Veliki Preslav

The ruins of medieval Preslav. Not much is left above waist level, though some restoration and conservation has been done. The total area is about , but the bulk of the exposed ruins is the Palace Complex in the Inner City south of the museum. Tickets cover both the ruins and the museum; there are ticket offices at the museum, the Palace Complex, and the Round Church. There's a parking lot by a restaurant at the back of the museum, as well as small parking lots at the Palace Complex and the Round Church. Alternatively, you can park somewhere in town and approach the ruins through the town park - the main alley of the park crosses it and continues to the back of the museum.

On-site museum of the ruins, an angular 1981 building. Explains the history of medieval Preslav and showcases archaeological finds, including a vault for precious artefacts. The most notable exhibit is the gold Preslav Treasure, which consists of more than 100 pieces and was likely hidden when the city was sacked in the 10th century CE.

An ornate Orthodox church built between 1897 and 1927, as a part of a modern monastery built over the ruins to commemorate the medieval capital. It was nationalised by the Communist regime in the 1940s, and never returned to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, so it's inactive (and locked up). The church stands closely to the ruins of the inner city wall, and you can appreciate the wall's dimensions by the sections that fell down in a single piece.

Main part of the exposed ruins, including the remnants of the Palace, various other buildings of the royal court, the Royal Basilica, and the restored southern gate of the Inner City with a fragment of the walls.

Partially restored ruins of a 10th-century church with unusual architecture - a round inner chamber (rotunda). Scholars have argued for a long time if it's the same as the Golden Church mentioned in chronicles of that time. As the name suggests, it had a gilded dome and the interior was richly decorated (the surviving decorations are exhibited in the Museum).

Colourful old Orthodox town church. Built 1908-1931, frescoes finished 1951. It's claimed that this is the church with the most depictions of Bulgarian saints and martyrs, over 60. Feast day is 8th of November.