Haskovo, Bulgaria Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Half-hourly buses speed across the dusty plain between Plovdiv and ASENOVGRAD 20km south, a light and breezy town built around a large park. Train and bus terminals lie on the northern outskirts, from where it's a short walk through a park and across the river to a modern town square. Two church spires are visible on the hill immediately above: the resplendently ochre-coloured Sveti Dimitâr on the left and the smaller Sveta Troitsa on the right. More interesting, however, is the town's main shopping thoroughfare running south from the square, where a small Historical Museum (Mon–Sat … more »