Sights in District Lovech

The Teteven Monastery St. Elias is situated at southern foots of Ostrets Peak - north-eastern part of town of Teteven. It was built in the times of the Second Bulgarian State.The monastery has an interesting architecture. The walls of the altar are semicircular, forming a trefoil.  In the temple a...

The mountain and ski resort of Beklemeto is located ate 1320m above sea level, around 20 km. away from the town of Troyan. It is a part of the Central Balkan National Park. The snow-retention here is about 170 days annually. There are plenty of hotels, resting houses and private villas. The place is...

Saeva dupka (Saeva hole) cave is located 2km south of village of Brestnitsa (Lovech district). It was formed more than 1 million years ago from  tectonic limestones. Its five halls and 400 metres of corridors offer some of the most beautiful cave formations in the Bulgaria. The calcium carbonate ...

Boatin Preserve is located north of the Mount "Tetevenska Baba" in Stara Planina mountain, in the western part of the National Park Central Balkan, between the villages of Cherni Vit and Divchovoto. It was declared a reserve on June 12, 1948.The preserve is located at 800 to 2000 m altitude in the...

The Church "St. Nicholay Letni" in village of Gumoshtnik was built during the Ottoman rule - in 1839. The strange thing is that it was constructed large and impressive, in contrast to other churches in Bulgaria from that time, which according an Ottoman law have been made small and buried...

The Church Of St. The Archangel Michael in the village of Vrabevo is located in the central part of the village. It was built at the end of the XVIII-th century with voluntary labour and resources of local people.The church was consecrated and inaugurated by the Bishop of Lovech - Parteniy, on No...

The old religious school in village of Gumosthnik is located in the courtyard of the church "St. Nicholay Letni". It was founded in 1829 and is the only surviving "kiliyno" (religious, from bulgarian "kilya" - cell) school in Lovech district. During its existence the s...

In the locality of Gyaur Bair (North of the village of Vrabevo), with the sponsorship of the pharmaceutical company Sopharma AD, was built a Chapel "Saint Panteleimon" and was raised a 16-metre tall cross. The chapel has frescoes by the famous artist Krassimir Makrasa....

Golyama Garvanitsa ("Big Garvanista") is an abyss cave located at 1.5 km northwest of the village of Gorsko Slivovo, about 300 meters left of the road to the village of Karpachevo. Access to the the cave is by strong metal stairs. On the way down the route pass along a small cave room ...

Via Ferrata ("road with irons", from Via - road and Ferrata - Iron, Metal) is an adventure for the fans of the adrenaline. This is a mountain route which is equipped with a special equipment (fixed cables, stemples, ladders, bridges, ropes, railings, etc.)."Lednitsata" is the...