Ustra Fortress

Kardzhali · Bulgaria

Ustra Fortress, Bulgaria
Photo: Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to October
Budget
$
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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A well-preserved medieval Byzantine and Bulgarian fortress on a sharp peak in the eastern Rhodope mountains, its round and square towers rising from bare rock. The remote hilltop guarded passes toward the Aegean.

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