The first settlers in the place near the modern town were from the time of the Middle Neolithic (3000-2600 BC). Around 45 AD. 4 km from Svishtov Roman castle Nove emerged as the headquarters of a Roman legion. Near the camp was formed a settlement that developed as a significant economic center. During the Ottoman domination the city was a private, inviolable possession of the Sultan, with independent administrative and financial management. In 1860, the municipality of Svishtov was established. This is the first Bulgarian town to be liberated from the Ottoman rule. With the solemn ceremony in the church "Holy Transfiguration" was established the first province (July 16, 1877).
Svishtov is the birthplace of the writer Aleko Konstantinov. Here is the masterpiece of Kolyu Ficheto - the Church of the Holy Trinity, which is among the most brilliant examples of the ecclesiastical architecture of the Bulgarian Renaissance.
Among the most beautiful places around Svishtov are the unique mountain valley in which it is located. Svishtov monastery, the place Pametnitsite on the banks of the Danube and the park around the old fortress in the center.