There is not much on offer for kids in Veliko Turnovo. The children's playgrounds in the parks are apparently set to be totally revamped and turned into lovely modern ones, but for the meantime any children looking for somewhere to play will have to make do with the broken old metal equipment from 30 or 40 years ago. There's a privately-run kids centre in the Marno Pole park (see Smeholandia), with a bouncy castle outside in the summer months. English is spoken there and you can leave children on an hourly basis to play in the soft-play area inside.

You can also try out the swimming pools in the town: an outdoor one at Premier hotel and indoor ones at the Yantra hotel and Interhotel Veliko Turnovo.