Sights in Region South-Eastern

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...

National Archaeological Reserve Kabile is located in the region of "Zaychi vrah" peak, 1.5 km north of the village of Kabyle. The complex occupies an area of about 6 000 m2 and includes the remains of ancient Thracian town, a Thracian sanctuary, remains of a Roman town and an...

Shipka Memorial Temple (ака "Memorial Temple of the Birth of Christ", "Shipka monastery" or in Bulgarian: "Hram-pametnik Rozhdestvo Hristovo") is located just north of town of Shipka at the southern foothills of Stara Planina, 12 km Northwest from the town of Kazanlak. It is one of the most sac...

Sliven Regional Historical Museum traces history of the Sliven region from the antique to nowadays. The main museum sections are: - Archaeology - keeps objects from the period of the VI millennium BC till the end of the Second Bulgarian kingdom- History from XV - XIX centuries - historical...

The medieval fortress of Markeli is located at the Hissar hill in East part of Stara Planina mountain, 7.5 km west of town of Karnobat. The castle was an important military center and has played a major role in the Bulgarian-Byzantine relationships. It was built probably during the Byzantine...

Town of Sozopol is located at the Black-sea coast, around 30km south of Burgas. It was founded around 610 B.C. with the name Antheia (soon renamed to  Apolonia) by Greek settlers from Miletus, who erected a majestic bronze statue of the God of Health, Sun and Beauty Apollo above the town.The town e...

The old town of Nessebur is located 30km north of Burgas, on a small peninsula in the Black Sea wich is linked with the land (the new Nessebar town) only by a long and narrow isthmus. It is one of the oldest towns in Europe founded around 3000 years B.C. by the Thracians and is considered the...

The Kazanlak Thracian Crypt (aka Kazanlak tomb) is a monument of exceptionally great worth, discovered in 1944 beneath a mound in the vicinity of the town of Kazanlak (north-east direction). It is representative of the Thracian architectural and pictorial art from the end of the 4 th and the ...

The Holy Mother Step is a big concave rock having the form a human step. It is located near the Stara Zagora mineral baths, in district with same name. The region has high bio-energy power and the local people believe that it helps curing a lot of illnesses. A chapel "Nativity of Holy Virgin ...

The Splendid tulip (Tulipa splendens) is an extremely rare type of tulip from Liliaceae family. It can be found along the river Tundzha and was discovered in 1976 in Tetralika area, near the village of Simeonovo (Yambol district), by the Bulgarian botanist Dimitar Delipavlov. It has not been found...