Zabardo: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Zabardo provides access to hiking routes towards the Chernatitsa Ridge and through the surrounding meadows and fields. The village also has categorized tourist sites offering accommodation and catering options. Drivers should exercise extra caution on the narrow, winding road to Zabardo.

Nature

Nearby, the Wonderful Bridges are located in an ancient spruce forest at 1,450 m above sea level. They are a freely accessible natural landmark consisting of natural rock bridges formed over thousands of years.

At the Wonderful Bridges, an information centre provides information about the area, cultural and historical information about the municipality of Chepelare, and tourist services.

Culture

The local community centre houses an ethnographic exhibition featuring woven carpets and runners as well as carved panels; the exhibits are offered for sale. Zabardo also preserves the traditions of Rhodope folk music and Rhodope costumes. Festivals and fairs are held annually.

The Zabardovo Ferris wheel has a diameter of 6 m and was restored using wooden parts based on memories and photographs from the early 19th century.

Cuisine

At the turn-off to Zabardo and the Wonderful Bridges, the sculptural composition “Hospitality of the Rhodope Mountains” stands out. Fresh trout and fish specialities from a nearby fishpond are offered in front of it.

Zabardo’s culinary traditions include kachamak, patatnik and klin.

History

The Thracian fortress of Zagrad stands nearby on Chuka Peak, next to the road from Zabardo to the Plovdiv–Smolyan road. Thracian household pottery from the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age was found at the fortress. A landscaped path runs along the inside of its wall; signposts have been installed at Zagrad Fortress.

A section of an ancient Roman road is still visible near Zabardo. Parts of the ancient route known as the Via Egnatia have been preserved along the Chernatitsa Ridge above Zabardo.

Further information about nearby places: Progled, Orehovo, Hvoyna, Pavelsko.

Those wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Zabardo can continue their accommodation search afterwards.

To the main travel overview: Chepelare.