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 ...

Just before I left Britain I had the chance to listen to some beautiful harmonies sung by the London Bulgarian Choir. The traditional songs of love and tales of rural bliss proved an inspiring ...

An international expedition will seek signs left by an ancient civilization in the prehistoric sanctuaries of Belintash, Tatul and Harman Kaya in Bulgaria's Rhodope mountains. This initiative is ...

Bulgarian folklore singers, dancers and musicians gathered Saturday to show the best of their skills and mastership at the traditional Rozhen fair. This year's venue held in the bosom of the Rhodopes ...

A sign declaring the birthplace of Orpheus greets visitors to the village of Gela, high in Bulgaria's southern Rhodopes Mountains. According to legend, Orpheus - the mythical Greek musician, poet, and ...

Bulgaria’s mountain region of Dzhebel is bucking the general trend of depopulation, and its citizens are looking forward to a bright future fuelled with tourism and innovation. In an interview with ...

Anthropological Journal of European Cultures, Vol. 22, No. 2, THEMATIC FOCUS: Being Muslims in the Balkans: Ethnographies of Identity, Politics and Vernacular Islam in Southeash Europe (2013), pp.