I past through Tarnovo on the north side of the mountains before lunch and pulled over. This place is amazing and used to have the honour of being the Bulgarian capital for nearly six hundred years until 1879.
 Tarnovo in the warmer months |
 Tarnovo how I found it. |
This is at the north side of the mountains, which loom, menacingly to the south. The Balkan mountains, in all their spender, run 560 km from the border of Serbia on the west to Cape Emine on the Black Sea to the East. Botov is the highest point at 2,376m (7,795 ft) and is part of the Central Balkan National Park.
 The Veliko Tarnovo fortress |
 The Tornovo art gallery |