Sights in Region North-Western

Borovitsa Monastery is located about 20 km from the village of Borovitsa and 12 km from the town of Belogradchik. It can be reached by the center of the village of Borovitsa, where there are signposts indicating the route.In the courtyard of the monastery is situated a church named Holy Trinity....

Island of Ibisha (aka Tsibar) is situated along the Danube river, near the village of Dolni Tsibar (east of town of Lom and west of Kozlodiy). With its surface area of ​​0.9 km2 the island gets 23rd position among the Bulgarian Danube Islands.Island of Ibisha consists mainly of river sediments - san...

The baklava* feast in village of Malinovo (Lovech region) was held for the first time in 2012 and now is has yearly. Usually it is in the late August or early September.The celebration is organized by an idea of ​​the mayor with the support of the local community center "Sabujdane - 192...

The Rock Church of St. Stephan is located in the "Plavala" locality, 1 km east of Nikopol. The church is carved into limestone rocks and there are lots of old inscriptions and drawings from the period of the rise of Christianity (III-IV century). In   X - XI century it was part of a monastery co...

The Fortress Kaleto (aka "Shsihmanova Fortress") is located on the western hill of Nikopol, overlooking the town. It was initially built by the Romans as a border fortifying post, and Nikopol was then built around this fortress. The fortress has been found to contain artifacts dating back to the...

The church of "Ascension" in village of Vinarovo was built in 1934 with donations from local residents. Its architectural style is Romanesque. The church has a beautiful, rich ornate iconostasis and old icons that arouse astonishment....

Cave "Venetsa" is located in Kraishte locality, about 3 km. away by Gara Oreshets village. It was discovered in 1970 during blasting a quarry near station of Oreshets. In subsequent years, it has been studied and mapped by the cave Club "Bell prilep" (White bat) to tourusts-society "Belogradchik...

The remains of Roman fortresses "Kaleto" and "Daran-baran" are located about 500 meters south of the village of Krushuna. It is assumed that the fortress dating back to II century BC and were important strategic points in defense of the Romans against the invading from the north tribes - Goths,...

Historical Museum of Teteven was founded in 1911 by Michal Koychev from Teteven. In 1932 the museum was relocated to own building - a home-memorial, built in honor of local people died for the freedom of Bulgaria. Here was placed the first museum collection, Later, in 1974, the museum was expanded a...

The Boatin reserve has an area of 1597.2 ha and is located above the village of Divchovoto. This is the largest national reserve of beech trees. Besides beech here can be seen hornbeam, shestil, maple, aspen and others. The average age of the trees is more than 130 years, but there are also...