KUSHTATA (The House)

One of the most fabulous places in Bulgaria is a small village called Bozhenci. It is situated on the northern hillside of the Central Stara Planina and is gifted by nature with beauty and harmony. It’s 16 km east of Gabrovo and 40 km from Veliko Turnovo. Read more…

The monastery is one of the 100 national tourist sites under № 22.

Has it ever happened to you to go somewhere and not to be able to stop taking pleasure in the view that surrounds you? While century old trees are rising before you, lowering their branches to embrace you? Somewhere in the distance you hear the knocking of a lonely woodpecker on the bark of a tree and the sounds are dispersing in the space? The defile of the winding shallow mountainous rivers, the steep slopes covered with forests, the sky enclosed with sheer rocks, to be a serene and magnificent world, where the limestone whiteness to prevail and to merge in the shades of the greenery and the blue sky? If you have not experienced anything of the kind, then we would like to propose you a trip, which will bring you in the world of the great positive emotions. This wild nature welcomes sincerely all the tourist, decided to visit Dryanovo monastery.
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There is an eco-trail in the area with few routes.

A tour to the outdoor ethnographic museum “ETARA” near Gabrovo

Etara is the only one of it’s kind outdoor ethnographic museum in Bulgaria. It is situated at the northern slopes of Stara Planina, 8 km south of Gabrovo. The establishment starts in 1963 with the guidance and the project of Lazar Donkov, and is officialy opened a year later. The museum is a reconstruction of the bulgarian manners, culture and craftsmanship. Building  the museum is accomplished with three different methods: restoration of objects found at that place; transporting original installations from other places and replication buildings from original.

The size of the museum is 7ha , where is the unique exposition of architectural samples, residential interiors, different acting workshops – 50 objects total. The idea of the exposition is to reveal the manners, architecture and history of Gabrovo and the region during the Renascence (18-19 century).

We have an amateur radio station LZ2FU Ham Radio Shack which can be used.

It is equipped with:

Antenna:

• DELTA Loop antenna horizontal – 3.5 MHz – home brew;
• Yagi 144 Mhz for R2 and R3 – home brew;
• Home brew tower No.1 – 14meters;
  • 8 el. log periodic 14-28 MHz – ACOM;
  • 5 el. yagi 50 MHz – home made;
  • rotator
• Home brew tower No.2 – 20 meters;
  • 17 el. for 4 bands – home made;
    • 3 el. for 7 MHz;
    • 4 el. for 14 MHz;
    • 4 el. for 21 MHz;
    • 6 el. for 28 MHz;
  • rotator YAESU G2800.

Hardware:

• ICOM 7600;
• PA – 1000W
• PC/laptop, Internet.

• There is horse riding base only 38 km away from Tryavna with the possibility for riding by both beginners and advanced. They also offer a tour with a guide.

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