Varna Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Frequently Asked Questions
At the terminal almost adjoining the city centre, a rare privilege on the Black Sea. About fifteen minutes on foot brings you to the Sea Garden or the shopping streets.
The archaeological museum, the Roman baths, the Dormition cathedral and the Sea Garden are all walkable within a compact area. It is a full programme with no transport to arrange.
The jewellery, sceptres and appliqués from the Chalcolithic necropolis unearthed near the city, worked between 4600 and 4200 BC, long before the Egyptian pyramids. It is one of the oldest known assemblages of worked gold in the world, displayed at the archaeological museum.
The necropolis gold first of all, then the halls tracing the past of ancient Odessos: Greek ceramics, Roman stelae, medieval icons. It is the first visit to plan in the city.
Yes, you move freely among the wall sections, which in places reach the height of a multi-storey building. Built in the second century, they were among the largest in the Empire and remain the biggest in the Balkans; panels help you picture the hot rooms and pools.
The great Orthodox cathedral completed in the 1880s, whose gilded domes and painted interiors blend Byzantine and Russian influences. It offers a striking contrast with the Roman baths a few streets away.
The city's oldest and largest park, roughly 85 hectares of shaded paths suspended above the beaches. You come across the naval museum, an old-style aquarium, tended flower beds and kiosks where chess players put the world to rights.
Yes. Stairways descend from the Sea Garden to the sand, and in summer the beach huts and terraces give this large seaside city the feel of a resort, five minutes from the museums.
The settlement ranks among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe. Every era left its layer: Thracian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Bulgarian. History here begins before writing.
Yes, very much so. The park, the aquarium and the beach are fifteen minutes from the pier with no transport needed, and the shade of the plane and chestnut trees makes summer afternoons entirely bearable.
