Rodopi Mountain Range National Park
Vast mixed forests of oak, spruce and beech along Greece's Bulgarian border
The park covers the central-west massif of the Greek Rhodope Mountains and includes the largest and most productive forest ecosystems in Greece. Its slopes hold the southernmost spruce in the region and Lilium rhodopeum, a lily found nowhere else in the world.
Things to do
- On footWalk through the kermes oak, chestnut and hornbeam woods that cover most of the park
- On footClimb to the high ground where chamois live
- WildlifeWatch for golden eagles, peregrine falcons and Eurasian eagle-owls
- Try thisFollow the Nestos river along the park's southern edge
Also worth seeing
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Mount Falakro
Its north-east slopes mark where the park's southern boundary begins. - 3
Kato Neurokopi
Near this point in Drama the park's northern boundary along the Bulgarian border begins.