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Things to do in Plovdiv
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Sightlore has 29 places to explore in Plovdiv, and 14 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Plovdiv's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum
The Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum is a museum of ethnography in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Since 1938, it has occupied the 1847 house of the merchant, Argir Kuyumdzhioglu, in the city's Old Town.
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Şahabettin İmaret Mosque
Active mosque in the Marasha quarter of Plovdiv, built in 1444/1445 by the Rumelian beylerbey Şahabettin Pasha on the right bank of the Maritsa river.
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Archaeological museum, Plovdiv
Museum of archaeology and history in Plovdiv, founded in 1882 as the People's Museum of Eastern Rumelia; one of the oldest cultural institutions in Bulgaria.
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Nebet Tepe
Nebet Tepe is one of the hills of Plovdiv where the ancient town was founded. The earliest settlements on Nebet Tepe are dated back to 4000 BC.
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Dzhumaya Mosque
The Dzhumaya Mosque, also known as the Friday Mosque, is a mosque located in Plovdiv, in the Plovdiv Province of Bulgaria.
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Asen's Fortress
Asen's Fortress, identified by some researchers as Petrich, is a medieval fortress in the Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains, 2 to 3 kilometres (1.2 to 1.9 mi) south of the town of Asenovgrad, on a high rocky ridge on the left bank of the Asenitsa River.
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Plovdiv Roman Stadium
The Stadium of Philippopolis was the ancient Roman stadium of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv), built in the 2nd century AD, during the Roman imperial period.
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Bishop's Basilica of Philippopolis
The Bishop's Basilica of Philippopolis, also known as the Great Basilica, is a ruined church from the ancient city of Philippopolis in Plovdiv and built in the mid-4th century AD.
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Museum of aviation
Museum next to Plovdiv Airport, 12 km from the city, with around 6,800 exhibits including 59 aircraft in indoor and outdoor displays.
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Plovdiv Roman theatre
The Roman theatre of Philippopolis is one of the world's best-preserved ancient Roman theatres, located in the city center of modern Plovdiv, Bulgaria, once the ancient city of Philippopolis.
Discovery routes in Plovdiv
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Plovdiv: Roman ruins and the old town
From the Roman stadium and the Dzhumaya Mosque to the ancient theatre, past the Church of Sts Constantine and Helena, Lamartine House and the Ethnographic Museum to Nebet Tepe, the Episcopal Basilica, the Small Basilica, the Archaeological Museum and the Imaret Mosque.
From Plovdiv to Asen's Fortress and Bachkovo
From the Aviation Museum to Asen's Fortress and Bachkovo Monastery at the foot of the Rhodopes.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Plovdiv Roman Stadium
The Stadium of Philippopolis was the ancient Roman stadium of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv), built in the 2nd century AD, during the Roman imperial period.
Plovdiv Roman theatre
The Roman theatre of Philippopolis is one of the world's best-preserved ancient Roman theatres, located in the city center of modern Plovdiv, Bulgaria, once the ancient city of Philippopolis.
Nebet Tepe
Nebet Tepe is one of the hills of Plovdiv where the ancient town was founded. The earliest settlements on Nebet Tepe are dated back to 4000 BC.
Asen's Fortress
Asen's Fortress, identified by some researchers as Petrich, is a medieval fortress in the Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains, 2 to 3 kilometres (1.2 to 1.9 mi) south of the town of Asenovgrad, on a high rocky ridge on the left bank of the Asenitsa River.
Eirene Residence
The House of Eirene is an ancient Roman peristyle house (a domus) with lavish mosaic floors in Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv), built in the middle of the 3rd century AD in the provincial capital of Thracia.
Philippopolis
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria and the most populous city in the Bulgarian part of the historic region of Thrace, located 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia.
Library of Philippopolis
The library of Philippopolis is one of the administrative buildings built in the Northern part of the Roman forum in Plovdiv. The rectangular-shaped building has an approximate width of 20m and length of 15m.
Museums
Lamartine House
National Revival-era house of Georgi Mavridi on Dzhambaz Tepe in Plovdiv's Old Town, also known as the Lamartine House.
Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum
The Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum is a museum of ethnography in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Since 1938, it has occupied the 1847 house of the merchant, Argir Kuyumdzhioglu, in the city's Old Town.
Bishop's Basilica of Philippopolis
The Bishop's Basilica of Philippopolis, also known as the Great Basilica, is a ruined church from the ancient city of Philippopolis in Plovdiv and built in the mid-4th century AD.
Small Basilica
The Small Basilica of Philippopolis is one of Plovdiv's most distinctive landmarks. The basilica is located on Maria Louisa Blvd in the central part of Bulgaria's second-largest city.
Archaeological museum, Plovdiv
Museum of archaeology and history in Plovdiv, founded in 1882 as the People's Museum of Eastern Rumelia; one of the oldest cultural institutions in Bulgaria.
Museum of aviation
Museum next to Plovdiv Airport, 12 km from the city, with around 6,800 exhibits including 59 aircraft in indoor and outdoor displays.
Plovdiv Regional History Museum
The Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum is a historical museum in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Places of worship
Dzhumaya Mosque
The Dzhumaya Mosque, also known as the Friday Mosque, is a mosque located in Plovdiv, in the Plovdiv Province of Bulgaria.
Church of St Constantine and Helena
The Church of Saints Constantine and Helena is a church in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Şahabettin İmaret Mosque
Active mosque in the Marasha quarter of Plovdiv, built in 1444/1445 by the Rumelian beylerbey Şahabettin Pasha on the right bank of the Maritsa river.
Bachkovo Monastery
The Bachkovo Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, archaically the Petritsoni Monastery or Monastery of the Mother of God Petritzonitissa is a major Eastern Orthodox monastery in Southern Bulgaria.
St. Dimitar Church, Plovdiv
Orthodox church of St Demetrius of Thessaloniki in Plovdiv's Old Town; its present building was consecrated on 18 January 1838.
Cathedral of St Louis
The Cathedral of St Louis is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
St. Marina, Plovdiv
Orthodox church in Plovdiv, the metropolitan cathedral of the Plovdiv eparchy of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
St. Nedelya Church
Orthodox church in Plovdiv's Old Town, below the eastern wall of the fortress and close to the Hisar Kapia gate.
St. Nikola, Plovdiv
Orthodox church in Plovdiv's Old Town dedicated to St Nicholas of Myra; a chapel of the Holy Mother of God Cathedral, about 70–80 m west of it.
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Roman Catholic church in Plovdiv, part of the St Louis parish, declared the national shrine of Bulgaria's Catholics.
Church of the Holy Mother of God, Plovdiv
The Church of the Holy Mother of God, officially the Cathedral Church of the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God is a Bulgarian National Revival church in Bulgaria's second largest city Plovdiv.
Ascension of the Lord
Eastern Catholic parish church in Plovdiv, belonging to the Eparchy of Sofia.
Saint George church
Armenian Apostolic church (Surp Kevork) in the old part of Plovdiv, on the western slope of Nebet Tepe.
Tashkyopryu Mosque
The Tashkyopryu Mosque, or the Stone Bridge Mosque, is a mosque, located in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, built by Ottoman Turks in 16th century during their 500-year rule in today's Bulgaria.
Monuments
Alyosha Monument
Alyosha (an affectionate diminutive of Aleksey) is an 11-metre (36-foot) tall reinforced concrete statue of a Soviet soldier on Bunarjik Hill in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The statue tops a 6-metre (20-foot) pedestal lined with granite.
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