Sights in Region North-Central

Village of Bojentsi (aka Bojentsite) is located 16 km. east of Gabrovo. This is one of the few villages in Bulgaria, which has preserved all its view from the period of Bulgarian Renaissance. The houses and buildings in the village have been renovated to their view from XVIII century.The houses are...

"Ibrahim Pasha" mosque in town of Razgrad is the third largest at the Balkans and the scond in Bulgaria (after Tombul mosque in Shumen). It was built in the period 1523-1536 by Bulgarian masters in order of Ibrahim Pasha (mosque named after him) - Grand Vizier of Sultan Suleiman I the...

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. The cave is first electrified cave in Bulgaria (1964).Bacho Kiro cave is a complicated, four storey labyrinth of galleries and branches ...

Veliko Turnovo (Tarnovgrad) was the capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom (1187-1393). The town was situated on three hills - Tsarevets, Trapezitsa and Sveta Gora. The main Royal Palace, the patriarchate and other important state buildings were located behind the walls of Tsarevets fortress. T...

The ruins of the ancient Roman town "Nicopolis ad Istrum" are located on a plateau on the left bank of the river of Yantra, south-west ot village of Nikyup. The town was founded by the Roman emperor Marcus Ulpius Traianus to honor his victories over the Dacians tribes in 101 and 106. The...

The monastery "St.St. Petar and Pavel" (aka "Petropavlovski monastery" or "Lyaskovets monastery") is located west of town of Lyaskovets. It perches over the high and inaccessible rocks of the Arbanasi plateau. The monastery is one of the 14 monasteries built nearby t...

The Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo are located on a high rocky banks 32m above Rusenski Lom river, near village of Ivanovo and 18 km south of town of Ruse. They are a network of monolithic churches, chapels, cells and monasteries hewn with different heights, out of solid rock and completely ...

Abritus Museum is part of Historical Museum of Razgrad. It is situated east of the town center at area of 400m2. The objects presented in the exhibition hall are gathered thematically in several groups thus aiming to trace back the development of human society in the area through the paleolith,...

The Sveshtari Thracian Vault (aka Sveshtari Tomb) is a unique monument of the Thracian Hellenistic art, dating back to the first half of the III-th century B.C. It was discovered 2.5km south-west of village of Sveshtari (34 km away from town of Razgrad) at the archaeological excavations of a...

The Military  Museum "Vladimir Alexandrovich" (aka Museum "Headquarters of the Russian Danube Army in 1877") in village of Gorna Studena was opened on September 4, 1907 by an idea of ​​Stoyan Zaimov  and the Committee "Tsar Liberator". It is located in the summer house...