Tryavna
Tryavna is a National Revival town in the foothills of the Balkan Mountains and the home of the Tryavna school of woodcarving and icon painting. Its old centre survives almost whole — cobbled streets, stone houses and the square with the Clock Tower.
In Tryavna — up to 15 minutes on foot
The Clock Tower
The symbol of Tryavna, on Kapitan Dyado Nikola square in the heart of the old town.
The Daskalov House
A National Revival house with famous carved ceilings, home to the museum of woodcarving and icon painting.
The Old School
One of Bulgaria's first secular schools, now a museum on the main square.
The Slaveykov House
The house museum of the poets Petko and Pencho Slaveykov.
By car — a day out
- 20 km · 25 min by car
Gabrovo
The town of humour — the House of Humour and Satire and the centre along the Yantra river.
- 22 km · 30 min by car
Etar
An open-air ethnographic museum — a street of craft workshops and water-powered mills.
- 23 km · 35 min by car
Dryanovo Monastery
The monastery in the Andaka river gorge, with the Bacho Kiro cave next to it.
- 32 km · 35 min by car
Bozhentsi
An architectural reserve — a whole village of Revival-era houses and cobbled lanes.
- 36 km · 50 min by car
Shipka Peak
The Freedom Monument, with views to both sides of the Balkan range.
- 41 km · 1 h by car
Uzana
Mountain meadows and beech woods, known as the geographic centre of Bulgaria.
- 43 km · 55 min by car
Veliko Tarnovo
The old capital — Tsarevets fortress and the Samovodska craft street.
Getting here
By car to the villa — distance by road and roughly how long it takes. You park in the yard, at 1 Tepavitsi quarter.
- Sofia
- 220 km · 3 h 10 min
- Plovdiv
- 150 km · 2 h 45 min
- Varna
- 265 km · 3 h 50 min
- Veliko Tarnovo
- 43 km · 55 min
- Ruse
- 150 km · 2 h 45 min
Questions and answers
What can you see in Tryavna in a day?+
The square with the Clock Tower and the Old School, the Daskalov House with its carved ceilings, and the Slaveykov House. They are all in the old centre, a few minutes' walk apart.
How far is Etar from Tryavna?+
About 22 km — roughly 30 min by car from Villa BIMI.
How far is Veliko Tarnovo from Tryavna?+
About 43 km — roughly 55 min by car.