Sights in District Bourgas

The Monastery "St. Zhivorpriemnii iztochnik" (aka "Life-giving Source" or Golyamo-bukovsko monastery) is located 4 km eastern from the village of Golyamo Bukovo.  It was built in 1887 and nowadays is the only monastery survived in region of Strandja Mountain. According to the a...

The Eastern Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity in the town of Malko Turnovo was built on base of an old church St. Petka dating-back to1868. The Church icons, the altar and the church plate were transferred from the Bulgarian Church of St. Cyril and Methodius in Adrianople. One of the most valued i...

In 2003, a team of archaeologists discovered near the village of Belevren (municipality of Sredets, Bourgas) completely preserved, untouched by looters ten-meterс high  megalithic construction and fifteen human skeletons, dug out of there. The peculiar mausoleum was built of perfectly fitting to e...

The dolmen in the village of Kirovo is megalith facility associated with religious rituals or funerals of the Thracians. It is located in the former village diary farm, west of the road which connecting villages of Kirovo and Belevren, in a locality named "Korubata". The dolmen is made of...

This Thracian dolmen is situated north-west of village of Belevren in the locality "Lozyata" ("The Vineyards"), near a dirt road which branch west (towards the village of Dolno Yabulkovo) the main road between villages of Belevren and Kirovo. The dolmen is an impressive...

The Thracian sanctuary "Golemiat kamak" ("The big stone", also called by the locals "Markov stone") is located near the village of Dolno Yabalkovo, about 1.5 km east of the village. The site is a cliff with a height of 8 meters, which is attached to two other rocks, so ...

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This Thracian rock sanctuary is located between town of Malko Tarnovo and village of Gramatikovo in the "Kamenska barchina" area (10 km nort-east of Malko Tarnovo). The sanctuary has been dedicated to the god of the sun - Helios. Scientists believe that the sanctuary was built sometime ...

Church of St. Elijah in village of Gorno Yabulkovo was built in 1893....

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...