Veliko Tŭrnovo

Worth seeing in and around Veliko Tŭrnovo

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Veliko Tarnovo University

   University

   1.7 km · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Holy Forty Martyrs Church

   The Holy Forty Martyrs Church (Bulgarian: църква "Св. Четиридесет мъченици", tsarkva "Sv.

   1.7 km · church in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Vasil Levski National Military University

   The Vasil Levski National Military University is Bulgaria's national military academy.

   2.2 km · military university in Bulgaria · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Library of Veliko Tarnovo

   The Library of Veliko Tarnovo is the third largest library in Bulgaria.

   1.1 km · library in Bulgaria · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Transfiguration Monastery

   The Transfiguration Monastery or the Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration of God is an Eastern Orthodox monastery located in the Dervent gorge of the Yantra River. It lies near the village of Samovodene, seven kilometres north of Veliko Tarnovo, in central northern Bulgaria.

   4.4 km · monastery in Bulgaria · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of God

   The Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of the Lord is a former Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the city of Veliko Tarnovo, in north central Bulgaria. Located on top of the fortified Tsarevets hill in the former capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, the cathedral was the seat of the Bulgarian patriarch from its construction in the 11th–12th century to its destruction in 1393.

   1.9 km · church in Bulgaria · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of St Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Veliko Tarnovo

   The Church of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki (Bulgarian: църква "Св. Димитър Солунски", tsarkva "Sv.

   1.7 km · church in Bulgaria · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Sveta gora

   Sveta gora is a hill in Tarnovgrad that used to be a spiritual and literary center in the Second Bulgarian Empire.

   1.5 km · hill in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Devingrad

   Momina krepost also called Devingrad is a medieval stronghold located on a hill with the same name in Veliko Tarnovo in northern Bulgaria. This hill was one from the three main hills when Medieval Tarnovgrad was the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire.

   2.3 km · Medieval Fortress · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Church of Saints Peter and Paul

    The Church of Saints Peter and Paul (Bulgarian: църква "Св. св.

    2 km · church in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria · Wikipedia

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Getting to Veliko Tŭrnovo

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Plovdiv (PDV), 129 km · Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu (BBU), 163 km · Burgas (BOJ), 164 km

• Plovdiv → Veliko Tŭrnovo

  126 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · лв18–24
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• Burgas → Veliko Tŭrnovo

  163 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · лв19–26
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• Varna → Veliko Tŭrnovo

  186 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · лв20–26
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