This is a walking tour of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, through the quiet side streets of the old town. We leave the main boulevards behind and follow the small lanes that many visitors skip.
The heart of the walk is General Gurko Street, the oldest main street in town. Old houses sit stacked on top of each other above the Yantra River, with views across to the Asen Monument. General Gurko was welcomed here on 7 July 1877, after his Russian troops freed Tarnovo.
Along the way we pass the Church of Sts Constantine and Helena, built in 1872 by the master builder Kolyu Ficheto, and the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos. As we leave the cathedral yard, watch for the quick view of Tsarevets and Trapezitsa.
The walk ends on Tsar Ivan Asen I Square, right at the entrance to Tsarevets Fortress.
⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 Vasil Levski Boulevard
5:32 Vasil Levski Monument
6:27 Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard
7:22 Konstantin Kisimov Theatre
11:03 Hadzhi Dimitar Street
16:54 Ivan Semerdzhiev Monument
17:15 General Gurko Street
19:21 Hotel and Tavern Gurko
20:48 Views over the Yantra
24:27 Street Cats on the Hunt
31:30 Church of Sts Constantine and Helena
33:49 Nikola Piccolo Monument
34:22 Nikola Piccolo Street
35:05 Pandeli Kisimov Street
35:47 House of Kokona Anastasia
37:07 Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos
38:33 Todor Lefterov Monument
39:08 Monument to the Bulgarian Patriarchs
41:01 View of Tsarevets and Trapezitsa
44:17 Nikola Piccolo Street
45:19 Tsar Ivan Asen I Square
