The Little Heart of Zvezda

Village of Zvezda, Popovo Municipality, Targovishte Region

Tucked into the heart of one of the region's most quietly charming villages, this characterful Bulgarian rural property sits on a generous 2,340m² flat plot with a 150m² building footprint certified by a licensed expert, meaning you can build on the existing foundation.

Zvezda is a living village with an established international community, with homeowners from the UK, Sweden, France, Ireland, Germany and Poland already calling it home. It offers genuine rural peace without isolation: Popovo is just 10 minutes away, Targovishte 45 minutes, Veliko Tarnovo around 90 minutes, and Varna less than two hours. The new Hemus motorway is being built close enough to improve access but far enough away to preserve the village's tranquillity.

The plot itself is one of the property's strongest assets. Completely flat and fully enclosed for privacy, it is filled with productive fruit trees including apple, cherry, walnut, pomegranate, hazelnut, fig and grape vines. The village benefits from a natural holy well providing reliable water supply year-round with no summer rationing, and the property has electricity connected with water easily reconnectable.

The house is split into two sections with multiple rooms and a large cellar. There is also a large barn attached, which is ripe for conversion.

On the wall of the house, a marble memorial plaque tells a quietly remarkable story: "Here lived Varban Iliev, who died in the struggle against fascism." Installed during the communist era to honour a local resistance fighter, the plaque is a tangible piece of Bulgarian WWII history.

At €13,500 (approx £11,750), The Little Heart of Zvezda offers outstanding value: a spacious, usable plot in an established international village, with history, character, and the bones of something truly special.