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Zheravna is a village some 40 km north of Sliven. It's an architectural ethnographical open-air museum with many Bulgarian Revival buildings. There are houses from 17 and 18 centuries, a school from 1867, a cultural club from 1870, a church and drinking fountains. Most of the houses are wooden and very beautiful. Some of them, where prominent Bulgarians lived, were turned into museums: Yordan Yovkov's ( a great Bulgarian writer), Filaretov's, Ikonomov's, Kehaya's houses and others.
It makes a nice day-trip. Could be also combined with another old town, Kotel.
In some of the sea resorts there are organized trips. While working at Elenite Holiday Village I once guided a tour to Sliven ( a visit to a crystal factory, and then chair-lift to Karandila in Stara Planina) and then a visit to Zheravna and lunch at an old tavern. Leave a Comment
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 up on the roof by ettenajLeave a Comment
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 by alan1972
If you're based in Sofia it's easy to visit the Iskar Valley as a daytrip by train. Not all trains stop at the smaller stations so check timetables.
This picture was taken just after getting off the train at Gara Lakatnik. Just across the bridge is a cafe which marks the start of a trail that goes up the side of the cliff. It looks intimidating but it doesn't actually take long to get to the top. The views along the way make the effort worthwhile. Leave a Comment
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 Church of Sveta Bogoroditsa by alan1972
It's an easy excursion from Plovdiv as there are regular trains to Asenovgrad. You could also stop off on the way to or from Bachkovo Monastery, Leave a Comment
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 Preobrazhenski Monastery
in mist by alan1972
A nice way to get there is to hike over the hills from Veliko Tarnovo. Go to the highest part of the old Varosha quarter and look for the signposted 'eco trail' to the monastery. Leave a Comment
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 by bijo69
But during its short period of existence, Preslav must have been a splendid town. The outer city was spread over 5sq km and protected by a high stonewall and contained churches, monasteries and residences, the inner city was encircled with another wall and housed the royal palace.
Unfortunately you only see ruins of these nowadays, but the Archeological Museum has models of how the most important buildings once looked like.
The ruins of Veliki Preslav are 3 km from the "new" Preslav, which is located about 18km from Shumen. Leave a Comment
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Tryavna is a small town on the Northern slopes of central Stara Planina (the Balkan Mountain) about 20 km east of Gabrovo. It was founded in the 12 century and during the 18 and 19 cc was an important artisan centre (wool-carving, icon painting, weaving, etc.). There are a lot of old, Bulgarian Revival, houses and buildings, that’s why the central part is a protected area. There is an Icon and Woodcarving Museum, a clock tower from 1814, and old churches, schools and other buildings.
It’s a nice and quiet place to visit. Leave a Comment
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 Sample the wine by ettenajLeave a Comment
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Sliven was an iportant trade and industrial centre during the Bulgarian Revival. It was where the country's first textile factory was founded, in 1836 by Dobri Zhelyazkov.
There's a Historical Museum, an art gallery, ethnographcal museum, , and other buildings from the Bulgarian Revival. There are th museum-houses of Hadji Dimiter, Dobri Chintulov and Panayot Hitov.
The hills of the Balkan mountain (Stara Planina) tower above Sliven. That area is called Sinite Kamuny ( The Blue Rocks) and was turned into a national park. There are many huts, hotels and villas there. There's a chair lift to Karandila.
The pictures were all taken from the chair-lift. Leave a Comment
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Chudnite mostove (The Fascinating Bridges' is a natural phenomenon at the Tsenovo Reservoir (formerly called yazovir Guergui Traikov) half-way between Karnobat and Varna. A small road goes under those natural stone bridges, it's very picturesque. Leave a Comment
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