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I went to Koprivstitsa a few weeks ago with friends from school. This is the town where the Bulgarian April Uprising of 1876 started and it's well known for its classic architecture of the Bulgarian National Revival.

Koprivstitsa is like a <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">right</span> rite of passage.  All Bulgarians tell you that you must go (and you must) and then they want to know what you think of their town.  The only proper answer is that you loved it (and you will).<!--more-->

I think you're obligated to go to Koprivstitsa if you come to Bulgaria for more than 10 days.  In fact, I think they ask you at the border when you're exiting the country if you've been to visit and if you haven't they don't let you leave.  That's really how great this town is.

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Going to Koprivstitsa for a weekend was a wonderful time. The weather was warm enough for a person (me) to enjoy walking about in a jacket in the crisp and cool day.  It was really the perfect weather for wandering around.  This is important because it's clear that Koprivstitsa is meant to be wondered around and through at a leisurely pace.

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This is also a great town in which to stock up on preserves. I bought my fair share of jam and honey.  The jam here is some of the best (I've said before and I'll say it again: the jam from Koprivstitsa tastes like sunshine.  I am not kidding. This stuff is great.)  The honey is good as well.

If it's not clear by now I'll be more direct: I love the town. And I think that everyone should visit it. I've been three times now.  Normally, I wouldn't be very keen on going more than once or maybe twice to the same town but this place is lovely.  In my mind, it's not very often that a place is nice in summer, fall and winter but I think that Koprivstitsa is one of those towns.

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And frankly, I think that after you learn how to say the name of this town you have to go a couple of times to as they say: get your money's worth.  Hey, it's not like Koprivstitsa is a name that just rolls of the tongue.  It really not that easy to say.  Oh and it looks even harder to say in Bulgarian: Копривстица.  Yeah, try to say that three times fast as a new comer to the Bulgarian language.

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So that's that. Come to Bulgaria. Visit Koprivstitsa. You wont be disappointed.  I know that this isn't a touchy-feely post but it's direct and I don't think you need much more.