Things to do & places to visit in Shumen Province, Bulgaria

Shumen Province #14 destination in Bulgaria 2023. The average rating score is 4.41 based on 546 traveler reviews, of 17 attractions. Timezone: Europe/Sofia, current date and time: Tuesday, May 07, 2024, 21:25.

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Top things to do (14)

• Historic Sites
• Spas
• Bars & Clubs
• Monuments & Statues
• National Parks
• Historic Walking Areas
• Wine Tours & Tastings
• Churches & Cathedrals
• Points of Interest & Landmarks
• Religious Sites
• Speciality Museums
• Wineries & Vineyards
• Health Clubs
• Nature & Wildlife Areas

Top destinations in Shumen Province 14

• Marash
• Shumen
• Novi Pazar
• Madara
• Dluzhko
• Vurbitsa
• Sushina
• Veliki Preslav
• Osmar
• Pliska
• Kyulevcha
• Kaspichan
• Dibich
• Dragoevo

Top places to visit (17 attractions)

1. 5.0 Osmar Rock Monasteries (2 reviews)
   - An underrated and neglected place
   Open now - 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Religious Sites
   
   
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2. 5.0 Lavazza Coffee & Cocktails Club (2 reviews)
   - Friendly atmosphere
   Tuesday: 7:30 AM - 12:00 AM Bars & Clubs
   
   
   Beautiful place with good tasting drinks. You feel like at home. The bartenders are friendly and communicative. See more..
   
3. 5.0 Massage Studio Grand Hotel Shumen (2 reviews)
   - Professionals are here
   Spent < 1 hour Health Clubs • Spas
   
   
   Welcome to Massage Studio in Grand Hotel Shumen. Vitaly Fiodorov Professional massage therapist is waiting for You. Enjoy the Thai massage, Shiatsu, Lomi-Lomi, Milk and Honey massage, Classical, Medical, Sport massage, Deep Tissue and more... See more..
   
4. 5.0 Cafe Club Zino (2 reviews)
   - Amazing Place
   Bars & Clubs
   
   
   Nice place to spend and evening with friends or family. Amazing staff and music. Highly recommended and awesome experience. See more..
   
5. 5.0 Shumen Plateau Nature Park (2 reviews)
   - Beautiful Park
   National Parks • Nature & Wildlife Areas
   
   
   One of my favorite places to go when I’m in Shumen. A great walk with great view. Definitely a panorama view place. Be ready to feel wow with amazing view. See more..
   
6. 5.0 The Courtyard of the Cyrillic Alphabet (1 review)
   - Great Place to visit to understand Cyrillic Story in Bulgaria
   Speciality Museums
   
   
   One thing that I wish - Bulgarian Government will put up more fund to add English version of each touristic site history so it will be more easier for us to understand behind all of these waxes or letters and so on. And so we can feel the history while visiting this sort of place. If we don’t have local guide Nor local friends along we won’t understand fully the rich history. There’s entrance fee to pay on this 20-30mins tourists site. It’s a must to visit if you’re within the area. They did pretty good job with the waxes - it’s really close to real looks. See more..
   
7. 5.0 Osmar Pelin vine celar (1 review)
   - Amazing experience
   Spent 1-2 hours Wineries & Vineyards
   Absolutely loved the visit. Great people and awesome ambiance. Will definitely look to revisit in future. See more..
   
8. 4.5 Madara Rider (188 reviews)
   - Off the beaten path visit
   Monuments & Statues
   
   
   We stopped on our road trip at Madara Horseman and were pleasantly surprised by the park with the monument as well as other historic items/features. It is worth visiting and one would need a few hours to enjoy all the items of interest. To see the Madara Rider or Madara Horseman, an early medieval large rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of Madara, one needs to walk up about 300 steps. The monument is dated in the late 7th or early 8th century AD during the reign of Bulgar Khan Tervel. In 1979 rightfully so it became enlisted on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The sites are dispersed throughout the park and require walking up and down the steps sometimes relatively long distances but absolutely worth it. It is also only such carving of its kind in the whole Europe. Highly recommend. See more..
   
9. 4.5 Monument "1300 Years of Bulgaria" (147 reviews)
   - Amazing place!
   Monuments & Statues
   
   
   The size of this place is massive. It just looks like a huge concrete monolith on a mountain with the Bulgarian lion on it but once you are there there are statues and mosaics inside detailing Bulgarian history. You can drive up, or walk up 1300 steps for the 1300 years if Bulgarian history. See more..
   
10. 4.5 Fortezza di Veliki Preslav (44 reviews)
    - Majestic place full of history
    Spent < 1 hour Points of Interest & Landmarks
    
    
    Veliki (that means "Great") Preslav was the capital of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 893 till 969 and was considered as one of the most important and beautiful and magnificent towns of the Middle Ages in Europe which stood out with gorgeous buildings, highly decorated with gold and silver. Quite a lot of the old town has been preserved - the fortress walls, some of the defensive towers, the famous Golden or "Round" church which was the most prominent building in town, parts of the water supply and sewage systems, etc. The area covers about 3.5 - 4 sq km making it the perfect spot to spend the day out in nature. There is also an awesome museum close to the remains of the ancient fortress with lots of artefacts found/dug out in the area which is to be visited at the time you visit the fortress as the ticket includes both of them (abt 3 €). All info boards are both in Bulgarian and English. For Bulgarians it is a must-visit place, for foreigners it will be quite interesting. See more..
    
11. 4.5 Pliska National Historical Archaeological Reserve (35 reviews)
    - A very nice archeological park with the first capital of Bulgaria
    Historic Sites • Historic Walking Areas
    
    
    Pliska was the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire between 681 and 893 AD. And this is what you'll see here, some ruins from that period of time. Some structures are reworked but in a way you can see the old part. See more..
    
12. 4.5 Yard of the Cyrillic alphabet (11 reviews)
    - Fabilous!
    Spent 1-2 hours Points of Interest & Landmarks
    
    
    Unique cultural and historical complex "Yard of the Cyrillic alphabet". Nearly 300 million people in the world use the Cyrillic alphabet. At least 50 languages are currently written or used to be written in Cyrillic. Bulgaria is the only EU Member State using the Cyrillic and Bulgaria's cultural contribution with its 30 letters cannot be denied. See more..
    
13. 4.0 Shumen Fortress (58 reviews)
    - Worth a visit!
    Historic Sites
    
    
    One of the few so well preserved ancient historical places in Bulgaria, representing different periods from the European culture - ancient, Roman and Medieval. There is a small museum on-site, excellently organized. Very kind museum officials both at the outer and inner area. The view towards Shumen is impressive! See more..
    
14. 4.0 Tombul Mosque (50 reviews)
    - Recently refurbished
    Religious Sites
    
    
    This mosque is one of the most beautiful I've seen in Bulgaria, and it's definitely worth stopping by if you are in Shumen. See more..
    
15. 4.0 Church of St. Arch. Michael (1 review)
    - Great Church
    Churches & Cathedrals
    
    
    Unfortunately just saw the outside view of the Church. It’s obvious that Bulgaria has many beautiful attractions to offer in every town. During winter I Guess it’s always closed - that’s when we visited. Definitely a place to visit when you’re in Veliki Pleslav See more..
    
16. Tarev Brod Winery (0 review)
    Wine Tours & Tastings
    
    
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17. Tsarev Brod Winery (0 review)
    Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Wineries & Vineyards
    
    
    Tsarev Brod is a small winery located between the first Bulgarian capitols - Pliska and Great Preslav, also 20km away from the only rock bas-relief in Europe - the Madara Rider. The winery is surrounded by 400 decares of vines. The project Tsarev Brod started in 2001 with the planting of Sauvignon Blanc - that made our Sauvignon Blanc vineyard the oldest in Bulgaria. In 2014 we decided to build a winery and in 2015 was our first vintage - a year when we showed our wine from Gergana, a domestic grape variety that was lost and forgotten. Thanks to our owner who is agronomist, we managed to resurrect the grape variety...now Gergana is anology for Tsarev Brod Located in the heart of the North-East - 100km from the Danube river, 80km from the Black Sea and 100km away from the Balkan mountain. Our climate is favorable for white and elegant red wines - Gergana, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Evmolpia and Pinot Noir are part of the grape varieties found in our vineyard. Our approach is balance! See more..