Is Gorna Oryahovitsa safe? Bulgaria travel risk
Is Gorna Oryahovitsa safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Gorna Oryahovitsa scores 27/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Bulgaria Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 9 Oct 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Gorna Oryahovitsa scores 27/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Bulgaria (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Gorna Oryahovitsa: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (34/100) and natural hazards (33/100).
A score of 27 is higher than the scores of 18% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Bulgaria travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 43.1304° N, 25.7041° E in Veliko Tarnovo, Gorna Oryahovitsa maintains a regional distance of 199.9 km WSW to Sofia.
Veliko Tarnovo
43.1304° N, 25.7041° E
218 m
Europe/Sofia
29,423
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Bulgaria)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Gorna Oryahovitsa happened in May (3 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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