Kazanlâk Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Kazanlâk’s bus station (62 383; ul Kenali) is busy (though open only until 8pm daily), and has connections to Sofia (11 lv, 2½ hours, six daily), Veliko Târnovo (6 lv, 2½ hours), Lovech (8 lv, three hours), Karlovo (twice daily), Haskovo (7 lv, three hours) and Plovdiv (6.50 lv, two hours). About every hour, there’s also a bus to Gabrovo (5 lv, 60 minutes to 90 minutes) via Shipka.

Minibuses for Stara Zagora (4 lv, 45 minutes) run half-hourly from just outside the main station where the buses congregate. Further along the road by the roundabout, town bus 6 (0.90 lv, 25 minutes, half-hourly) runs up to Shipka; there’s also a stop for this bus in the centre, at the corner of Knyaz Al Battenberg and Sveti Kiril i Metodii.

The Kazanlâk train station (662 012; ul Sofronii) connects Sofia and Burgas, via Karlovo and Sliven. There are regular trains to Sofia (7.30 lv, 3½ hours, three daily), Burgas (7.30 lv, three hours, four daily), Karlovo (2.70 lv, one hour, six daily) and Varna (10.30 lv, five hours, three daily).