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Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia · Public domainОбласт Хасково
Thracian tombs, volcanic Arda landscapes, wine, border fortresses and vulture country fill Bulgaria's southeast interior.
Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia · Public domainХасково
Haskovo spreads over hills above the Thracian plain, combining a monumental skyline, compact museums, parks and excellent access to the tombs, sanctuaries and wine routes of the southeast.
Klearchos Kapoutsis from Paleo Faliro, Athens, Greece. · CC BY 2.0An opulent Roman villa displays exceptional mosaics in Bulgaria's remote southeast corner.
Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia · Public domainHaskovoМонумент Света Богородица в Хасково
A hilltop monument and bell tower overlook a city of parks, museums and southern Bulgarian rhythms.
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Anton Lefterov · CC BY-SA 4.0AleksandrovoАлександровска гробница
A museum and replica reveal vivid Thracian hunting and banquet frescoes from a nearby sealed tomb.
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Klearchos Kapoutsis from Paleo Faliro, Greece · CC BY 2.0MezekКрепостта и гробницата при Мезек
A remarkably intact medieval fortress and a Thracian tomb stand amid Sakar vineyards near the border.
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Evgeni Dinev from Burgas, Bulgaria · CC BY 2.0MadzharovoМаджарово и лешоядите над Арда
An extinct volcanic caldera channels the Arda beneath cliffs inhabited by vultures.
Read the guideKlearchos Kapoutsis from Paleo Faliro, Athens, Greece. · CC BY 2.0IvaylovgradВила Армира
An opulent Roman villa displays exceptional mosaics in Bulgaria's remote southeast corner.
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Izvora · CC BY-SA 3.0Malko Gradishte near IvaylovgradГлухите камъни
Hundreds of rock niches, tombs, stairways and a later church form a large cult complex above the Arda landscape.
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Камен Ханджиев · CC BY-SA 4.0Dolni GlavanakКромлех при Долни Главанак
Upright stones arranged in an oval form a rare Iron Age megalithic monument in the Eastern Rhodopes.
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Klearchos Kapoutsis from Paleo Faliro, Greece · CC BY 2.0MatochinaКрепост Букелон
A surviving medieval tower rises over the Sakar borderland close to the site of the Battle of Adrianople.
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Bin im Garten · CC BY-SA 3.0Ivaylovgrad and BorislavtsiЯзовир Ивайловград и меандрите на Арда
The lower Arda widens into a long reservoir between dry volcanic hills, islands and remote borderland villages.
Read the guideTrains and buses serve Dimitrovgrad, Haskovo and Svilengrad corridors. Madzharovo and Ivaylovgrad have limited bus schedules.
Sakar wine · sesame tahini · Thracian dishes · fig jam
Марина1972 · CC BY-SA 3.0A slow clay-pot bake in which meat, seasonal vegetables and rice exchange flavours for hours.
What's in it Pork, lamb or beef, peppers, aubergine, okra, tomato, potato or rice, depending on season.
Mpb eu / Wikimedia Commons · public domainA soft, pull-apart yeast bread layered or rolled with white brined cheese and butter.
What's in it Flour, yeast, milk or yogurt, eggs, butter and sirene cheese.
Viktorija N. Ivanov / Wikimedia CommonsThe classic first order: tomatoes, cucumber and peppers under a generous snowy layer of white brined cheese.
What's in it Tomatoes, cucumber, roasted or fresh pepper, onion, parsley and sirene cheese.
Biso / Wikimedia CommonsCrisp filo layers wrapped around eggs, yogurt and white cheese—a warm Bulgarian breakfast staple.
What's in it Filo pastry, eggs, yogurt, sirene cheese and butter or oil.
Sumit Surai / Wikimedia CommonsA cooling yogurt and cucumber soup served cold—simple, fresh and especially popular in summer.
What's in it Yogurt, cucumber, garlic, dill, walnuts, water and a little oil.
Jeroen Kransen / Wikimedia CommonsRich meat and vegetables slowly cooked with paprika and savory, often arriving sizzling in a clay pot.
What's in it Pork or chicken, onion, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms and spices.Хасково
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