Veliko Tarnovo is situated at 210 m above sea level along the historical hills of Sveta Gora, and Trapezitsa Tsarevets. Today, Veliko Turnovo is an important administrative, cultural, historical and tourist center of Bulgaria.

The city is the center of one of the 28 administrative districts of the country. Veliko Turnovo District has an area of 4662 km ² and includes 10 municipalities with 14 towns and 322 villages. The population is about 295,000 inhabitants.

- Tsarevets Hill
- Church Asenov "
- Museum of Bulgarian Revival and the Constituent Assembly
- Museum Sarafkina House "
- House Konstantsalievs
- Church of the Nativity
- Church of St. Archangels Michael and Gabriel
- Monastery Preobrazhenski
- Holy Trinity Monastery
- Monastery Kilifarevo
- Petropavlovsk Monastery
- Monastery of St.. Nicholas Kapinovo
- Monastery Sf.Dormition
- Monastery of St.. Elijah Plakovo