Smolyan Residential Area:
- The Revival age houses of Meramovi, Sarievi and a couple of other
- The overarched bridge across Cherna River built in the beginning of 18 th century
- The second biggest church of Bulgaria, St. Visarion Smolensky is situated in the city center
- The Planetarium is the biggest in Bulgaria
- The Museum of the History of Mid-Rhodope mountain possesses more than 150 000 exhibits - New Centre Complex
- The city Art Gallery accommodates thousands of masterpieces of artists and sculptors - New Centre Complex
Raikova Residential Area:
- The Pangalova House - valuable architectural monument of culture dating back to 1860
- Alibeev Konak - an old residential and economic activity complex
- Memorial-Bone vault was inaugurated in honour of the inhabitants of Raikovo, who died for the Liberation.
- St. Nedelya Church (1836) has a richly ornamented iconostasis and the Mazolevs Fountain.
Ustovo Residential Area:
- Mednikarska Charshiya - the old coppersmith marketplace
- The Hadjiivanovs House, which provided shelter to the headquarters of the Russian troops in the region during the Liberation War (1877-1878)
- The Sheremetevs, ?ankovs, Hadjichonovs Houses are also within this area
- St. Nikola Church is remarkable with its plentiful, rich wall painting and original architecture
- The Rhodope Drama Theatre is successfully functioning