Troyan
is a town with strong and distinctive personality, moulded by history, climate and topography. It has some 25 000 inhabitants and is the centre of a minicipality under the same name, including 21 villages (appox. 893 sq.km).
The town Troyan is situated in the North Bulgariia, 160 km north-east of Sofia. Troyan is located on the richly terraced banks of the river Beli Osam at the North foot of the Troyan - Kalofer part of the Balkan Mountains, near the Troyan Pass, at 400 m above sea
level. The climate in the region is transitional - from temperatute and continental to mountainous, and is a combination of a rainy spring, warm summer, sunny autumn amd mild snowy winter. The rainfal is above the average for the count ry and the snow-cover holds for about 50 days.
The geographical situation of Troyan is favourable for its transpirt links. Now there are roads connecting Troyan with the capital of Bulgaria and with the principal cities in the country. Once outside of
main cities, the roads are relatively uncrowded and touring becomes a pleasure. Troyan is also the termal of the railway from Svishtow via Levski to Troyan. The nearest airport are Plovdiv (125 km) and Sofia (160km), the nearest sea-port - Bourgas (245 km) and the nearest river-port is Svishtov (110 km). |
