Sliven Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Sliven municipality, Sliven oblast, Bulgaria
About Sliven
With a population of about 80,000 people (2021), Sliven is the administrative centre of Sliven Province, which encompasses pieces of the Balkan Mountains, the Sredna Gora range, and theUpper Thracian Plain. The only other settlement in the province with more than 20,000 inhabitants isNova Zagora; the mountain townsKoteland Tvarditsa have populations of less than 10,000. The town first sprang up in the between the 7th - 11th centuries. Idriss, an Arabian geographer, was the first to write about the town around 1153, calling it Intilifounos. Its name changed from Silimno to Slivno. In 1388, the Turks conquered the city and completely destroyed it. The Turks occupied the region until 1878 when Sliven was liberated during the Russian-Turkish war. In modern times, Sliven grew as a town of craft
Where to Stay in Sliven
- 🏨Hotel Brillantin
- 🏨Hotel Dream
- 🏨Hotel National Palace
- 🏨Hotel Ricas
- 🏨Hotel Sport Palace
- 🏨Hotel Toma
Sliven Travel Guide Sections
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