Sights in District Bourgas

The Chapel of the Holy Virgin ("Sveta Bogoroditsa") in the area of Peikovo is located 8 km northwest of the town of Malko Turnovo, near the road Malko Turnovo - Burgas. It is surrounded by old trees and a spring which is believed to be curative (ayazmo). There is a legend about the origin of the ...

Bratanova cave is located in the area named "Trite dereta" ("The three gullies") within the borders of nature reserve Vitanovo in Strandzha mountain. It issituated about 9 km northwest of town of Malko Turnovo and is the largest in the region of Strandja mountain. The name of t...

The Stone Mushroom (Kamenna gaba) is a rock phenomenon located near town of Malko Tarnovo (some 10km in north-east direction). It is shaped like a mushroom from where its name originated. In its bottom, there is a narrow cleft, called "provivalo". People believe that those who manage to go...

This Monument of the fallen in the IIlinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising from 1903 is located in town of Malko Turnovo. The monument was built in 1934 in honor of the fallen in the uprising for liberation of the Macedonian and Thracian Bulgarians....

The fortress "Kaleto" is located 2 km southwest from the center of today`s town of Sredets (Burgas region). It was built at the end of V - beginning of VI century. The bloom of the castle is in IX - X century, under the name Potamukastel. The fortress was destroyed in XI century but...

The lovely St. St. Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Church is located in the center of Burgas city and is one of the most important churches in the city....

The Ethnographic Museum of Burgas is located near the church St.St.Curil and Methodiy. It housed in building constructed in 1873 which is declared cultural monument.In the museum is traced the life of people from Burgas region in period XIX - XX centuries. There are exhibited different collections ...

The site "Sanctuary of the goddess Bastet" is located in Gradishteto locality (the highest peak in the Bulgarian part of Strandja mountain), west of the town of Malko Tarnovo. The origin of this site is quite controversial among the specialists and many of the archaeologists suggest...

The Armenian Apostolic and Orthodox Church "Surp Hach" (meaning "Holy Cross") is located in the southern part of city of Burgas, not far away of the central railway station. Address of the Armenian Church "Surp Hach":  13, "M. Lermontov" str., Burgas...

The remains of a medieval church with basilica are located in central part of the Old town of Sozopol. It was the seat of the Sozopol Episcopate from the middle of X-th century to XVII-th century. The church was built over ruins of residential buildings from the Classical and Hellenistic periods of...