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bijo69 Says: The Etnographical Museum is housed in two beautiful revival period buildings. The exhibits include furniture and other items from times gone by. The caretaker will give you a tour with some explanations.Opening Times:8am-12pm, 1pm-5pmAdmission: 2BGN
bijo69 Says: If you walk uphill from Varosha for about 10 minutes you'll reach the ruins of the Hisarya Fortress. The foundations of the fortress date back to Roman times and in the 12th century the peace treaty between Bulgaria and Byzantium was signed here, leading to the creation of...
bijo69 Says: The Varosha is the old part of town where you'll see lots of traditional houses from National Revival Period. Most of them have been restored and some now house restaurants and shops. Quite a few museums and galleries are located here aswell.Definitely a lovely place to...
bijo69 Says: The covered pedestrian bridge connects the new centre and the Varosha quarter. It was first built in 1872, but has been destroyed and re-built over the years. The last major renovation dates back to 1982.There bridge houses mostly small shops, but also a few cafés.
Childish Says: hight: 14m
Childish Says: it contains of two houses: - 'Drasovata kashta' (Drasova house) - shows the lifestyle of a rich merchant family in the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 2th century- and 'Rashova kashta' (Rashova house) built in 1835, gives an idea of the lifestyle of...
Childish Says: The church of The Holy Mother, built in 1784
Childish Says: unfortunately all labels there are in Bulgarian onlythere are some possessions of Levski, photos, documents from Bulgarian uprisings and struggle against Ottoman yoke
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Childish Says: the old town Lovech with typical Bulgarian houses; since 1969 it is an architectial-historical reserve.
Childish Says: On this place there was a wooden covered bridge, built by Koljo Ficheto in 1874. The bridge burnt out in 1925. In 1931 a new bridge was build and since 1982 the bridge is renovated.There are gifts shops and cafe inside.
Childish Says: built at the time of the first Bulgarian State - around 9-10 century
ChristinaNest Says: That's Lovech's biggest attraction. You can buy souveniers from one of the gift stores inside. Sit down at the cafe and enjoy the view!
ChristinaNest Says: That's the old part of the town.
ChristinaNest Says: I takes just a few minutes of climbing to get there. From the fortress you can enjoy nice views of the town, the river and the hills around it.
bijo69 Says: The hotel Lovech is a massive concrete building right in the centre of town. The whole place is in desperate need of refurbishment, everything is well worn and tired looking. But my room aswell as the bathroom were clean (ok...the carpet had lots of spots, but I guess that...
bijo69 Says: The bus station in Lovech is located about one km Northwest of the town centre. Thereregular connections to nearby towns (eg. Troyan or Pleven) aswell as not so regular ones to Sofia. I travelled to Lovech by bus from Sofia which took about 3hrs and the ticket was 14BGN....
Childish Says: there are buses from Sofia to Lovech from the main bus station in Sofia:Bus Company Vitosha: 9h, 12h: price 10lvLovech Autotransport Company 10:30(without sunday), 15:30h, 17h: price 9lvduration 2:30h
Socialist architecture falling apart
bijo69 Says: Wandering around Lovech I came acoss this sign warning about falling tiles. So be careful getting to close to certain buildings!
Childish Says: Location: near the village of Brestnica (4km); named after the two brothers who took shelter there during the Ottoman yoke; In the cave there were found coins, pottery from the time of the Roman Empire.
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I takes just a few minutes of climbing to get there. From the fortress you can enjoy nice views of the town, the river and the hills around it.
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Lovech is a quiet provincial town in Central Bulgaria. The setting along the Osum river is quite beautiful and the Old Town certainly has charm. Definitely worth to stay for a day!
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The first village on this place was the Thracian Melta. The Lovech fortress was built during the First Bulgarian State to help Bulgarians in their struggle agains the Byzantine empire. In 1187 the...
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I don't know who decided to spell it 'Lowetsch", I guess some German-speaking guy. That's why it took me so long to add this nice town to my travel map. In Lovetch you can see the famous covered...
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Lovech is one of the very old towns in Bulgaria, which was originally found as a fortress, defending the roads via Sredna Stara planina. There are many fortresses in the area which have been built...
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