Shopping & Eating – Varna offers something for everyone – malls, boutiques, markets, corner shops and a plenty of good restaurants.
Shopping & Eating
Balchik
Balchik – the Botanical garden and the Palace – See the magnificent former summer palace of the granddaughter of Great Britain’s Queen Victoria, Romania’s Queen Marie. In the Botanical Garden you can see around 3000 plant species from all over the world and its rich collection of cacti.
Cape Kaliakra
Cape Kaliakra is a rocky peninsula, jutting out into the sea and attracts the attention with its gorgeous silhouette. The medieval Kaliakra fortress dramatically overhangs the rocky reddish coastline.
Aladja monastery
Aladja monastery is the most famous medieval rock monastery on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, cut on 40 meters high limestone rock and includes all the rooms and chapels that one would expect to find in a traditional monastery.
Madara horseman
Madara horseman is the only European bas-relief carved on a vertical rock which is 23m high. Due to its global significance and uniqueness the Madara horseman is UNESCO site.
The Stone forest
The Stone forest – natural stone pillars – some reaching 6 meters high, some up to 12 meters across at their base are known as “the petrified forest”. Some columns resemble animals, others remind you of frozen fountains or cascades.
The Thracian tomb near Sveshtari
The Thracian tomb near Sveshtari is an extremely rare and very well preserved monument of the sepulchral architecture containing remarkable elements in terms of their quality and style sculpture and painting. That is the reason being an UNESCO site.
The Rose Festival
Bulgaria has long-standing traditions in rose growing and rose oil production. Today it is a major producer of rose oil in the world. That is why the rose is the symbol of Bulgaria. The Rose Festival is held every year, the first weekend of June.
Megaliths
England has its Stonehenge, France – its Carnac Stones, but nothing compares to Bulgarian megalithic monuments. Used by prehistoric men as sanctuaries and places for worship, they irresistibly attract tourists with their majesty and mystery.
Thracian Heritage
If names like Orpheus or Spartacus sound familiar to you, then you have heard of at least one famous Thracian in your life. The Thracian tribes were first described by Homer as mighty rulers and great warriors who participated in the Trojan War. Skilled horsemen, masters of light infantry fighting, renowned for their ferocity, the […]