Veliko Târnovo Entertainment

  1. Bally

    This new club playing hip-hop and techno has both its supporters and detractors. With its large central dance floor, it can seem empty unless there's a weekend crowd.

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  2. Café Aqua

    Lounge over a coffee and slatka (sweet) until late in the evening at this central café, which has a breezy balcony overlooking the gorge.

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  3. Cinema Arena

    The latest Hollywood films are on at Cinema Arena in the new shopping centre, Central Mall, which also has a nightclub, bowling alley and casino. (A taxi is the easiest way to get there.) In addition to the mall, the new town, little-visited by tourists, is where many students reside and thus also offers heavy-duty entertainment during term.

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  4. City Pub

    This popular, big British-style pub near the post office and TIC is a bit gimmicky, but usually lively with local students.

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  5. Deep Café Club

    This small, eccentrically-lit subterranean bar-verging-on-club caters to a young crowd with hip-hop and house music.

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  7. Jack

    This pumping student club for knavish lads and short-skirted girls is named for the American whisky, and is especially popular on weekends with house music and dancing.

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  8. Konstantin Kisimov Dramatic Theatre

    For a spot of theatre, try the Konstantin Kisimov Dramatic Theatre. The Tourist Information Centre can tell you what's on.

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  9. Pepy's Bar

    If you were an expat in Târnovo, Pepy's might well be your local. The dark-lit, popular bar doesn't put on airs like the more studenty places; it's just a cosy, chilled-out nightspot with subdued style.

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  10. Scream Dance Club

    Another of Târnovo's popular clubs, Scream is slightly more tasteless but equally studenty.

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  11. Shekerdzinitsa

    This lovely little café with traditional furnishings in the old market is the place to go for real Turkish coffee - appealingly prepared the old-school way, in a diminutive copper pot run across a basin of heated sand.

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  13. Ulitsata

    To one side of the Trapezitsa Hotel, this is one of Târnovo's busiest and friendliest cafés, with nice views from the terrace.

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