Buying a Holiday Property in Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria

If you’re like us and you absolutely love Bulgaria and are happy that it has finally become well known as a beautiful and interesting country to visit but have become jaded with the seemingly imagination-free holiday apartment developments that are for sale in the usual beach locations, you might like to know about an alternative holiday destination namely Veliko Tarnovo.

Located in central northern Bulgaria it is the cultural and historic centre of ancient Bulgaria and it offers an abundance of interesting property stock from plots of land ripe for development to old farmhouses for renovation, from town houses to modern apartments – this is your guide to the town, the tourism delights of the location and to buying a holiday property in Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria.

The first thing that strikes a new visitor when they arrive in Veliko Tarnovo is the architecture – depending on which sources you consider accurate, historians believe the first settlement on the location of the modern day town dates as far back as the 3rd or 4th millennium BC and quite simply, ever since then the town has been developing and growing and changing and the generations of development overlap and can be seen in every facet of Veliko Tarnovo today in the churches and cathedrals, in the ruins of a castle and along the ancient streets of traditional houses.

Veliko Tarnovo has an abundance of museums, galleries, monuments and cultural amenities, it is a lively town where one can enjoy the beautiful sights and sounds or indulge in shopping, dining al fresco in the summer or just steeping yourself in the fascinating history of the nation.  Because of the multiple attractions that this town offers it has long attracted tourists from within Bulgaria and slowly but surely the town’s council and mayor are working collectively to raise international awareness of the attraction of the town, and as a result the tourism industry is flourishing.

As you can tell there are many reasons why one might like to own a holiday property in Veliko Tarnovo for personal use regularly throughout the year – the nearest airport is Sofia which is 220km away and regularly serviced by flight operators including the cheaper ones from across Europe.  This means the property is pretty accessible all year round.  An added bonus of this is that one can buy a holiday home and actually rent it out to the tourism market when it is not being used for personal visits; thus making owning a property in Bulgaria in Veliko Tarnovo a good alternative investment approach as well.

In terms of what’s currently available (January 2007) the property.bg website is offering a spacious three bedroom apartment in the town centre close to all amenities which needs modernizing but which is in good condition architecturally speaking for GBP 24,000, they have an 800 square meter plot of land in a village next to Veliko Tarnovo for GBP 5,500 or an authentic, ancient town house right in the historic heart of Veliko Tarnovo with great views across the whole town taking in the monument of Assens, the city gallery and the river Yantra for example, and which would rent so easily and be a great long term asset as well as a fantastic place to holiday or even live for GBP 74,000.

If you’re thinking of investing in real estate in Bulgaria it pays to look a little further afield than Bansko, Sunny Beach or even Sofia…as you can hopefully tell, currently properties for sale in Veliko Tarnovo are selling at a fraction of the price of these other well known locations but hopefully you can also tell that by buying a holiday property in Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria today you will be buying an excellent asset for the long term.