cultural heritage Bulgaria

Dolen Village, Rhodope Mountains – Bulgaria’s secret gem

Veneta Nikolova
  Dolen Village in Bulgaria seems frozen in time. Unlike nearby villages Kovachevitsa and Leshten, it hasn’t been transformed by tourism or concrete developments. Many houses are empty and crumbling; the narrow streets are overgrown in places, riddled with ruts and barely passable. There’s not a single paved road, no...

600 years old Wooden mosque and healing stones attract visitors in a remote bulgarian village

Veneta Nikolova
The wooden mosque in Podkova village is shrouded in mysteries. Podkova is another amazing old village in the folds of the Eastern Rhodopes, which ignited my imagination. The village does not shine with preserved architecture or natural beauties, but it’s hidden gems attract more and more tourists. The village of...
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