Architectural Reserve in the village of Shiroka Luka is located in the Rhodopes, 16 km from the resort of Pamporovo and 23 from the town of Smolyan.

The base Shiroka Luka belongs to the XVII century, and the name of the village comes from the ancient Bulgarian word "bark", which means bending. The architectural appearance of the village is a magnificent example of the Bulgarian Renaissance, and is thriving folk music culture, which, coupled with the picturesque places attracts many tourists.

Typical Rhodope storey house with bay windows and internal wooden stairs, an amphitheater located on both sides of the river. Most of the rooms - the broad, with massive wooden benches along the walls, but the relatively small windows. The most famous house in the village - Sgurovsky, Grigorovskiy, Uchikovsky.

Famous for the village and beautifully preserved folk traditions - were born famous singers and pipers, the successors of the Rhodope folklore. In 1972, the opening of the National School of Folk Arts.

Every first Sunday in the village of the March held "Pesponedelnik" - a festival of clowns (Mummer): giant monster with red wooden swords in their hands dance through the streets, forcing the accumulated evil of the souls of people and their houses. Kuker adorn themselves with garlic, peppers and beans, and a waist belt attached special Rhodope bells, which differ in size. The festival uchastvuyutrazlichnye teams from all over Bulgaria and Europe.

One of the key places of the village is the Ethnographic Museum, entitled "Zgurovsky Konak", which translates as "Sgurovskoe haven." It is equipped as one of the richest Rhodope houses of the last century. Also, a special place in the architectural appearance of the village is the temple of the Assumption, built in less than 40 days all the inhabitants of Shiroka Luka.

Of interest are the following attractions: the house, which belonged to the highest representative of the Bulgarian clergy - Exarch Stefan I, as well as a monument to him in the center of the village; monument to Petko Voevode (and his house) - revolutionaries who fought against the Ottoman yoke.

In the area of ​​Shiroka Luka located natural phenomena - rocks "Maiden" and "head" as well as man-made - the chapel of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, St. Theodore and St. Athanasius.