Welcome to Sliven

The mountain still remembers the songs for old voivods. Its paths keep their footsteps, and her friend wind brings away the echoes of their words "Freedom or Death," and returns it back to the town of Sto Voyvodi - Sliven.
Located in Southeast Bulgaria, it is close to the towns of Yambol and Nova Zagora. It is 100 km away from Bourgas, 180 km from Plovdiv, 280 km from Sofia and 130 km from Greece and Turkey. Nearby is the Hainboaz passage and the road junction "Petolachkata" connecting the north and south, and 15 km away is the Trakia highway. The climate is bright seasonality and is transcontinental. The city has the characteristic north and northeastern dry and cold wind - bora. The settlement occupies the foothills of the Sliven Mountain, with which the eastern part of Stara Planina starts. Among the steep rocky slopes and deep cuts from the tributaries of the Tundja and Luda Kamchia rivers are the Vratnik pass, and the Sliven pass. Above all, the peak of Bulgarka peak with its 1181 m.
Sliven was significant during the Ottoman domination. In the 17th century guns, pistols and iron tools were produced there. There were hundred workshops that made five hundred barrels per day, 984 shops were opened at the charshi, and 35 guests were raised for the guests of the city. In 1843 Dobri Zhelyazkov built the first textile a factory producing abies, shawls, and suckers. Later he founded tobacco and alcoholic factories.
The city is rich in museums and galleries, many of which are housed in Renaissance buildings. In order to immerse yourself in the Renaissance past, visit museum houses Sliven Bit, Dobri Chintulov, Simeon Tabakov Regional Museum of History, Hadji Dimitar Museum, National Museum of Textile Industry, House Mirkovic - the brightest example of urban architecture during the Renaissance. Galleries - Sirak Sitnik Hall, Dimitar Dobrovich Art Gallery, Gallery "May" will give you an aesthetic delight, and in the chitalishte "Zora" created by Dobri Chintulov in 1860, the oldest book in Sliven is dated from 1597, it is printed 200 years after the fall of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom under Ottoman rule. In Sliven was written the first play by Sava Dobroplodni Michal Mishkoed, who is also the founder of the Bulgarian theatrical work. Here are two theaters - the dramatic "Stefan Kirov" and a puppet theater.
Sliven is connected with the haidouk movement, so it is called the city of the Hundred Trumps. Among them are Hadji Dimitar, Zlati voivoda and Panayot Hitov. Locations related to this period of history and which you can visit are Kushbunar, Bulgarka Peak, Gabrovska Polyana, Djendem Dere, Ravna Polyana, Haramiya, Tilestone cuchela. Pleasant for walks is the renovated city center where the Old Elm, which is about 1300 years old, towers above its crown. Visit the cathedral temple "St. Dimitar"; The clock tower, erected in the early 19th century, served as a fire observatory; the monument of Hadji Dimitar and Sliven Revivalists of the square of the same name. Relax by having coffee in one of the cafes or sit on one of the benches, enjoying the coolness and fancy sunlight.
In the vicinity of Sliven, whose name is supposed to mean "the place where two rivers merge", there is the fortress of Tuida - early Byzantine, the remains of which is on the hill "Hisarlaka", overlooking the nature park "Sinite kamani". They are called blue, because at night the rocks are blue, probably because of it the hills of quartzporphyr - the largest in Europe. The most famous part of the park is the "Karandila", which is accessible by cableway, by car and by the tourist paths. There are stations, a hotel, a restaurant, an artificial lake, a television tower, a delta and paragliding area and a lift, the starting station is 1 km from Sliven on the so-called Haidushka path. The traditional annual gathering of Karakachans in Bulgaria, which has an international character, is made in the area. Guests from Greece and Macedonia are invited.
Other natural landmarks are the rock formation "Halkata" 4 km from the town; the cave and the Futula waterfall and Mount Golyama Chatalka at 5.5 km; Sotirovski Monastery "St. Petka" and Chintulovski Monastery "Holy Prophet Elijah" at 7.5 km; Dragiev's 8 km fountain located on the road Sliven-Chukata-Karandila; The Caloyan Thracian tomb at 12 km, which is built with architecture, another is the only one The Kazanlak and the architectural and historical reserve Zheravna, 21 km, famous for its Renaissance houses and its numerous fountains.
The town of Hundred Voyages is waiting for you at the foot of the Sliven Mountain with its rich culture and history that will take you back in the past as you go in the footsteps of those who were proudly called Revival Bulgarians.