The town of Teteven has a population of 11 000 inhabitants and lies at a distance of 68 km southwest of Lovech. Teteven is the municipal centre of 25 component settlements. The town is situated along the valley of the Beli Vit River at an altitude of 425 m.

The first inhabitants of the region are the Thracian tribe of Serdi. In the region of Teteven there are 113 Thracian mounds. The other archaeological findings are from the Neolith, a Thracian and a medieval settlement. The oldest written evidence of Teteven dates from 1421. In XIII c. there is a boom in the development of crafts and trade in the region.

The tourist sights of the town are: the church "Vseh Svetih"/All Saints/ (1834-1846), the monastery "Sveti prorok Iliya"/St. Prophet Iliya/, the ancient house-museums - the Bobev's, the Tuykov's and the Hadzhiivanov's, the reserves "Boatin", "Tzarichina", the waterfall ‘Skoka" and others.

15 m southeast of Teteven is located the village of Ribaritza. The village has a population of 1 200 inhabitants and is the starting point for tourist routes in Teteven Mountains.

Tourist sights

The church "Svetaya Svetih" /All Saints/ in Teteven is built in 1834-1846. It has exceptionally big dimensions and unusual style for the churches from the period of the Ottoman domination. The church is 31 m long and 14 m wide with up to 1,5 m thick walls. The iconostasis is made by representatives of the Teteven's art school.

The Monastery "St. Iliya" in Teteven has been an important educational and cultural centre during the Revival period. The monastery has preserved old printed books and icons from XVII-XVIII c. The church in the monastery is a monument of the Bulgarian architecture. The pulpit has a wood carving done by representatives of the Debar's art school, while the iconostasis is the work of wood-carving masters from Teteven. An artistic cross given as a gift from king Ivan Shishman has been preserved in the monastery until 1930. Now the cross is in the London Museum.

The monastery "St. Georgi Pobedonosetz" in the village of Glozhene is situated at a distance of 3 km from the village. It is built over a steep rock on the Lisetz Ridge. The monastery keeps precious manuscripts, icons and wood carvings.

The Glozhen Monastery lies at a distance of 12 km from Teteven. The monastery is situated on a high cliff on the Lisetz mountainous massif. In the monastery are preserved icons from famous artists such as Zahari Zograf, Stanislav Dospevski and Yoan Popovich.