: “Rodopi”
  • Czech: “Rodopy”
  • Danish: “Rhodope-bjergene”
  • Dutch: “Rodopegebergte”
  • Esperanto: “Rodopoj”
  • Estonian: “Rodope mäed”
  • Finnish: “Rodópi”
  • Finnish: “Rodopivuoret”
  • French: “Rhodopes”
  • Galician: “Montañas Ródope”
  • Georgian: “როდოპები”
  • German: “Rhodopegebirge”
  • German: “Rhodopen”
  • German: “Rodopi”
  • Greek: “Οροσειρά Ροδόπης”
  • Greek: “Ροδόπη”
  • Hebrew: “אזור הרי רודופי”
  • Hebrew: “רודופי”
  • Hungarian: “Rodope”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Rodopi”
  • Italian: “Monti Rodopi”
  • Italian: “Rodopi”
  • Japanese: “ロドピ山脈”
  • Javanese: “Pagunungan Rhodope”
  • Kazakh: “Родоп таулары”
  • Kazakh: “Родопи”
  • Kirghiz: “Родопи тоолору”
  • Korean: “로도피 산맥”
  • Korean: “로도피산맥”
  • Ladin: “Crëps de Rhodope”
  • Latin: “Rhodope”
  • Latvian: “Rodopi”
  • Lithuanian: “Rodopai”
  • Macedonian: “Родопи”
  • Malay: “Pergunungan Rhodope”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rodopifjellene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rodopifjella”
  • Norwegian: “Rodopifjellene”
  • Persian: “رشته‌کوه‌های ردوپه”
  • Polish: “Rodopy”
  • Portuguese: “Montanhas Ródope”
  • Portuguese: “Ródope”
  • Romanian: “Munții Rodopi”
  • Russian: “Родопы”
  • Serbian: “Родопи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rodopi”
  • Slovak: “Rodopy”
  • Slovenian: “Rodopi”
  • Spanish: “Montañas Ródope”
  • Spanish: “Rodope”
  • Spanish: “Ródope”
  • Swahili: “Rodopi”
  • Swedish: “Rodopi”
  • Swedish: “Rodopibergen”
  • Turkish: “Rodop Dağları”
  • Ukrainian: “Родопи”
  • Uzbek: “Rodop togʻlari”
  • Venetian: “Monti Rodopi”
  • Vietnamese: “Dãy núi Rhodope”
  • Welsh: “Mynyddoedd Rhodope”
  • Western Armenian: “Ռոտոփի (լեռնաշղթայ)”
  • Western Armenian: “Ռոտոփի”
  • Wu Chinese: “罗多彼山脉”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Rhodope Mountains”. Photo: Reeee, CC BY-SA 4.0.