The monument of Mother Bulgaria

The Monument of the Perished in the Wars (The monument of Mother Bulgaria)   In the center of the town, just between the Town Council and the Military Club, there is a small park - a place for the Monument of the Perished in the Wars: The Russian- Turkish in 1877-78, the Serbian -Bulgarian in 1885, the Balkan Wars during the period 1912-1913 and the First World War from 1915 to 1918. The ...

The monument of the Assens (The Horseman)

The monument of the Assens (The Horseman) is dedicated to the Bulgarian kings Assen 1st, Peter, Kaloyan and Ivan Assen 2d - the sovereigns, during which reign /1185-1241/ the BulgarianMedievalState with Tarnovgrad as its capital reaches its highest political, economical and cultural point. The monument is built in honor of the 800th anniversary from the proclamation of Veliko Tarnovo as the capita...

The House with the Monkey

  The House with the Monkey was built in 1848 for the merchant of Veliko Tarnovo, Nikola Koev. The national genius Kolyo Fitcheto has created a unique three-storied building. The house is remarkable for its free and merry outlook even in this narrow space. The house is uniquely designed from the inside. The roof is crowned with a glass dome that lets the light in, the oriels make the upper fl...

The Sarafkina House

Sarafkin’s house is one of the architectural jewelries in Veliko Tarnovo. It is located on the historical street “Gurko” and is a part of the old revival’s appearance of the town. The house is built in 1861 for the needs of the boyar trader Dimo Sarafina but eventually it is inherited by his wife Anastasia Sarafkata and becomes famous with the name Sarafkin’s house. ...

Tsarevets Architectural and Museum Reserve

The Tsarevets ( Tzarevetz ) hill is the most famous historical attraction in Veliko Tarnovo. It was the main fortress of the medieval Bulgarian capital Veliko Tarnovo that during the 12-th - 14-th centuries achieved the fame of "The second Constantinople" and the "Third Rome" was one of the largest in the European Southeast. The archaeological excavations carried out at Tsarev...

Tsarevets, Sound and Light audiovisual show

The "Tsarevgrad Turnov – Sound and Light" ("Zvuk i svetlina") audio-visual show is an unique attraction. The programme was created by a team of Bulgarian and Czech specialists managed by Vulo Radev and Jaromir Hnick. The first ever release of the programme was in 1985, to commemorate 800 years since the rebellion of the brothers Asen and Peter. The show is organized ...

Tsarevets, The Fortress Of The Bulgarian Kings And Patriarchs

One of the most attractive and visited museums in the town of Veliko Tarnovo is the fortress called Tsarevets  – The Fortress Of The Bulgarian Kings And Patriarchs .  Thracians, Byzantines, Slavs and proto-Bulgarians have left here traces from their attendance. The restored fortress walls and towers, the ruins of the king’s palace, the patriarchal temple, raised its silhouett...

Samovodska Charshia

The ,,Rakovski street” of today has been one of the liveliest and crowdedcraft and market street of Veliko Turnovo, known as ,,Samovodska Charshia”. Today most of the houses and workshops along this street are restored. The masters use old technologies and work with the original tools while visitors may watch them creating their crafts. Active workshops are: a potter, an icon painters ...

Tsarevets, The Baldwin Tower

    There are places in Bulgaria connected entirely with the spirit of our ancient history. Such a sacred place for the Bulgarians is the Great Tarnovgrad. It is no chance that the patriarch Kalist from Constantinople in saint’s Teodosii Tarnovski passionary writes: “The town of Tarnovo is the capital of the Bulgarians and is the second town in words and in deeds after C...

The Patriarchal Complex Of The Hill Tsarevets

The patriarchate is situated in the centre of the fortress Tsarevets. It inspires respect and regard among the Bulgarian people and the multiple visitors. The patriarchate represents irregular polygon and it’s enclosed on all sides with high fortified walls reinforced with counter forts and towers. Two towers in north and south predominate over the whole fortress system. Above the principal...

The Hills of Veliko Tarnovo

The panorama of  Tarnovo - there are Tzarevetz, picturesque walls, towers, mosques, minarets, churches, cupolas, bridges, gardens, rocks and the river Yantra.  In the West on the steep left river bank was located the Cristian quarter. There were built houses, shops, inns - pressed one to each other in a very narrow streets(the so called "cobblestone pavement"). It's hard to ...

Gurko street

Gurko Street Those of the tourists, who enjoy the beautiful sights, often can be seen taking a walk along the cobbled Gurko Street, with cameras in hands. The houses in it, built during the 18th and the 19th centuries, raise amphiteathrically one above the other, reflected picturesquely in the river below. The street also offers an unequalled view towards the Monument of the Assens, the Veliko ...