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Devil's Bridge (Dyavolski Most)
Elegant 16th-century Ottoman arch bridge spanning the Arda River in a wild Rhodope gorge near Ardino, reached by a short mountain road: a legendary photo stop steeped in folklore.
20 km · about 25 min drive
Smolyan, Bulgaria · Europe
Madan is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Rudozem, 48km from Devil's Throat Cave.
Madan is a town located in Smolyan, Bulgaria. With a population of 5,661, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Madan sits in Bulgaria, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Sofia time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Madan to your route.
Madan (Bulgarian: Мадан [mɐˈdan]) is a town in Smolyan Province, the very south of Bulgaria in the Yellow Share of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Madan Municipality. In 2019, the town had a population of 6,597.
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Madan is located in Smolyan, Bulgaria, Europe. The coordinates are 41.4987 latitude, 24.9397 longitude.
Madan has a population of approximately 5,661 people, making it a town in Bulgaria.
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Full driving guide for Bulgaria6 notable places within an hour's drive.
bridge
Elegant 16th-century Ottoman arch bridge spanning the Arda River in a wild Rhodope gorge near Ardino, reached by a short mountain road: a legendary photo stop steeped in folklore.
20 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
A cave in the Trigrad gorge where a river plunges into an underground hall, visited via a tunnel entrance with roadside parking.
48 km · about 55 min drive
famous road
Narrow Rhodope canyon road squeezing between 250 m marble cliffs to the Devil's Throat Cave, where a river thunders underground: one of Bulgaria's most dramatic drives.
49 km · about 55 min drive
ancient ruins
The largest megalithic complex in the Balkans: an entire city with palace, shrine and streets hewn from a rocky hilltop in the Eastern Rhodopes, occupied from 5000 BCE and linked by legend to an oracle of Dionysus.
50 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
Two natural marble rock arches formed by a collapsed cave in the Rhodope mountains, reached by a paved road with a car park.
51 km · about 60 min drive
castle
A medieval fortress ruin with a surviving 13th-century church on a rock spur above the Chepelare river, beside the Asenovgrad–Smolyan road.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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