The Imaret Mosque

The Imaret Mosque built 1444-1445 is one of many monuments from the Ottoman period. An inn near the mosque has been restored and is now a branch of the archaeological museum.

The Djoumaya Mosque, 19 Noemvri Square built mid- 15th century, TheeFriday mosque Jiad a big service held every Friday, Its domes are covered with lead sheets. Four solid columns carry nine impressive vaults inside.

The clock tower is one of Europe’s oldest and is built on Sahat Tepe hill. It was restored in 1812.

On Liberators9 Hill is a monument to Russian soldiers who died during the liberation from Ottoman domination in 1878, and a Monument to the Soviet Army.

On Suedinenie (Union) Square a monument has been unveiled to commemorate the Union of the two Bulgarias in 1885. The sculptor is a famous Bulgarian — Velichko Milenkov private tours istanbul.

The Archaeological Museum, Suedinenie Square, has four departments: pre-class and early class system, slave system, feudal system and a numismatic department. On display in the slave system department are finds from Philippopolis and the Panagyuristhe gold treasure — 6.149 kg of solid gold. It is comprised of 9 vessels: an amphora-rhyton, four rhytons, 3 jugs and one phial and dates back to the 3rd century B.C.

The State Art Gallery, 15 Vassil Kolarov St.

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Hotels: Novotel Plovdiv, 2 Zlatyu Boyadjiev St,, 5 stars, 7 floors, 8 suites and 314 double rooms, restaurant, day bar and night club, national restaurant, coffee shop, free shop, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, sauna, bowling alley, hairdresser’s, post office, covered parking lot, air-conditioning. Tel. 5-51-71. Inmontium, 2 Kapitan Raicho, 3 stars, 4 floors with 4 suites and 260 beds, restaurant, night club, national restaurant, coffee shop, hairdresser’s, post office, information and rent- a-car bureau. Tel. 2-55-61. Leningrad Park-hotel, 97 Moskva Blvd, 3 stars, 21 floors with 26 suites and 675 beds, restaurant, night club, day bar, indor swimming pool,free shop, hairdresser’s, post office, coffee shop, information bureau. Tel. 2-58-03. Maritsa, 5 G. Dimitrov St., 3 stars, 11 floors with 4 suites, 47 single and 120 double rooms, restaurant, day bar, coffee shop, hairdresser’s, rent-a-car office. Tel. 5-27-35. Leipzig, 70 Rousski Blvd, 2 stars, 10 floors, 2 suites and 250 beds, restaurant, night club, information bureau. Tel. 3-22-50. Buh garia, 13 Patriarch Evtimii St., 2 stars, 4 floors, seven suites, 25 single and 46 double rooms, restaurant, information and rent-a-car bureau. Tel. 2-60-64.

Camp sites:

Maritsa — 9 km west of Plo\div, 3 stars; Trakiya — 4 km east, 2 stars; Chaya, 2 stars, 13 km east of Plovdiv.

Motels:

Maritsa, 3 stars, 9 km west.

Tourist information bureau, 39 Vassil Kolarov St., Tel. 2-48-71.

Balkantourist Bureau, 35 Vassil Kolarov St. Tel. 2-25-60.

Union of Motorists, 129aG«Dimitrov Blvd., tel. 2-47-81.

Entertainments:

Trakiiski stan, 35 Puldin St., tel. 2-45-10

Alafrangite, 17 Kiril Nektariev St, tel. 2-98-09 in a 19th-century house. Puldon, 3 Knyaz Tseretelev St.

There are restaurants in all large hotels.

Plovdiv. Leningrad Hotel