Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
B2
(see 14)
Eating
D2
C2
12
Katmi
C2
B2
B2
Drinking
E2
16
Zino
D2
Entertainment
17
Club Retro
F2
F1
Creators of the Bulgarian State Monument
This massive, Soviet-era hilltop monument was built in 1981 to commemorate the First
Bulgarian Empire's 1300th anniversary. Climb the staircase behind the History Museum
for the 3km path leading from the equally communist
Partisan's Monument
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The circuitous 5km road going there starts along ul Sv Karel Shkorpil at the
History Museum. Go by taxi (5 lv one way), and then just walk back down the steps to the
centre.
The
Information Centre
( 852 598; admission 3 lv; 8.30am-5pm winter,
8am-7pm summer)
, about 300m from the Creators of the Bulgarian State Monument, has
information about the structure and surrounding flora. A 3km path passes the Information
Centre and car park, finishing at Shumen Fortress.
MONUMENT
Tombul Mosque
( 802 875; ul Rakovski 21; admission 2 lv; 9am-6pm)
Arguably Bulgaria's most
beautiful mosque, and definitely the largest still used, Shumen's Tombul Mosque (1744) is
MOSQUE