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Childish Says: Founded in 1971 the expositions were renewed in 2005 with the new archeological finds in the are. Located in an former Officer's house built in 1895. There are three exhibitions. The first one - the archeological exhibition presents the finds in the region inhabited from...
Church Sveta Bogorodica Blagoveshtenie
Childish Says: On this place there was initially a Thracian sanctuary. Then there was a chapel of Bachkovo monastery. The church was built in 1835 using the grounds of the chapel and that's why the church has very interesting architecture.The church is also called Ribnata (Fish church)...
Childish Says: This church has very interesting story. The initiative for building of this church belongs to the Bulgarians living in the area. At that time the services in the churchs were done in Greek language. The Bulgarians wanted their own church where Bulgarian language to be used....
Assen's Fortress, St Mary of Petrich Church
Childish Says: Built in 13th century with inique 14th - century murals.Find pictures of frescoes in my travelogue.
albert34 Says: The town has not much to see but there is a nice way to the Assen's Fortress.3 kms,lighty steep,it's easy to walk.
Assen's Fortress, Assen's insription
Childish Says: The fortress was included into the territory of the Second Bulgarian State in 1230 after the battle of Klokotnitsa. Tsar Assen renovates and strengthen the fortess. An evidence for that is the inscription on a rock there. Because of this inscription the fortress is named...
Childish Says: Built in the 9th century to protect the Byzantine border although there are archeological finds that prove that the fortress had existed at the time of Thracians. Further reconsructioned at the time of the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II in the 13th century and named after him...
desert_princess Says: A Beautiful Renaissance house at the exit of Assenovgrad.These type of architecture is typical for houses in the Old Plovdiv and Koprivshtitza.
Childish Says: A night in a double room. Rooms are renovated. A double room with air conditioning costs 35lv.On Fridays and Saturdays there is a party in the hotel's bar and the music is very loud. Located into the city centre.
Hotel Stari Vremena: "Old Times"
SallyM Says: This hotel is located in the old part of town in a restored building of the 'Bulgarian renaissance' period. There is a pleasant courtyard and downstairs 'tavern', where we had an excellent dinner.Our room was quite small, but adequate, with private facilities, mini-bar,...
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Having already enjoyed a couple of quiet beers at one off the cabins just up the road from the railway station I wasn't in any mood to venture much further (and the drizzly rain didn't help). Heading back towards the station I noticed this little pizza place on the corner and gave it a whirl.
The pizza menu is pretty much just that, with a few salads thrown in, and so being in Roma I opted for the flamboyantly-sounding "Pizza Bella Italiya". This turned out to be tasty enough though I'm not quite sure what the "Bella Italiya" bit was all about - perhaps it was the sprinkly of dried basil and the 5 olives?
Service was friendy, the restaurant itself is quite chic (with a bit of faux marble, a map of Italy and a live tree growing through the roof) and for a grand total of 7 leva there's no complaints from this quarter.
Updated Jan 26, 2010
Address: Blvd Vasil Levski 37
Phone: 0331 67576
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As I mentioned in my intro page Asenovgrad is served by the most modern train in Bulgaria as part of the infrastructure for the recently modernised Plovdiv International Airport. From Plovdiv there's 17 trains a day in each direction with the journey taking about 25 minutes to cover the 18 km. Inside the carriages there's an LCD display of the station stops (in Cyrillic and Roman characters) and the stations are announced by an electronic voice.
As you would expect from an airport train there's plenty of luggage space with deep overhead racks and what looks like removable seats to creat further space if required. All the airport needs now is some planes!
Written Jan 26, 2010
Website: www.bdz.bg
When you travel through Asenovgrad for example to backovo, you will see many people selling melones during the summer days. Stop and buy one. So deliciously and healthy.
Written Dec 14, 2010
Dizzyhead Says: This town is very popular among people in Bulgaria for one thing. When they will get married they come here and buy a wedding dress. When I passed through this city I saw so many wedding clothes shops. So, if you plan to get married soon, perhaps this is the city for you to...
SallyM Says: We were puzzled on driving into Asenovgrad to see that one whole street was almost entirely given over to shops selling wedding dresses.We later found out that the town used to be a centre for silk production and was therefore the first port of call for brides to be. Even...
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Favorite thing: If you're heading to or from the railway station and fancy a nibble on the hoof, or to sit and enjoy a couple of cheap beers, then this little row of cabins on Blvd Vasil Levsky will fit the bill perfectly. There's a chicken rotisserie, a couple of Doner takeaways, a convenience store and a little wooden cafe bar where a bottle of Zagorka is only 1.20.
Good enough for me but a little too damp to have a take-away which is how I ended up down the road at the Pizzeria Roma.
PS I think the bus station is behind here as well.
Updated Jan 26, 2010
Pizza, Beer and a Flash New Train
I'd put Asenovgrad on my list of places to visit for the simple reason that I've tried a few of their wines. However this visit was merely on a whim, having just gotten back to Plovdiv after an...
Gateway to the Rodopi Mountains
We passed through Asenovgrad on our way to a walking holiday in the Rodopi mountains.
Asenovgrad is 18 kms.from Plovdiv. My train trip lasted 30 minutes between both towns. ¿What is its speed in kms/h?.
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