Veliko Tarnovo made it to the finals in of the race for European Capital of Culture 2019. The great news became clear yesterday when the Ministry of Culture announced the results from the first stage of the procedure.
Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Veliko Tarnovo all pass onto the next stage of the race. Burgas, Shumen, Ruse and Gabrovo dropped from the competition.
Veliko Tarnovo will promote its tourist, natural and cultural attractions by creating special lay-bys along the International Transport Corridor No.9
The municipality is one of the twelve project partners in the Common Strategy for Sustainable Territorial Development of the cross-
The total project cost is € 6,889,500, € 367,016 of which are funding for the municipality. The old Bulgarian capital is the only Bulgarian partner of the Romanian-Bulgarian project.
The special road exits or lay-bys called hubs are where tourists are meant to stop on their way between Romania and Bulgaria.
А consortium between Sofia and Shumen company for about 200,000 Levs are to prepare projects which are to determine the landmarks and hubs.
The application for their construction will be in the next programming period, said the project manager of the municipality Zornitsa Kancheva.
The overall objective of the project is to harmonize cross-border economic, social, environmental and cultural levels and to enhance territorial cohesion and competitiveness.
Christmas Market in Veliko Tarnovo opened at the park Marno pole. You can now walk around 25 cosy cottages, and taste some Christmas deliciousness and spirits. There is also roofed stage and children corner.
The park has been beautifully decorated with lights and a Christmas tree, with elves house, where kids can send their letters to Santa.
The Christmas Market will be open until 31 December. Here you can find handmade gifts, Christmas decorations and toys, artisan food, etc
Governors of Ruse and Veliko Tarnovo insist that the main road connecting the two Bulgarian towns become a highway. They held a work meeting on the matter and stated they would seek state funding for the construction of a high speed road.
Emiliyan Stanev Museum House is located at the beginning of the narrow Nikola Zlatarski Alley, close to the Samovodska Charshia square in Veliko Tarnovo. It was built on the same plot where the original house, where the writer was born in 1907 and lived until 1922, when he and his family moved to the town of Elena.