Upper Thracian Plain
The Upper Thracian Plain is a region in Bulgaria that occupies the southeastern part of the country. It's a fertile area dominated by the river Maritsa and its many tributaries, including the sizable Tundzha and Arda.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Plovdiv and Stara Zagora.
Plovdiv
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Plovdiv is a city in Central-South Bulgaria, the second-largest in the country and one of the oldest cities in Europe. Due to the remnants of its colourful past, it's one of the most popular tourist destinations in Bulgaria.
Stara Zagora
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Stara Zagora is a city in Northern Thrace, Bulgaria. It is the centre of booming industry, having a remarkable culture, and numerous tourist attractions.
Sliven
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Sliven is a city in Central Eastern Bulgaria, under the southern slopes of the Balkan Mountains. A rocky ridge, the Blue Stones, provides a scenic backdrop for the city.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Haskovo and Yambol.
Haskovo
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Haskovo is a city in South-Central Bulgaria, in the Upper Thracian Plain. Nearby, there are mineral springs, ancient Thracian tombs, and the communist-era "model city" of Dimitrovgrad, built from scratch in the 1950s.
Yambol
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Yambol is a city in the Upper Thracian Plain in South-Eastern Bulgaria, on the river Tundzha, relatively close to another province centre - Sliven under the Balkan Mountains.
Pazardzhik
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Pazardzhik is a city in Central Southern Bulgaria, on the banks of the Maritsa river in the narrowest part of the Upper Thracian Plain, relatively close both to the northern slopes of the Rhodope Mountains and the Sredna Gora range south of the Balkan Mountains proper.
Asenovgrad
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Asenovgrad is a city of 50,000 in South-Central Bulgaria, under the slopes of the Rhodope Mountains, not far from Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second largest city.
Svilengrad
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Svilengrad is a border town in the Upper Thracian Plain in Bulgaria, close to the point where the national borders of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey meet.
Hisarya
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Hisarya is a health resort in Central Bulgaria, famous for its hot mineral springs and the Roman ruins in its heart. It's one of the oldest and largest balneotherapy resorts in Bulgaria, and probably the most famous one; it produces one of the most well-known brands of bottled mineral water in the country, dating back to the Communist era.
Elhovo
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Elhovo is a small town in south-eastern Bulgaria, in the valley of the river Tundzha between the low Strandzha and Sakar mountains that take up the south-eastern tip of the country.
Rakovski
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Rakovski is a town in Central South Bulgaria, not far from Plovdiv. It's the largest predominantly Roman Catholic town in Bulgaria and home to several beautiful Catholic churches.
Upper Thracian Plain
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Upper Thracian Plain” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Trazia Garaiko ordokia”
- Bulgarian: “Горнотракийска низина”
- Bulgarian: “Горнотракийска Низина”
- Bulgarian: “Маричина низина”
- Bulgarian: “Тракийската низина”
- Cebuano: “Gornotrakiyska Nizina”
- Chinese: “上色雷斯平原”
- Czech: “Hornothrácká nížina”
- Czech: “Marická nížina”
- Dutch: “Thracische vlakte”
- German: “Mariza Ebene”
- German: “Oberthrakische Ebene”
- German: “Oberthrakische Tiefebene”
- German: “Thrakische Ebene”
- German: “Thrakische Tiefebene”
- Greek: “Βόρεια Θρακική Πεδιάδα”
- Hebrew: “אזור המישורים הצפוני של תראקיה”
- Hungarian: “Felső-Trák-alföld”
- Indonesian: “Dataran Trakia Atas”
- Japanese: “上トラキア平地”
- Lithuanian: “Aukštutinės Trakijos žemuma”
- Macedonian: “Горнотракиска Низина”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Den trakiske slette”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den øvre trakiske sletta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den thrakiske sletta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den trakiske sletta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gornotrakijska nizina”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Горнотракийска низина”
- Norwegian: “Den trakiske slette”
- Polish: “Nizina Górnotracka”
- Portuguese: “Planície da Trácia Superior”
- Russian: “Верхнефракийская низина”
- Russian: “Верхнефракийская низменность”
- Russian: “Горнофракийская низина”
- Russian: “Горнофракийская низменность”
- Russian: “Марицкая низменность”
- Russian: “Фракийская долина”
- Russian: “Фракийская равнина”
- Slovak: “Hornotrácka nížina”
- Spanish: “Llanura tracia superior”
- Spanish: “Llanura tracia”
- Swedish: “Gornotrakijska Nizina”
- Swedish: “Övre Thrakiska låglandet”
- Turkish: “Yukarı Trakya Ovası”
- Ukrainian: “Верхньофракійська низовина”
- Ukrainian: “Марицька низовина”
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