Sights in Region North-Western

The Troyan monastery "Uspenie Bogorodichno" is located on the banks of the River of Cherni Osam, near village of Oreshak (10 km away from Troyan). The monastery dates from the second half of the XVI century.Troyan monastery is the third largest monastery in Bulgaria. He is known primarily...

Lopushanski monastery of St. John the Baptist is located in Chiprovtzi part of Stara Planina mountain, in the valley of river Dalgodelska Ogosta, southwest of the village of Georgi Damyanovo and north of the village of Melyane.Before the current monastery there was another monastery at same place,...

Georgi Benkovski is great Bulgarian revolutionary from the National Revival, one of the leaders of the April Uprising 1876. This memorial is devoted to him and is located in area of Kostina (4km south-west of Ribaritsa), at place where Benkovski was shot dead and beheaded (12 May 1876) by the Ott...

Ratsiaria was a large and important city on the Danube. His remains are located in area of Kaleto, 1 km north-east of the present village Archar (about 27 km. southeast of Vidin). The city was founded during the Roman Empire, but there was a Thracian settlement on this lands in IV-th c BC. In R...

Baba Vida fortress is one of the major attractions of the town of Vidin. It is one of the few entirely preserved medieval castle in Bulgaria. It is is situated on a big curve of the river Danube in the northeast part of the town. Its construction was started in X century at the place of an Ancient...

The waterfall in eco-park Maarata near village of Krushuna is one one of the most beautiful in Bulgaria. It has specific vegetation, lush under the falling water. Close to the Waterfall cave above the waterfalls cascade, there is a rock wreath from 8 up to 40 m in height. There is an eco-trail that...

Nowadays there are 33 panoramas all over the world. One of them with the biggest dimensions is constructed in Pleven and  was officially unveiled on 10 December 1977.The memorial is devoted to to five-months battles of Russian army during the Russian-Turkish war 1877-78 as a result of which B...

The Belogradchik Rocks are marvelous rock-formations located south of city of Belogradchik. They were formed of varicoloured Triassic sandstones and conglomerates. These have fantastic outlines - up to 200 meters high silhouettes of people, towers, ships, mushrooms, obelisks, palaces, and animals. ...

The Glozhene Monastery St. Georgi Pobedonosets is situated near the village of Glozhene, 12 km north-west from the town of Teteven. Seen from below it is like a castle on the rocks, near the Lisets summit in Stara planina. According to the legend the monastery was built in the 13th century by the...

The church St. Nikola-Old (aka Borunska church) is one of the main sights of town of Lom. It was constructed in XIII century during the reign of the Bulgarian king Mihail-Asen (1246-1257). In its "life" the church was destroyed several times but every time was restored again by local...