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The location of Veliko Tarnovo puts it in an ideal position for the overseas home buyer. It is almost midway between the capital of Sofia and the Black Sea resort of Varna.

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Veliko Tarnovo is built along a ridge above a horseshoe bend in the Yantra River, the gorge is lined with traditional houses. To the east of the town stands the Tsarevets Fortress, the original selttlements are thought to date back to the Romans, but the first fortress was built during the 5th to 7th centuries.

The second Bulgarian empire was founded in 1185 and Veliko Tarnovo (or Tarnovgrad as it was then known) became a major centre for trade and culture.

In 1393 the Turks set seige and the fortress was destroyed. In 1877, General Gurko, a Russian, liberated the town from the Turks, and in 1879 Veliko Tarnovo was chosen as the place to write the Bulgarian Constitution.

Veliko Tarnovo is a good central point in Bulgaria standing as it does on the crossroads between the capital Sofia in the west and the Black Seas coast resort of Varna to the east. To the north is the border city of Rousse and the road travels south to the Greek and Turkish borders.

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The main street is a typical shopping area with the usual mix of fashion shops, restaurants and currency exchanges. But step away from it and you could be meandering along streets of small shops maintained in the style of the Bulgarian Revival period. Craft shops where artists and craftsmen still use traditional skills intermingle with souvenir shops selling the usual tourist trinkets.

The village of Arbanassi is 4km from Veliko Tarnovo. The town is very picturesque with large houses in traditional Bulgarian style where some of Bulgaria's rich and famous families live. Founded in the 15th Century by Christians from Albania, Arbanessi grew prosperous after Sultan Suleiman II presented the village to his son-in-law.