Museum Towns
The most famous and fascinating museum towns in Bulgaria are:
- Koprivshtitsa (the village is protected in its entirety as a historical monument; the numerous museums, the old stone bridges and walls, the wooden yard gates, 100-year-old buildings and courtyards in their typical colours, all take you back to times long time ago)
- Melnik (Melnik's houses are spacious, with wide eaves and towers, high stained glass windows, carved ceilings and large cellars here the famous Melnik wine matures – represent the authentic atmosphere of ages ago)
- Nesebar – and especially the Old Nessebar World Heritage (Old Nessebar was included in the World Register of Historical Sites in 1983)
- Old Plovdiv (the Three Hills, on which Old Plovdiv was built, are named Nebet Tepe, Djambaz Tepe and Taxim Tepe)
- Shiroka Luka (Shiroka Luka is a village museum - an architecture and ethnographic reserve – well-known for its original Rhodope architectural style, musical traditions and history; it is the centre of a region of 5 villages /Stoikite, Gela, Stickal and Solishta/ populated by Christians and Muslems).
- Koprivshtitsa (the village is protected in its entirety as a historical monument; the numerous museums, the old stone bridges and walls, the wooden yard gates, 100-year-old buildings and courtyards in their typical colours, all take you back to times long time ago)
- Melnik (Melnik's houses are spacious, with wide eaves and towers, high stained glass windows, carved ceilings and large cellars here the famous Melnik wine matures – represent the authentic atmosphere of ages ago)
- Nesebar – and especially the Old Nessebar World Heritage (Old Nessebar was included in the World Register of Historical Sites in 1983)
- Old Plovdiv (the Three Hills, on which Old Plovdiv was built, are named Nebet Tepe, Djambaz Tepe and Taxim Tepe)
- Shiroka Luka (Shiroka Luka is a village museum - an architecture and ethnographic reserve – well-known for its original Rhodope architectural style, musical traditions and history; it is the centre of a region of 5 villages /Stoikite, Gela, Stickal and Solishta/ populated by Christians and Muslems).
Other Bulgarian museum towns are: Arbanasi, Bansko, Bozhentsi – which is an architectural and historic reserve, Etara – which is the ethnographical open-air museum, Kotel, Sozopol, Triavna and Zheravna.
Please follow the links in the navigation bar on the left for more information about all Bulgarian Museum Towns listed there.
Please follow the links in the navigation bar on the left for more information about all Bulgarian Museum Towns listed there.
