The Kapinovo Monastery “Saint Nikola the Miracle Worker” is located 14 km from the city of Veliko Tarnovo and some 5 km from the village of Velchevo. The Monastery is declared an artistic and cultural landmark in Issue № 51 of The State Decrees for 1973. According to an inscription that no longer...

The Kilifarevo Monastery “Nativity of the Virgin” is located 16 km from Veliko Tarnovo and roughly 5 km from the city of Kilifarovo. The monastery and the iconostasis in the monastery church were declared an artistic landmark in Issue 51 of the State Decrees for 1973.

The Kilifarevo Monaste...

The International Festival of Brass Orchestras is held every year in the eve of 22 September – the independence day of Bulgaria, and lasts for 4 or 5 days. It is a part of the cultural program of Veliko Tarnovo municipality. The festival is the first of its kind in Bulgaria. 

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The Kolyu Ficheto – Life and Work Exhibition is displayed in the History Museum in Dryanovo. The exhibition was opened on 20 July 1969 in memory of the renowned master builder.

Nikola Ivanov Fichev, nicknamed Kolyu Ficheto, was born in Dryanovo in 1800. He began learning the trade at an ear...

Bacho Kiro cave is located in the region of Dryanovo Monastery (south-west of town of Dryanovo), in the picturesque canyon of Andaka river and Dryanovska river, about 25 km from Veliko Turnovo. The cave is first electrified cave in Bulgaria (1964).

Bacho Kiro cave is a complicated, four sto...

The town of Elena is situated in the high parts of the North Balkan, at a distance of 40 km from Veliko Tarnovo and 260 km from Sofia. The population of the town is approximately 6500 people.

According to the historical evidences, the Elena valley was inhabited as early as the late Neolith...

Veliko Tarnovo is a town situated in North Bulgaria, an administrative center of the Veliko Tarnovo county. The town is situated in the valley of the river Yantra, at a distance of 241 km from the capital – Sofia, 228 km from the city of Varna, and 107 km from the town of Ruse.

The Gorna Or...

The village of Arbanasi is located on a high plateau 4 km from the city of Veliko Tarnovo.

It is known that the village existed during the time of the Second Bulgarian State (1185 - 1393). At that time the Bolyari living in the capital Tarnovo used it as a summer residence. According to leg...

The Archaeological Museum of Veliko Tarnovo presents the Tarnovgrad – Capital of Bulgaria in the 12th – 14th Centuries Exhibition. The archaeological monuments which are part of it demonstrate the millennial history and culture of the Veliko Tarnovo Region. Special attention is devoted to the per...