Shumen Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Shumen municipality, Shumen oblast, Bulgaria
About Shumen
In modern Bulgarian,shumenmeans literally "noisy". Another possible etymology comes from the Slavic rootshuma, which in modern Bulgarian refers to the (fallen) foliage of trees, but it still means "wood, forest" in Macedonian and Serbo-Croatian. The preferred transliteration of the name has varied throughout the years (Shoumen, Šumen, etc); 19th century English-language texts usually call it Shumla. Shumen is also one of the Bulgarian cities that used to have a "Communist name" - it was officially renamed to Kolarovgrad between 1950 and 1965, after Vasil Kolarov (1877-1950), a major figure in the Bulgarian Communist Party and the Communist International who was born in the city. Shumen lies at the base of the Shumen Plateau, a wood-covered limestone height that rises over the Bulgarian Dan
Top Attractions in Shumen
Explore the best things to see and do in Shumen:
- ★BenFly Tandem Flights
- ★Monument to the Founders of the Bulgarian State
- ★Regional History Museum
- ★Shumen Fortress
- ★Tombul Mosque
Where to Stay in Shumen
- 🏨Grand Hotel Shumen
Shumen Travel Guide Sections
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