Collectors from all over the country present traditional Bulgarian folk costumes at the National Embroidery Festival in the village of Samovodene near Veliko Tarnovo. This year, the celebration of the traditional Bulgarian art of embroidery takes..
Tsarevets fortress in Veliko Tarnovo was transformed into a stage for medieval events, as part of the International Festival of Historical Reenactments “Medieval Tarnovgrad” from 8 to 11 June. The programme includes 170 different events..
The town of Veliko Tarnovo, the medieval capital of Bulgaria, is one of the most beautiful and preferred destinations for cultural tourism, visited every year by a record number of guests from the country and from all..
Hundreds of believers are set to go to the historic hill Tsarevets in Bulgaria’s old capital Veliko Tarnovo, where, under the open skies, they will welcome the Holy Fire to the sound of the city’s church bells. An Easter service will take place..
During the Holy Liturgy on Maundy Thursday in the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral in the city of Veliko Tarnovo, Metropolitan Gregory of Veliko Tarnovo blessed over 2,200 Easter eggs. Together with over 200 kozunaks, they will be..
For the 144th year, Bulgaria's medieval capital Veliko Tarnovo is celebrating its holiday today. The day is dedicated to the victory of the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II at Klokotnitsa in 1230. Veliko Tarnovo, often dubbed the historical and spiritual..
The 12th edition of "Trabant Fest" in Veliko Tarnovo is an occasion for gathering of the owners and admirers of the East German brand of cars produced in the city of Zwickau between 1957 and 1991. There are currently 29,781 Trabant..
Veliko Tarnovo, one the most popular destinations for cultural tourism in Bulgaria, expects a rise in the number of tourists in the coming months. The town that used to be Bulgaria’s capital in the Medieval period has more than..
A sip of modernism and abstract beauty - this is what a tiny art gallery in Veliko Tarnovo - the former Bulgarian capital with a millennial-long history, where the past reminds of itself at every step - offers. But on a quiet street in the old town,..
The renovation of the emblematic Monument to the Assen Dynasty in the town of Veliko Tarnovo will last 10 days. The rivets holding the 33-meter sword in the middle of the monument will be replaced, said Deputy Mayor Neiko Genchev. Some of the 60,000..
