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Live tours in Veliko Tarnovo

Explore Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past Tsarevets Fortress, Baldwin's Tower and Trapezitsa on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

10 live tours From 16,00 €

Explore Veliko Tarnovo live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Varosha is worth asking about: the Bulgarian Revival quarter of merchant houses stacked up the hillside opposite the fortress.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • Tsarevets Fortress The fortified hill that was the seat of the Second Bulgarian Empire's tsars until the city fell in 1393.
  • Baldwin's Tower A rebuilt tower on Tsarevets named for the captured Latin emperor Baldwin the First, held prisoner there.
  • Trapezitsa A second fortified hill facing Tsarevets, excavated to reveal the foundations of more than a dozen medieval churches.
  • Church of the Forty Holy Martyrs A 13th-century church built to mark a Bulgarian victory over the Byzantines, holding the tombs of several medieval tsars.
  • Samovodska Charshia A cobbled crafts street where potters and coppersmiths still work in open workshops facing the street.
  • Gurko Street A row of Bulgarian Revival houses built directly into the cliff face above the Yantra.
  • Yantra River Gorge The river bends twice around the old town, cutting the gorge the fortress stands above.
  • Asenova Quarter The low district beside the river below Tsarevets, settled since the medieval capital's earliest years.

Neighbourhoods

  • Varosha the Bulgarian Revival quarter of merchant houses stacked up the hillside opposite the fortress
  • Asenova Mahala the riverside district below Tsarevets, among the oldest inhabited parts of the town
  • Momina Krepost a quieter residential hill on the western edge of town, away from the fortress area

Food to know

  • Shkembe chorba (tripe soup)
  • Kavarma (meat and vegetables baked in a clay pot)
  • Tarator (cold cucumber and yoghurt soup)
  • Banitsa (filo pastry with cheese)
  • Shopska salad

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Good to know about Veliko Tarnovo

Do I need to be in Veliko Tarnovo to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Veliko Tarnovo, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.5 and 1.5 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer Bulgarian, English, Russian and German; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.