Chiprovtsi

如何抵達

There are daily buses departing at 18:00 from the Central Bus Station in Sofia. As of March 2011, a one-way ticket costs ~€7.27. The trip takes approximately 3 hours, the center of Chiprovtsi being the last stop on the route. Buses depart from the Montana bus station at 10:20, 12:30 (M-F only), 15:40, 17:40, and 20:20. The ticket costs ~€1.82, and the journey takes approximately 45 minutes. The majority of these buses are labeled to Martinovo (Мартиново), the final route destination. Buses depart from Chiprovtsi to Montana at 6:40, 10:00, 12:20 (Chiprovtsi Express to Sofia), and 16:50. The ticket costs ~€1.82, and the journey takes approximately 45 minutes. Bus and train connections can be made to all the major cities in Bulgaria from Montana.

必看景點

1 Chiprovtsi Historical Museum, 2, ulitsa Vitosha (The museum is normally locked, and one must go to the administrative offices located to the left of the museum and ring the bell for assistance.), ☏ +359 95-542 168. Daily 8:00-17:00 (Sa from 09:00). The museum was founded in 1988 on the anniversary of the Chiprovtsi Uprising. The main exhibition is housed in a renovated schoolhouse, built in 1866 by monks from the Chiprovtsi Monastery. English translations are provided for each of the exhibitions. ~€1.04 for adults and ~€0.26 for children. Guided tours are available for ~€1.04. (updated Mar 2017)

Ethnographic Museum “Katerina Kushta”. The Ethnographic Museum is at the foot of the hill below the Historical Museum and faces the river. Inquire at the Historical Museum for access and a tour. On the second floor, rooms are set up with to display the way of life and culture of the Torlatsi: a traditionally dressed wedding party, a kitchen and living room, and a traditional bedroom with desk. Make sure to look at the old order book with swatches of wool dyes and their description in several languages from the early 1900s. In the garden are traditional plants used for dying fabric, and a display case with the colors they create is found to the right of the stairs. The office on the first floor also has a small selection of books and souvenirs for sale.

2 Sankta Maria Catholic Church. Chiprovtsi is proud of its Orthodox and Catholic heritage, and the close proximity of this church and Vaznesenie Hristov Orthodox Church serve as an example of the harmonious coexistence of the town’s Saxon and Slavic history. The Sankta Maria Catholic Church was built in 1371 and was a center of Bulgarian Catholicism prior to the 1688 uprising. Vaznesenie Hristov Orthodox Church. It is not known exactly when the Vaznesenie Hristovo Orthodox Church was constructed, but it was before 1688. During the uprising it was severely damaged, but later restored. Today, it is an operative shrine an