Sightseeing tours

Preslav was the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 to 972 and one of the most important cities in medieval Southeastern Europe. The ruins of the city are situated in modern northeastern Bulgaria, some 20 kilometres southwest of the regional capital of Shumen, and are currently a national archaeological reserve.

Pliska was the first capital of the First Bulgarian Empire during the Middle Ages and is now a small town in Shumen Province.

Pliska was the first capital of Bulgaria, and according to legend founded by Asparuh of Bulgaria in the late 7th century. The site was originally an encampment, with the first tent-shaped buildings at Pliska of uncertain date.

The Madara Horseman is an early medieval large rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of Madara. The monument is dated in the very late 7th, or more often very early 8th century, during the reign of Bulgar Khan Tervel. In 1979 became enlisted on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria, also known as the Founders of the Bulgarian State Monument, is a large monument built on a plateau above the city of Shumen, Bulgaria. It was built in 1981 to commemorate the 1300th anniversary of the First Bulgarian Empire.

The monument is built in concrete in a Cubist style, and designed by Bulgarian sculptors Krum Damyanov and Ivan Slavov. It is reached by a processional concrete stairway from Shumen, or by road. It stands at a height of 450 m above sea level and can be seen from 30 km away.

Pancho Vladigerov is one of the most influential Bulgarian composers of all time. He was one of the first to successfully combine idioms of Bulgarian folk and classical music. Part of the so-called Second Generation Bulgarian Composers, he was among the founding members of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933), which later became the Union of Bulgarian Composers.

The State Cultural Institute “Pancho Vladigerov House-Museum” is housed in the family home of the composer, donated by his wife, Elka Vladigerova, and his grandson, Pancho Vladigerov Jr., with the express wish that it be established as a museum.

Build between 1740 and 1744, the mosque was initially located in the north-eastern Bulgarian (then Ottoman) town’s centre, but is now in Shumen’s south-west parts as the town centre moved as a result of the enlargement of the town. The mosque’s name comes from the shape of its dome. The mosque and the associated buildings is the largest in Bulgaria. The Tombul Mosque is considered to be a cultural monument of national importance.

Shumen Regional Museum of History keeps a collection of more than 150 000 artifacts (5th millennium BC – 20th c.). It makes it one of the richest museums in Bulgaria. The permanent exposition occupies 8 halls, namely Prehistory, Antiquity, Middle Ages, History of Bulgarian nation 15th – 19th c., Christian culture, and the Treasury hall.