Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Guided tours (5 lv per group, minimum of five people) are available, and are useful for
distinguishing the doors, walls and chimneys from one another. Remains of handmade
pottery used by the houses' prehistoric residents exist. The
Neolithic Dwellings: Stara
Zagora
booklet (2 lv), available at the museum, offers details.
The museum basement features exhibits of pottery, tools and jewellery from this and
other excavations; nothing is labelled in English, so the tour and/or booklet are worth-
while. One of the strangest displays (here or anywhere) is the 6000-year-old headless
hedgehog.
To find the museum enter the hospital gates, walk straight down about 100m and up the
staircase; the museum is at the top.
Geo Milev House-Museum
( 23 450; ul Geo Milev 37; admission 4 lv; 9am-noon & 2-5pm Mon-Sat)
Set
around a garden, this house-museum contains manuscripts and paintings by locally born
Milev (1895-1925). Despite losing an eye in WWI, Milev wrote poetry dealing with so-
cial issues, such as
Septemvri,
about the September 1923 agrarian revolution. His politics
led Milev's work to be confiscated. Milev was arrested, put on trial, and then kidnapped
by the police and murdered.
Contemporary artists also sell their work in the museum, which has a relaxing cafe in
the garden courtyard.
MUSEUM
Eski Mosque
(ul Tsar Simeon Veliki)
One of Bulgaria's oldest Muslim shrines, the 15th-century Eski
Mosque stands along the mall. Although decidedly abandoned, it remains an interesting
sight from outside and a special addition to Stara Zagora's skyline.
MOSQUE
GARDENS
City Garden
The City Garden is one of Bulgaria's best: clean, with plenty of shade, new seats and
functioning fountains.
Park
This small park that stands between the train station and the central square features a pla-
cid pond lined with weeping willows. You can rent paddle boats here.
PARK
