Talk:Central Southern Bulgaria

Stara Zagora is a city in Central Southern Bulgaria.

Understand
Stara Zagora, one of the greenest cities in Bulgaria, is also one of the oldest in Europe. It was also named one of the best cities to live in Bulgaria. It is charming, with rich cultural life, big enough to have great infrastructure and not enormous enough to create bottle-neck traffic jams, cleaning problems or to have safety issues.

Get in
Situated almost in the geographical center of Bulgaria, Stara Zagora is linked with major roads and railroads to the rest of the country and the neighboring Turkey, Greece and Romania. In less than 4 hours drive, you can be in all these three countries by very decent roads. Major transportation hub, Stara Zagora is accessible by car, train and bus. Roads from Northern Europe (Russia, Romani) linking with the Mediterranean (Turkey, Greece) pass through Stara Zagora, following almost the same path from the Antiquity.

By plane
Although Stara Zagora has a local airport, it is used only for small private plains. The nearest airports are Plovdiv (90 km West from Stara Zagora) and Sofia (240 km)away.

By train
Stara Zagora is a major railroad hub, linking all Danube countries through Rousse - Svilengrad - Istanbul line and almost all trains from West to East Bulgaria (Sofia- Burgas line)

By car
Coming from Sofia, Stara Zagora is accessible by Trakia highway - an express highway recently extended to the city. The continuation Stara Zagora - Burgas is under construction. From the Black Sea, Stara Zagora is accessible by the Trakia Highway, which has a 40 km unfinished part, to be ready in 2011. Coming from the North (Rousse, Veliko Turnovo) the road passes through the Shika Pass - a very picturesque but dangerous mountain pass, crossing the Balkan range. From Varna, drivers have 2 alternatives - crossing to South Bulgaria through the Karnobat Pass and then taking the Sub-Balkan highway through Kazanlak, or going through Nova Zagora on a 2 lane road.

By bus
Stara Zagora is linked with regular bus lines to all major and middle range cities in the country and major cities on the Balkan Peninsula, as Istanbul, Edirne.

By boat
Not accessible

See
Regional Museum of History, Stara Zagora:

42 Ruski, Blvd., Stara Zagora

The Stara Zagora Regional Museum of History is one of the richest museums in the Balkans, when it comes to number and significance of its artifacts. The largest and the most preserved Neolithic art collection, the collection of Roman glass, the collection of Thracian chariots, the antique bronze collection and the artifacts of the Roman city of Augusta Trajana give to the museum one of the most significant places among the European museums.

With a history of more than eight millennia, the region of Stara Zagora continues to give to scientists and lovers of history the pleasure of new archaeological and historical finds. Unearthed almost on a daily basis, these artifacts are making the headlines around the world. Stara Zagora Regional Museum of History continues to be a scientific center for research and preservation of 130,000 precious objects from all periods of the human history in South Eastern Europe. The museum is also a center for enlightenment, entertainment, and enjoyment of the region’s rich cultural heritage for more than 100 years.

Website: http://museum.starazagora.net/

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 Neolithic Dwellings:

Armeyska Street, 20, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, 6000, Phone: +359.(0)42.622.109 Opening times: Tues - Sat: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm Created in 1979, the museum "Neolithic Dwellings" of Stara Zagora hosts one of the most important prehistoric art exhibitions in Europe. It was built around 2 Neolithic houses (dwellings) dating back to the 6th Millennia B.C.

During the excavation of the Neolithic houses, 1826 artifacts were found. The houses are the best-preserved in Europe from this period. Kitchens, fireplaces, hand grain mills, and ceramic vessels comprise the richest inventory of VI Millennia prehistoric house life in Europe.

The Prehistoric Art Exhibition hosts 333 of the most important finds from the Neolithic, Eneolithic, and Chalcolitic periods (VI Millennia B.C. – III Millennia B.C.).

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