The town of Gorna Oryahovitsa (35621 inhabitants, 160 metres above sea level) is situated at the northern outskirts of the Turnovo Hills, at the distance of 7 km north-east from Veliko Turnovo, 3 km north-west of Lyaskovets and 247 km north-east of Sofia. The biggest railway junction of Northern Bulgaria. Now the town developed as a big transport (predominantly railway) centre as it is nowadays. Its proximity with the Old Metropolis town of Veliko Turnovo, with Arbanassi, with the magnificent monasteries around and with a great number of other sites of interest makes it a tourist centre as well.
