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Nature Department
Affiliated with the history museum, the nature department displays unusual local flora and fauna. To get there, proceed from the Hotel Belogradchiski Skali up ul Vasil Levski, turn right, and follow the path down for 600m. From here there are great views over the Belogradchik rocks
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Museum of Otets Paisii Hilendarski
Commemorating the eponymous local monk, author and instigator of Bulgarian nationalism, this museum contains a chapel with a replica of the room at the Serbian Hilandarski Monastery on Greece’s Mt Athos, where Paisii wrote his seminal and fulsome narrative of the history of the Sla
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Hisar Fortress
Extensive ruins of the Hisar Fortress are visible from all over the old town. Here the treaty with the Turks that lead to the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire was signed. There are great views from the fortress, which is fun to explore. From Varosha, it’s a 10- to 15-minute
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Ulitsa Gurko
The oldest street in Veliko Târnovo, ul Gurko is a must-stroll. Overlooking the River Yantra, its charmingly crumbling period houses – which appear to be haphazardly piled on one another – provide a million photo-ops and conversations that start with Imagine living here... Sturdy s
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Maritime Park
Stretching lazily along the Black Sea coast and filled with manicured flower beds, fountains, busts of Bulgarian worthies, abstract sculptures and cafes, this park is the pride of Burgas. There are spectacular views over the sea from the terraces, and steps lead down from here towa
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Catholic Church of St Paul the Crucified
The Catholic Church of St Paul the Crucified , just off ul Pridunavski, was completed in 1892. Its original murals, stained-glass windows, chandeliers and icons survive. St Paul’s was the first Bulgarian church equipped with an organ, and they still fire up the 700-pipe monster for
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Aquarium
Further into the park is the Aquarium . Housed in a powder-blue Art Deco building, it’s an old-fashioned place with tanks filled with seahorses, piranhas and conger eels as well as some denizens of the Black Sea’s depths. There’s also a collection of seashells but there’s no Englis
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Church of Vavedenie Presvetiya Bogoroditsi
In a small, serene garden, the Church of Vavedenie Presvetiya Bogoroditsi (1844) has a richly frescoed portico and a unique black-and-white chequered facade, with an extraordinary painting of the circle of life that includes continents and astrological symbols. There are more mural
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Sofia City Garden
Favoured by Sofias chess-playing pensioners, this little park is a pleasing piece of greenery in the city centre. Until its sudden and unceremonious demolition in 1999, the mausoleum of Bulgaria’s first communist ruler, Georgi Dimitrov, squatted at the northern end of the park faci
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Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church
Set in a leafy garden, this church, dedicated to Sts Cyril and Methodius and their five disciples, was originally built as a mosque in 1528; it later became an arms depot and a prison, before being consecrated as a church in 1903. Inside, theres a gilded iconostasis with icons pain
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National Naval Museum
The National Naval Museum hosts several galleries of model ships and uniforms. Anchors, artillery and helicopters can be seen rusting quietly in the grounds at the back, while the revered warship Druzki, which torpedoed a Turkish cruiser during the First Balkan War in 1912, is embe
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Chiprovtsi Monastery
Founded in the 10th century, this monastery, dedicated to Sveti Ivan Rilski (St John of Rila) was destroyed and rebuilt several times over the years – what you see today dates largely from the early 19th century. Its roughly 6km northeast of Chiprovtsi village; take any bus between
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Yuzhen Park
South of the city centre, Yuzhen Park is a vast, wild green sprawl, filled with trees and shady pathways. A sparkling stream bubbles through it, and there is a handful of discreet bars and cafes that are not always easy to find, but it’s a satisfying place to get lost in and explor
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Tsar Aleksander II House Museum
Sitting in a city centre park, this modest cottage was where the Russian tsar, Alexander II, accepted the surrender of the Turkish general Osman Pasha after the 1877 Siege of Pleven. The four rooms have been restored to their 19th-century appearance and the tsars uniform is on sho
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Ploshtad Bulgaria
Watched over by the polygonal concrete bulk of the National Palace of Culture , this elongated park, with its fountain, ice-cream kiosks and bars, is popular with promenading locals, skateboarding teens and buskers. At the southern end is a tiny memorial chapel dedicated to the vic
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Sveta Troitsa Church
Sveta Troitsa Church (1835) is surrounded by a 1m thick and 4m high stone wall, and features magnificent wooden floors and faded murals. It also hosts Bansko’s major landmark: the 30m-high clock tower (1850). Until Sofia’s Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was completed in 1912, it was Bu
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Basilica of the Merciful Virgin
Overlooking the sea, the Basilica of the Merciful Virgin dates from the 6th century, and later became a monastery. The fortified tower alongside it was built as a response to pirate raids along the coast; eventually abandoned and partly swallowed by the sea, it was only rediscovere
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Oslekov House
The Oslekov House (built 1853-56) was built by a rich merchant killed in the line of duty during the 1876 April Uprising. Its arguably the best example of Bulgarian National Revival–period architecture in Koprivshtitsa, with a triple-arched entrance, spacious interior, stylish furn
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Ethnographic Museum
Scarcely bothered by the passing tourists, this museum occupies a typical old wooden house and holds an exhibition of provincial costumes, jewellery and household knick-knacks, as well as a display of old photographs of Sozopol. It’s worth a quick look, though the historic house it
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National Polytechnic Museum
A treasure trove for anyone interested in the history of technology, this low-key museum displays an intriguing (though not always well labelled) collection covering such subjects as photography, radio and time measurement. Exhibits include atomic clocks, early movie cameras, mecha
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