Sights in Municipality Balchik

This temple of Cybele had been discovered near Balchik in the spring of 2007 during excavations for the construction of an on-site hotel. The construction had been stopped by the municipality. The archaeologists are adamant that the Temple of Cybele is the largest discovery in recent years because ...

Dionysopolis was an Early-Byzantine town that existed within the present town of Balchik. The name Dioniysopolis means "city of the god Dionysus" (the god of the wine). Remains of the ancient city can be seen in today`s neighborhood Horizon of Balchik. A settlement on the same place with ...

Fortress Ekrensko Kale (aka Ekrena) was located at hill near the present village of Kranevo. It was built on the site of an ancient Roman fortress. In the Middle Ages the fortress was very important for the protection of the country during the First and Second Bulgarian State. After archaeological ...