The Western Rhodopes are the largest (66% of the area of the Rhodopes in Bulgaria), higher, most infrastructurally developed, and most visited part of the mountains. The highest and best known peaks are located in the region (more than 10 are over high) including the highest one, Golyam Perelik (). Among the other popular peaks are Shirokolashki Snezhnik (), Golyam Persenk (), Batashki Snezhnik (), Turla ().
