RTA STARA PLANINA

Regional tourist association
Stara Planina

9, Opalchenska Street
5300 Gabrovo, Bulgaria
tel: +359 66/ 807 137
fax: +359 66/ 809 161
e-mails:

office@staraplanina.org
info@staraplanina.org

TRYAVNA - CENTRE OF WOODCARVING, ICON PAINTING AND SINGULAR ARCHITECTURE

Tourist information
Accommodation

The town of Tryavna (12 226 inhabitants, 440 meters altitude), famous for its unique Renaissance Art School is situated in the Northern foots of Tryavna Balkan. Its slopes are the natural scenery that gives the town the charm of a favorite mountain resort with health - recovering climate.
The legends tell that during the reign of the Assen brothers in XII century, the youngest brother Kaloyan built the St. Archangel Michail church in the Tryvna locality and a settlement appeared around it whose inhabitants had the obligation to guard the road through the Balkan to Odrin and Tsarigrad in the years of the yoke.
In XVIII and the beginning of XIX century, the town is blooming thanks to the fine culture and feeling of beauty of its citizens. Houses are built, as well as schools and churches, the craftsmen and the woodcarvers establish their guilds and promote the influence of the Tryavna art school. The fame of the Tryavna masters spreads throughout Bulgaria.
Pride and independent, the people of Tryavna actively participate in the battles for cultural and political independance. The follower of Vasil Levski, Angel Kunchev, and the poet Pencho Slaveykov are born here.
The streets of the old town are a slow cobblestone, silence and cleanness. The houses are in the style of the Renaissance, a real architectural reserve with about 140 monuments of architecture. They preserve the masterpieces of the Tryavna School: the ensembles on the Captain Dyado Nikola Square, P.R. Slaveykov Street, Asenevtsi Street. The Museum of woodcarving and icon painting is in the Daskalov house /1804/ (27A-P.R. Slaveikov Str., tel. 0670/ 21 66) Suns shine from the authentic ceilings of carved wood and tell stories of the noble competition and mastership of two men - woodcarvers, initiated here the first art competition.
The museum Tryavna icon-painting school (1 Breza Str. tel. 0677/ 3753) exhibits over 160 icons - masterpieces of the icon painting school, as the tools of the former painters.
Among the attractive for tourists places are museums Slaveykov's house /1830/ and Angel Kanchev; the house of Grandpa Dobri /1834/; Raykov's house /1846/, and the Popangel's house is the oldest in town - from XVIII century.
The St. Archangel Michail of 1918 is a real masterpiece.(Kapitan Diado Nikola Sq., tel. 0677/ 34 42) The grandeur of the iconostasis is a contribution of Vitan Kolev - junior, the amazing bishop throne is carved by priest Koju Vitanov about 1821, and the cross above the throne with 12 Bible subjects is a precious relic.
Permanent exhibitions attract the visitors to Shkoloto /the school/ (7 Kapitan Diado Nikola Sq., tel. 0677/ 25 17) and to the Totyo Gubenski art gallery in the Kalintshev house (1830). Among the exhibits are the donations of the world famous artist Dimitar Kazakov.
The clock tower (1814) and the Upper Bridge (1844), (called rather the Hunchbacked Bridge by the Tryavna people) add to the idea of the aesthetical feeling of the people from the old days.
The villages of Skortsi and Dobrevtsi are still keeping their ancient atmosphere and the unique renaissance houses.
A legend village, idyllic and beautiful, is the Architectural and ethnographic reserve Bozhentsi only a few kilometers from Tryavna. One can get there walking on a direct pathway.
The town of Plachkovtsi (only 7 km from Tryavna) is a resort area and is situated in the very foots of the mountain. It is a starting point for hiking routes toward Krastets Station and Tryavna Balkan.
A great part of Tryavna municipality is included in the Bulgarka Natural Park where natural phenomena like Vikana Rock, Muhnatite (Mossy) Rocks and Stolista can be seen.
In May every year the Slaveykov's days are held, devoted to poetry and literature.
Every odd year the only international fair of Wood plastic arts, Bet in Tryavna is held here.

ACCOMMODATION

	Hotel complex - THE INN ZOGRAFF ***




	The hotel disposes of 39 beds (+ 9 extra) in: 2 suites (bedroom and conventible sofa), 2 small suites (bedroom, kitchen, terrace), 12 double rooms (5 of them with extra bed), 1 triple room and 1 room with 4 beds Coffee bar - 36 seats at the terrace, 40 seats indoors; Tavern - 120 seats in the open (summer garden), 70 seats indoors. Conference hall 50 seats. Facilities: Room service; free laundry service; baby-sitting; massage in the rooms. Trips to interesting places and landmarks. Training in wood carving and icon painting for amateurs. All year - round hotel. Contacts: Mr. Plamen Petkov - manager 1, P.R.Slaveikov Str., 5350 Tryavna tel: +359 677/49 70; 49 80, fax: +359 677/20 01 www.bgglobe.net/zograf.html e-mail: zograf@mbox.digsys.bg

	SEZONI (SEASONS) Hotel ***


	Total capacity 126 beds in 3 suites, 6 single rooms and 57 double rooms (extra bed for child upon request). Restaurant 130 seats, 45 - seat lobby bar, 60 - seat summer terrace, BBQ Sezoni hotel will help you to make your stay pleasant with: outdoors swimming pool - children part attached, sauna, jacuzzi; Two conference halls: big with 80 seats (up to 130 only seating places) and small - 30 seats, parking lot. All -year-round hotel. Contacts: Mrs. Mariana Nikolova - manager 11, Kancho Skorchev Str., 5350 Tryavna tel/fax: + 359 677 / 22 85, 49 37 e-mail: seasons@mail.bg

	FAMILIA Hotel **


	The hotel offers: 5 double rooms; 1 single room; 2 suites with two rooms; 1 luxurious suite; foyer bar and a snack bar; room service; extra beds available; cable TV, telephone. Contacts: Mrs. Temenuzhka Kolarova - manager 40, Angel Kanchev Str., 5350 Tryavna tel. +359 677/ 46 91; fax: +359 677/ 46 95, Cell: +359 887/ 756 384 www.tryavna.bg e-mail: hotelfamily@mail.bg

	STARATA LOZA Restaurant **


	Disposes of 50 seats and summer garden with 60 seats. The restaurant is situated next to Museum of woodcarving (Daskalova house) in the old part of Tryavna. Bulgarian and European cuisine. Open all year round. Contacts: 44, P.R. Slaveikov Str., 5350 Tryavna tel: + 359 677/ 45 01 fax: + 359 677/ 20 48 www.tryavna.bg/web/starataloza e-mail: tony-m@mbox.digsys.bg

Hotels

Sezoni Hotel ***- 126 beds
Tryavna Hotel *** - 105 beds
Ralitsa Hotel *** - 100 beds
Panorama Hotel *** - 100 beds
Zograph INN **- 23 beds
Familia Hotel **- 20 beds
Tigara Family Hotel * - 10 beds
Raj Family Hotel * - 15 beds

Houses / Villas

Atanas Chalakov *- 2 beds
Angel Panov * - 6 beds
Neno Nenov *- 2 beds
Mariika Hristova * - 2 beds
Stefka Dzhagarova * -2 beds
Tsana Doncheva * -2 beds
Boncho Angelov *- 2 beds
Dimitar Drumev * - 2 beds
Vrazhilovi * - 3 beds
Penka Dimitrova *- 4 beds
Ganka Slavin *- 4 beds
Borana House *- 8 beds

Tourist office

22, Angel Kunchev St., P.O.B. 96,
5350 Tryavna
tel/fax + 359 677 /22 47
e-mail: tourinfo-tryavna@globcom.net
http:// www.tryavna.bg

Useful telephone numbers:

(The town code for dialling from within the country is 0677;
from abroad - 359 677)
Bus station - 34 13
Railway station - 25 10


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