Sights in District Bourgas

The church of "St.John the Evangelist" in the town of Karnobat was built in the period 1880 - 1895 on an area of ​​about 434 square meters. It is a work of the great Renaissance master Gencho Kanev from Tryavna, who built numerous churches and schools throughout Bulgaria - Gabrovo, Pleven, Sev...

From May 2014 started a new attraction for residents and visitors of the city of Burgas - trip with catamaran ("Cook", 210 passengers) and tour to the island of "St. Anastasia" (formerly known as the island of "Bolshevik"). There are three trips per day (at 10, 13:30 and 17:30) that starting from...

In the summer of 2012, archaeologists came across an unusual finding in the old town of Sozopol - the remains of a medieval vampire. To an ancient temple, among many cemeteries, the team found two burials older than 700 years, with clear signs of rituals against vampire. The bodies were pierced...

The rock sanctuary Beglik tash is located in reserve Ropotamo, about 7 km from town of Primorsko. The sanctuary has strategic position - there is a beautiful panoramic view to the sea and around.  It was discovered in 2003  after excavation. Begliktash was a sacred place and there were performed s...

This Thracian necropolis / heroon (from Greek ηρώιον - Mausoleum, a shrine of hero) is located 4 km west of town of Pomorie in "Kuhata mogila" locality. The site is built around the III century AD and is a complex of dromos, burial chamber and additional rooms.The entrance of the tomb is...

Monastery Saint George in Pomorie was founded in the VII-th century by the living in Anhialo Byzantine settlers. The most likely, in the past, the site was a Thracian sanctuary, as it is evidenced by the existing marble bas-relief of a Thracian rider. Like most of the old Bulgarian monasteries this...

The medieval Eastern Orthodox church of Christ Pantocrator in town of Nesebar is dated to the XIIth - XIVth century and is best known for its lavish exterior decoration. It is one of the Bulgaria`s best preserved churches of the Middle Ages.The church is designed in late Byzantine cross-in-square...

The Church of the Holy Virgin (Sveta Bogoroditsa) is one of the many interesting places and cultural monuments in town of Sozopol. It is located in old part of the town and was built during the Ottoman times in the XV-th century over ruins of of an earlier christian temple. It was constructed ...

The church St. Spas is located in the old part of town of Nessebur. It was built in the 17th century (1609 ) and was the only church built in Nessebar during the Ottoman slavery. It was built according to the Ottoman rules and its eastern wall was half dug into the ground.The church is...

The Church of the Assumption in the town of Malko Tarnovo is situated in the town center. It was built in 1830 on site of an old church, dating-back to1754. In the the antiquity a Thracian sanctuary was built at same place.The church was built in typical local style with crushed stone. In its w...