Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
Bus
Two (non-central) bus stations serve Veliko Târnovo.
Pâtnicheski Prevozi bus station
(Zapad Bus Station; 640 908; ul Nikola Gabrovski 74)
, about 4km from the centre, is
the main intercity one. Local buses 10, 12, 14, 70 and 110 go there, along ul Vasil Levski.
There's also a left-luggage office. From here, buses serve Kazanlâk (9 lv, 2½ hours, five
daily), Ruse (8 lv, two hours, eight daily), Sliven (8 lv, two hours, seven daily), Burgas
(18 lv, four hours, four daily) and Plovdiv (19 lv, four hours, four daily). Daily buses serve
Troyan (10 lv, two hours), Karlovo (19 lv, four hours) and Pleven (14 lv, two hours).
The somewhat more central
Yug bus station
( 620 014; ul Hristo Botev)
has many
daily buses to Sofia (21 lv, four hours), Varna (19 lv, four hours) and Burgas (23 lv, 3½
hours). From here, several daily buses also serve Shumen (13 lv, three hours) and Ruse
(11 lv, two hours).
Etap Adress
( 630 564; ul Ivailo 2, Hotel Etâr)
has hourly buses to Sofia (22 lv, 3½
hours) and Varna (18 lv, four hours), plus two daily buses to Dobrich (20 lv, four hours),
one to Kavarna (21 lv, 4½ hours) via Albena and Balchik and one to Shumen (13 lv, two
hours).
To reach Romania by bus, go first to Ruse: from its main bus station, three daily
minibuses make the three-hour trip to Bucharest (20 lv), as do taxis (90 lv).
Train
The remarkably unhelpful
Veliko Târnovo train station
( 620 065)
, 1.5km west of
town, has been known to ask for a 'fee' to provide train information. Three daily trains
serve Plovdiv (21 lv, five hours) via Stara Zagora (11 lv, two hours). Trains also serve
Sliven (15 lv, three hours, six daily), Burgas (21 lv, five hours, three daily), Varna (20 lv,
five hours, three daily) and Sofia (21 lv, 4½ hours, six daily). Regular trains serve
Târnovo's other train station, at Gorna Oryakhovitsa. From the Veliko Târnovo station,
buses 10, 12, 14, 70 and 110 go to the centre. Alternatively, take a taxi (3 lv to 6 lv).
Gorna Oryakhovitsa train station
( 826 118)
, 8.5km from town, is along the
Sofia-Varna line. It has daily services to/from Sofia, via Pleven (18 lv, five hours, eight
daily) and Varna (17 lv, four hours, three daily) and 11 trains to Ruse (9 lv, two hours).
There are also six daily connections to Stara Zagora (14 lv, four hours), and 10 to Shumen
(14 lv, four hours).
