Burgas is the main city of Bulgaria's southern Black Sea coast, set on a wide bay ringed by salt lakes. More about Burgas →
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1.3 km
Seafront park next to the port, about 1.3 km from the Marine Station. The walking route crosses restricted port roads, so a transfer is advisable.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
The Marine Station is at the city end of the port, about 1.3 km from the Sea Garden and the pedestrian centre, but the walking route crosses restricted port roads, so a transfer is advisable. Nessebar and Sozopol are each about 35 to 40 km away by road; intercity buses leave from Bus Station South, but no official fares are published. No official taxi fares are published either, so agree the price before you ride or use a metered taxi.
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The Marine Station is the passenger terminal of the state port, on berths 1 and 2 at the city end of the Burgas-East terminal, beside the Sea Garden. The berths are 160 m long with 9 m permissible draught, and ships of up to 290 m have been handled. The Magazia 1 hall and the Congress Centre stand alongside.
Meal prices are approximate per-person ranges at restaurants in central Burgas.
The pedestrian main street from the station to the Sea Garden, lined with cafes, bars and restaurants.
Cafes and terrace restaurants in the park and along the beach promenade near the pier.
Bistros and grills on Slavyanska, Lermontov and the streets around Troykata Square.
Burgas is the main city of Bulgaria's southern Black Sea coast, set on a wide bay ringed by salt lakes. Cruise ships use the Marine Station at the city end of the port, beside the Sea Garden, a long seaside park with a pier, a casino and a sandy town beach. The pedestrian centre and museums, including the Archaeological Museum on Aleko Bogoridi Boulevard, are close by. Within an hour by road lie two of the coast's great old towns: UNESCO-listed Nessebar on its peninsula to the north and ancient Sozopol to the south.
The Sea Garden runs along the shore right beside the port, a green belt of alleys, flowerbeds, sculptures and shady trees above the city beach. Within it stand the renovated Sea Casino, now used for exhibitions and concerts, the open-air Summer Theatre and the long pier, a favourite evening stroll for locals. Below the park lies the sandy central beach. It is a public park and free to enter.
Housed in a 19th-century former girls' school on Aleko Bogoridi Boulevard, this branch of the Regional Historical Museum traces the region from prehistory to the Middle Ages. Highlights include stone anchors from a settlement now under the waters of Burgas Bay, Minoan-type bronze ingots, a statue of Apollo from the ancient settlement of Antiya, and the gold earrings of the Thracian priestess Leseskapra. A reconstructed Thracian tomb stands outside. Tickets EUR 3, students and seniors EUR 1.50, children under 7 free.
About 36 km north-east of Burgas, the old town of Nessebar fills a rocky peninsula 850 m long, joined to the mainland by a narrow causeway. Founded more than 3,000 years ago by Thracians and later settled by Dorian Greeks, it became a major Byzantine and medieval Bulgarian town and is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Its stone and timber houses surround fortress walls and medieval churches such as St Stephen, Christ Pantokrator and the ruined basilica of St Sophia. The Archaeological Museum at the entrance charges EUR 4.60; the lanes themselves are free.
About 35 km south of Burgas, Sozopol grew from Apollonia, founded by settlers from Miletus in the 7th century BC, whose temple of Apollo once held a 13 m statue of the god later carried off to Rome. Today the old town on its rocky peninsula is a protected reserve of more than 180 timber-clad Revival houses from the 18th and 19th centuries, built on stone bases to resist the salty sea wind. Visitors can walk the restored southern fortress wall and see the relics of St John the Baptist, found on the nearby island of St Ivan, in the church of Sts Cyril and Methodius.