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Town in Haskovo, Bulgaria
Photo: Andrey Andreev, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Svilengrad (Bulgarian: Свиленград) is a border town in the Upper Thracian Plain in Bulgaria, close to the point where the national borders of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey meet. It's one of the most important border crossings in the country, and there are a few interesting places nearby.
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Stariyat most, The Old Bridge
Completed in 1529.
Underground tomb or heroon (sanctuary) dated to 4th-3rd centuries BCE, discovered in 1931. A 20 m gallery leads to a circular domed chamber. Open to visitors as a small museum; ask at the tourist information centre in the village for access.
връх Шейновец
The site of the first skirmish of the Balkan War (1912). Altitude 703 m; there's a modern TV tower, a monument-ossuary to the Bulgarian border troops killed in that battle, and an old pillbox (bunker) from WWII or Communist times.
Boukelon
Хотел "Свилена"
Renovated Communist-era hotel, with a decorative mosaic relief on the facade. 3 stars, close to the Municipality building, the Old Bridge and the west end of the main pedestrian street.
Парк Хотел "Романтика"
Modern 4-star hotel overlooking the city park.
By bus
From Sofia: there's at least one daily direct bus (Central Bus Station); buses to Haskovo are more frequent, and there you can get some of the frequent local buses that go to Svilengrad.
By car
From the north-west (Plovdiv, Haskovo, Dimitrovgrad): Bulgarian Motorway A4 ("Maritsa") splits off Motorway A1 east of Plovdiv and heads south-east; it passes between Haskovo and Dimitrovgrad, and at…
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