Sights in District Bourgas

Malkoto kale is an ancient fortress named after the hill where it is situated, which is the highest one from the mountain chain Meden Rid (Copper Ridge). The fortress is located near the town of Sozopol, south of the fortress Lobodovo Kale.Excavation on the hill showed that there was a village even...

The monument to fallen Soviet submariner in Sozopol is dedicated to all of the 237 Soviet submariner from five submarines died in the Bulgarian Black Sea coast during World War II. The memorial was officially opened on 11.02.1969 year and was totally renovated in 2007. The first monument is from ...

The Dolmen of Vizitsa village is situated at small meadow, about 50-100 meters away from the road. It is not typical for the Stranja region an unicameral dolmen, and resembles more to the dolmens in the Eastern Rhodopes. The cover plate and the dromos are missing and the facility is surrounded by a...

Lobodovo Kale Fortress is situated on a hill with the same name (part of chain of Meden Rid), 7 km south of Bakarlaka area, between the villages of Ravadinovo and Veselie. On the high points of the hill are found remains of a fortress built in the XIII-XII century BC by the Thracians - skirmiani. No...

The remains of the fortress Agatopolis (from Greek - "agatos" - good, and "polis" - town) are located on the cape which is the most eastern part of the modern town of Ahtopol. The ancient town of Agatopolis was founded in 430 BC. from the Athens as the "Polity" (i...

The St. Dimitar Church in village of Brashlyan was built in XVII century at place where in the ancient a Thracian sanctuary existed. The Church has the typical Predvazrojdenski style of the local religious architecture and was digged into the ground to comply the orders of the Turkish government abo...

This memorial in town of Malko Tarnovo is dedicated to the Bulgarian volunteers from the Russo-Turkish War 1877 - 1878....

Sveta Petka is venerated saint in the region of Strandja. This temple was built in her honor. It is located a few kilometers northeast of the village of Brashlyan. The chapel has a holy spring whose waters and mud (yellow in color) are considered to be healing and treating eczemas. There is a ...

Chapel of "Holly Virgin" ("Sveta Bogoroditsa") in the area Chernogorovo (aka Tsarnogorovo) is located in Strandja Mountain, about 4 km southeast of Malko Tarnovo. Every year since 1914, on the day of the Virgin Mary (August 28), there is held a traditional Chernogorovski Fair. ...

The Big and Small Vris (Golemiat i Malkiat Vrisove) are captured springs (fountains) located in the town of Malko Turnovo. They are 2 of the town symbols. There is a belief that if a guest of the town drinks water from the Big Vris fountain he will married for a local boy/girl and will stayed in the...