Dryanovo Monastery is located 6 km from Dryanovo on the highway in the direction of Gabrovo. Abode was baptized in honor of St. Michael the Archangel. For several centuries the monastery was a center of culture and Christianity, however, pilgrims and tourists come to the shrine, and in our days.

The monastery was founded at the ruler Kaloyan in the XII century. The initial location of the monastery was two kilometers away from the present location, since in 1393 the Ottoman invaders burned the monastery down. Restoring the Dryanovo monastery began efforts of local people in the XVI century, but the construction has been selected this time the other side of the river. However, the Turks once again destroyed the holy abode.

His current place of abode of St. Michael the Archangel received at the end of the XVII century. A little later to the monastery complex was added a library, a book which has become an important monastic center in the Renaissance Bulgaria. In the XVIII century the monastery was attacked kirdzhaly (thieves-Turks), and once again was burned.

Thus, in the XIX century monastery complex for the third time it is literally reborn from the ashes. Since 1845 The update temple.

Dryanovo Monastery is the custodian of the museum exposition "Archaeology and Revival". The finds discovered in the vicinity of the monastery, presented on display for everyone. Each of them talks about the development of the region, as well as the history of the national spiritual center. Here you can see tools, household items, coins and ceramics, as well as many other finds of the Paleolithic and Neolithic times.

The centerpiece of the exhibition of the museum occupies part of the monastery dedicated to the "April Uprising" against the Ottoman yoke. There are exhibited photographs, weapons, personal belongings fighters for freedom of the motherland.

In addition, the monastery has a special seating area and a playground. Tourists are also equipped with souvenir stalls on the spacious parking lot.