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Nature Park Bulgarka

Nature park in Bulgaria

3.9km

42.8225.34

Veliko Tarnovo

city in north central Bulgaria

39km

43.083325.65

Rousse

city in Bulgaria

107km

43.8525.983333
Sights (27)

House of Humour and Satire

mountain pass in Bulgaria

2.0km

42.8797222225.31805556

Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex

5.0km

42.8094444425.34833333

Sokolski Monastery

monastery

5.5km

42.7988888925.33583333

Shipka Pass

mountain pass in Bulgaria

8.4km

42.7666666725.31666667

Bozhentsi

village in Bulgaria

9.3km

42.8666666725.41666667

Dryanovo Monastery

monastery

12km

42.9508333325.43194444

Tryavna

town in Bulgaria

18km

42.8669444425.5

Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak

tomb in Bulgaria

20km

42.6257625.39919

Balkan Mountains

mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula

48km

43.2525

Troyan Monastery

monastery

61km

42.862524.78055556

Haskovo

city in Bulgaria

80km

41.9333333325.56666667

Asenovgrad

town in Bulgaria

86km

42.0166666724.86666667

Old Town (Plovdiv)

old part of Plovdiv, Bulgaria

87km

42.14982424.752665

Plovdiv Roman theatre

The Roman Amphitheatre, discovered in the 1970s during a construction project, is part of the pedestrian zone, and typically has merchants selling art and other items nearby.

87km

42.1468424.751006

Bachkovo Monastery

monastery in Bulgaria

93km

41.9422222224.84944444

Perperikon

95km

41.7147222225.46527778

Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo

A group of monolithic churches, chapels and monasteries hewn out of solid rock and completely different from other monastery complexes in Bulgaria, located near the village of Ivanovo, 20 km south of Rousse, on the high rocky banks of the Rusenski Lom, 32 m above the river. The complex is noted for its beautiful and well-preserved medieval frescoes.

98km

43.7166666725.96666667

Rousse Regional Historical Museum

The Rousse Regional Historical Museum is one of the 11 regional museums of Bulgaria. It acts within the Rousse, Razgrad, and Silistra regions. The museum occupies the building of the former Battenberg Palace, previously a local court, built 1879–1882 by Friedrich Grünanger. The Rousse Regional Historical Museum was established in 1904. Its basis are the archaeological collections of Karel and Hermenguild Shkorpil, as well as of the naturalist Vasil Kovachev, which were gathered in the "Knyaz Boris" men's high school of Rousse. The museum holds approximately 140,000 items, including: prehistoric pottery and idol plastic arts. The museum features seven full-time exhibitions, three of them being open-air: the Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo, the Medieval city of Cherven and the Roman castle of Sexaginta Prista.

104km

43.8440277825.94777778

Kaliopa House

A popular name for the Bulgarian "Urban lifestyle of Rousse" museum (Bulgarian: Къща-музей „Градския бит на Русе“), was built in 1864. According to a legend, the house was bestowed upon the beautiful Kaliopa (born Maria Kalish), the wife of the Prussian consul Kalish, by the governor of the Danubian Vilayet, Midhat Pasha, who was in love with her. The façade's design resembles the style of houses in Plovdiv. The frescoes at the upper floor were crafted in 1896. The exposition represents the role of Rousse as a gateway towards Europe, and the influx of European urban culture into Bulgaria at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Sample interior layouts are shown, of a drawing-room, a living-room, a music hall and a bedroom, with furniture from Vienna, as well as collections of urban clothing, of jewellery and other accessories, of silver cutlery and porcelain, which mark the changes present in the daily life of Rousse citizens. The first grand piano, imported into Bulgaria from Vienna, can be seen here.

105km

43.8527777825.9525

Pantheon of National Revival Heroes

A Bulgarian national monument and an ossuary. 39 famous Bulgarians are buried in it, including Lyuben Karavelov, Zahari Stoyanov, Stefan Karadzha, Panayot Hitov, Tonka Obretenova, Nikola Obretenov, Panayot Volov, Angel Kanchev, etc.; 453 more people—participants in Botev's detachment, the Chervena Voda detachment, in the April uprising, and other revolutionaries have been honoured by writing their names in the interior. An eternal fire burns in the middle under the gold-plated dome. The Pantheon is one of the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria. In order to build the Pantheon in 1977, the "All Saints" church in the old Rousse cemetery was demolished. The new building was open for visitors on 28 February 1978. After a public discussion in 2001, the Pantheon was "Christianised" by placing a cross on top of its dome. The "St Paisius of Hilendar" chapel, as well as a museum exposition, were founded then.

105km

43.8505555625.96091667

National Transport Museum, Bulgaria

Installed on former tracks, with old trains to see.

106km

43.8606666725.96361111

Koprivshtitsa

human settlement

110km

42.6333333324.35

Chepelare

human settlement

118km

41.7258333324.68444444

Pamporovo

123km

41.6524.68333333

Razgrad

town in Bulgaria

142km

43.5333333326.51666667

Oborishte

village in Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria

143km

42.5166666724.06666667

Batak, Bulgaria

town in Bulgaria

145km

41.9524.21666667
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Gabrovo

Bulgaria
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Gabrovo

Gabrovo is a city in the Balkan region of Bulgaria.

Internationally known as a centre of humour and satire, Gabrovo has two theatres, the Racho Stoyanov Drama Theatre and the puppet theatre, a House of Humour and Satire that serves as a cultural institute, a centre, museum and gallery to popularise comic art. There is a cinema, Aleko Cinema, and museums and memorial houses in the town and around it, most notably the Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex and the National Museum of Education at the Aprilov National High School.

Places of interest in Gabrovo include the House of Humour and Satire and Aprilov National High School. In Gabrovo Province sites include architectural reserve Bozhentsi. Hiking is widely available in the Central Balkan National Park and in the Bulgarka Nature Park, itself home to Ethnographic Complex Etara, Dryanovo Monastery, Sokolski Monastery, Shipka Pass, and the Uzana area. For admirers of historical tourism Shipka Memorial is a must-see. Gabrovo is member of the Creative Tourism Network ®.

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Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

3°C-3
Precipitation: 117 mm

Feb

3°C-5
Precipitation: 75 mm

Mar

12°C1
Precipitation: 63 mm

Apr

17°C5
Precipitation: 89 mm

May

21°C11
Precipitation: 142 mm

Jun

25°C14
Precipitation: 120 mm

Jul

25°C17
Precipitation: 72 mm

Aug

26°C17
Precipitation: 51 mm

Sep

22°C12
Precipitation: 95 mm

Oct

16°C8
Precipitation: 88 mm

Nov

10°C3
Precipitation: 50 mm

Dec

3°C-4
Precipitation: 103 mm
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