Compared to many resorts, Bulgaria Nessebar has one big advantage - an excellent opportunity to combine beach holidays with sightseeing, which is so rich in the old town.
Therefore, you can be sure: family holidays will be saturated and exciting, even if you do not go beyond the resort.
The rest of Nessebar's resort looks exactly the way the town on the sea coast should look like: old houses, new hotels, Summer Nega, Sandy Beach and the Warm Sea. When to go than do, what to see and where to live - in our review there is everything you need to know about holidays with children in Nessebar.
Nessebar on the map of Bulgaria
The city of Nessebar (or Nessebar) is located in the southern part of the Bulgarian coast of the Black Sea, in the Burgas region, the administrative center of which is the city of Burgas. Nessebar consists of two parts - the old and new city.
Old Nessebar is a historic part, which is located on a small peninsula and through the experiencies with a length of 400 meters are connected to the new Nessecar.
The distance from Nessebar to Burgas is 35 km, to Sozopol - 68 km, to Sunny Beach - 6 km, to St. Constantine and Elena - 109 km, to Golden Sands - 117 km, to Albena - 128 km.
The old part of the city is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List: At the place where Nessebar is located, once there was a Thracian settlement of the Mesbria - the remains of the fortress walls and towers were preserved to the present day.
Vacation with children
When the sun shines in the sky, and at the feet there the sea will weathered from the head of themselves.
Secondly, because it is a beautiful city. The old part of Nessebar with its narrow cobbled streets is interesting to traditional Bulgarian architecture, a large number of churches listed in the global list of UNESCO cultural monuments, as well as well-preserved medieval ruins.
A pleasant addition to the visitors of the Old Town is numerous streets with souvenir shops, shops, restaurants and cafesallowing you to truly enjoy the rest at the seaside resort.
Thirdly, because it is a mischievous city. Nessebar for children - this is a lot of playgrounds., a small moon park and a very large water park, children's billiards and bowling.
You can walk with an infant in the city park, and older to conquer dunes on the beach with older children.
Fourth, because it is a cozy city. You will be pleased with a wide selection of modern hotels, villas and apartments of various price categories and for every taste. All of them are neat, with a good level of service.
Most of the hotels offer accommodation options in the kitchenette. In Nessebar, you can always find inexpensive compared to other resorts, but comfortable accommodation. Perhaps so here often come to relax with the child for a month, and sometimes for all summer.
Finally, in favor of recreation in Nessebar, developed transport links to other cities. Even if you do not plan travel to the south of Bulgaria, you will probably want to visit the sunny shore - to the famous resort just 5 minutes drive.
When it is better to go
The main goal of the trip to Nessebar is, of course, rest to the sea. Since the city is located on the southern coast, bathing season in Nessebar begins at the end of May and lasts until late September.
Come to the opening of the season in Nessebar makes sense if you are not going to swim in the sea. Sea water warms up by the end of June, and until that time will have to take only sunbathing.
With young children, it is best to rest in June - early July, when it is not too hot and there is no such big influx of tourists, as in mid-July or August. The flow of holidaymakers will come in September, and then Nessebar will again become an excellent place to relax with the child.
The answer to the question is when it is better to go to Nessebar, you can search in the calendar of cultural events. In June, the city takes the Children's Festival "The Sun, Joy, Beauty", in July - several creative festivals, in August - large pop rock fest, and in September Honey Fair is held here.
In addition, on August 15, Nessebar celebrates the city day, and this is a reason for colorful shows and salute. Information about the most interesting events is published on the official website of Nessebar.
Weather and climate
The Nessebar climate is perfect for relaxing with a child at sea. From May to September, he is warm, sunny weather without a strong heat.
The average temperature of the summer months in Nessebar is + 26 ° C. In those days, when the columns of thermometers rise above, heat softens the sea breeze. Refresh air and short-term rains.
The beach season at the resort begins in June, when the daily temperature reaches + 25 ° C. In the first two weeks of the month, the sea is still cold, but the second half of June and the beginning of July - time for a better rest in Nessebar with children.
The air in July warms up to + 28 ° C, and sometimes on thermometers can be seen + 30 ° C. In August, the heat remains at the same level, but the end of the month becomes a little more.
In September, daytime temperatures is + 25 ° C: This is a better favorable time to relax with the child.
At the end of September, tourists who arrived in Bulgaria to sunbathe and buy, travel around. But vacation in Nessebar, scheduled for the middle of autumn, will only bring pleasure: you can wander to the old town for a long time and walking along the sea, enjoying the fresh air.
October is usually very warm and dry, the daily temperature is about + 19 ° C. From November to March, soft south winter is installed at the resort. The temperature is held at + 6-10 ° C, there are weak frosts at night.
But in April, on the coast, the spring has already hosts - cool, but solar. In May, when the daily temperature reaches + 21 ° C, you can come with a baby to Nessebar. At this time, you do not threaten acclimatization difficulties.
The feature of the climate of the southern part of Bulgaria - substantial decrease in temperature at night. Even in the hot months with the occurrence of darkness, cold to + 16-18 ° C. In May and October, the night temperatures may drop to + 12 ° C.
Sea water temperature
The first tourists come to Nessebar already in May. In the late spring, it is often hot, but the sea still does not have time to warm up. Take sea baths at a temperature of + 15 ° C - the pleasure of dubious.
By the beginning of June, the water temperature in Nessebar will reach the mark + 20 ° C, and in July, water warms up to + 23 ° C. The highest temperature of the sea - in August: about + 24 ° C.
In September, the resort can still swim, since water has a temperature of + 22 ° C. But by the end of the month, the number of swimsuchists is rapidly decreasing, because the sea cools up to + 18 ° C.
Sea and beach
The beach holiday in Nessebar has no features: the shore is a clean, well-kept, the infrastructure is developed, entertainment is available. And yet, not all the beaches of the resort are suitable for family holidays on the sea. Stony sections of the coast is better to leave unpretentious tourists, and with children settle in the sand.
The most comfortable beach for children is "southern". It is located between Nessebar and Ravda. A wide sandy strip stretches for 2 km. The bottom in this place is smooth and the hollow, but the sea is periodically excitement. A part of the beach is equipped with umbrellas and sun loungers (they can be used for a fee, while the entrance to all the beaches is free). At the beginning of the beach there is a children's game town.
Next to the "South" there is a small beach that adjoins the city park. It is not distinguished by the improvement, but and resting there a little. With the onset of heat you can move to the park - children will be able to explore new playgrounds.
The sandy beach "North" can also boast of cleanliness and good infrastructure. But for relaxation with the child, it is not very convenient, because the entrance to the sea there are stony areas. In addition, during the storm to the shore, pries to algae.
The territory and the beach of the new Nessebar smoothly go to the famous. So if you suddenly borrow or, for example, go swimming and sunbathe somewhere else - Welcome to Sunny Beach!
There are several beaches in the old part of the city, but they are not sandy. You can sunbathe on a well-maintained beach near Morvokzala - the shore is covered there with a small shell, walking on which is very nice. But in the summer months the bottom grabs algae, so you are unlikely to swim there.
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The city is divided into two parts: the old Nessebar is located on the peninsula, connected to the mainland narrow road. New Nessebar is located on the shore - this is a resort town in which there are also ordinary residential buildings in addition to hotels. However, in the old Nessebar people also live.
History Nessebar.
The archaeological excavations in Nessebar continue the first finds on the territory of Old Nessebar belong to the XII-XI centuries to our era. It is believed that the city was founded by Thracians, or rather, a certain one, in honor of which the settlement was called Mebery. In the future, the city became Greek, and then the Roman colony (Mesbria), then he turned out to be included in the Byzantine Empire, then the Bulgarian state.
In the times of Ottoman Iea, the city gradually collapsed and ruined. First of all, it concerned the Christian churches, which is a lot in the territory of the old town. During the Bulgarian Renaissance, the city was built up with houses in a characteristic style: a stone ground floor with small windows and a second floor of a tree protruding.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the city began to develop as a resort. In 1934, his Bulgarian name was returned to Nessebar (Turks used the name of the Mesmen). In the 50s, the mainland part of the city began to develop - so-called. New Nessebar. And the old town in 1983 was included in the list World Heritage UNESCO, today there are archaeological excavations and restoration work. At each step there are picturesque ruins, and both the old stone masonry, and the new model, stylized under the old days.
Nessebar tourist
Disabled mill - a symbol of Nessebar today on the territory of the old Nessebar is 42 churches, which is quite a lot for small, in general, the peninsula. Only one of these churches is valid.
The Archaeological Museum, the Church of Sveti Stefan and Sveti saved, as well as the ethnographic house included in the Museum "Old Nessebar". Other famous sights of the city are the remnants of a fortress wall and an old mill located on the variety, which connects the old part of the city with mainland. This mill does not work, but is a kind of symbol of the city.
From both sides of the peninsula there are paid parquenies. Free car can be parked in the mainland of the city. On the oldest Nessebar, you can walk only on foot.
Souvenirs in Nessebar - for every taste, but production, mainly, the Chinese city center is almost completely consisting of souvenir shops, some of which is not even seasoned. The choice of souvenirs is quite large, but many of them are Chinese production, so if you buy, for example, Trojan ceramics or some other practical souvenir, be careful when buying, so as not to acquire a fake.
Here is also full of restaurants, prices in which depend on the remoteness from the sea. The closer to the sea, and the more beautiful view, the more expensive. And the views on the coast are beautiful everywhere. Which way is not a look - the boundless maritime expanses. Coastal resorts are visible from the peninsula - including.
Useful
From the old Nessebar, a beautiful view of Sunny Beach, Sveti Vlas, Elenite and the Mountains of the Peninsula Peninsula, are small - less than a kilometer in length, only 300 meters wide. Once the city was more, but long ago during the earthquake almost half of him went under water. IN good weatherThey say this underwater part can be seen. You can examine the city in a couple of hours, but it is better to allocate more time to visit the peninsula. Still, an excursion in the style of "galloping to Europe" with the ever-trembling guide does not allow to fully enjoy the beauty of an old city, to feel the charm of his narrow streets, to imagine the sea air and failed with magical species. An independent walk allows you to better learn Nessecar.
Getting to the city is not difficult - buses here go from all the nearest resorts. You can reach.
New Nessebar is located on the mainland, despite the fact that the old Nessebar has the status of a museum city, people live in it and hotels function. There are many hotels in New Nessebar - they, by the way, are cheaper than those located directly on the peninsula, after all, for touching the antique you need to pay. By the way, in the new Nessebar is better (in the old town - sand and small pebbles, in the new - only sand).
To visit Bulgaria (especially in the southern part of the country) and not to visit Nessebar - a big mistake. From the northern part of the coast here is also easy to get, but the road through mountain pass We personally seem to be somewhat tedious. Although to suffer once for the sake of touching the beauty of this place, definitely stands. Little advice: it is better to visit Nessebar not in the season when the city is filled with tourists, but, let's say, in the spring or in the middle of autumn. We were there for the first time at the end of October, and, I must say, tourists still have been too much.
But in summer, more entertainment besides walks on the streets. For example, you can go to, which, contrary to its name, is at some distance from the city.
Visiting old city Nessebar, I was convinced that the historical sights of Bulgaria are not inferior to Greece, Italy and other European countries, more associated with us with beach holiday. Take, for example, the resort Nessebar: the Old Town, whose history has several millennia, still keeps traces of several eras. This is a unique attraction, which Bulgaria is rightfully be proud of.
The Old Town of Nessebar takes a small peninsula, connected to the shore of a thin cage, which is held by the automotive route.
History of old Nessebar
The first Thracian colony on the territory of the current Nessebar existed another 1000 years ago to our era. A few centuries later, the Pharsky Greeks were settled on the peninsula, which were replaced by the Romans. Today, only archaeological finds that can be seen in museums are reminded of the ancient period of the history of Nessebar.
When the Roman Empire broke up, the territory of the current Bulgaria was within Byzantium. Since then, the remains of military, civil and religious structures have been preserved in Nessebar.
At the end of the XIIth century, the second Bulgarian kingdom was formed as a result of an uprising under the leadership of Bulgarian aristocrats of Ivan and Asena, which included Nessebar. During this period, numerous churches were built on the territory of the Peninsula, made in Byzantine architectural traditions using Opus Mixtum masonry, involving the simultaneous use of brick and limestone. These structures have been preserved much better than the buildings of the Byzantine period.
Ottoman period of the history of the city, at the end of the XIV century, when Bulgaria fell under the onslaught of the Turks, reminds itself with an abundance of characteristic houses with stone bottoms and made of the wood of the second floor. These buildings belong to the period of the so-called Bulgarian Renaissance, which began at the end of the XVIII century against the background of the weakening Turkey.
How to get to Old Nessebar
Since Nessebar is not just a piece of sushi, but an almost island, you can get there not only with the help of land transport, but also by water.
On land
The most accessible option is by bus.
From Burgas and Pomorius you will be suitable buses 10 and 11, the cost of the ticket is 6 lefts or just over 3 euros. They go once in an hour and a half.
From Sunny Beach 4-6 times a hour walks the bus number 1 (the fare of 1.3 leva or about 0.7 euros), and buses 5 and 8 arrive three times per hour, which capture and (the fare of 1.5 lev or About 0.8 euros). The ticket is purchased at the conductor and strictly for cash.
Also from Sunny Beach you can get to Nessebar and on the open "train". It is worth this attraction in the region of 3 levs (about 1.6 euros) and runs 2-3 times per hour. At the same time, I did not notice that this type of transport was some rigidly fixed point of departure, but in any case, they drive off from the central part of the resort, and the ticket is bought when landing nearby climbing.
The most expensive option is for a taxi. Here the amount begins from 10-15 lips (5-8 euros), but it makes sense to resort to this method only if you return to Nessebar deep at night. In this case, be sure to merge.
By sea
Constant water communication with the peninsula have Pomorie and. The ports in the old Nessebar are two - the North, where the sea taxi arrives from Sunny Beach and St. Vlas, and the southern, where ferries are sailed from Sozopol and Pomorius. In the scheme below the place where water transport arrives are located in places from where dotted lines come from.
The boats from Sunny Beach and St. Vlas are sent 2-3 times per hour, and the cost of the ticket is 15 lips (about 8 euros) at one end per person and is purchased in place.
I also draw your attention that the water service with Nessebar can be suspended if the sea is a storm.
Architecture of old Nessebar
Old Nessebar is a real city museum, so that the architectural monuments are not possible, without exception, is not possible. The main shown in the diagram below. 
Byzantine monuments
The Church of the Byzantine period reached our days in a strongly destroyed state. I will tell you about some of them in a section dedicated to the cult facilities of Nessebar, and while going through the monuments of civil and military architecture.
City Walls and Gate
In essence, my acquaintance with the old Nessecar began with them. Although the gate is today in a semi-entered state, they look very picturesque. Here, tourists are waiting for another sight of Nessebar - this time lively. 
Sometimes it seems that this person plays the whole day without rest and, according to eyewitnesses, the cheriath played on the remains of Byzantine walls in the 80s of the last century - I don't know whether this or the other. Although the music presentation on the walls is free, anyone can sacrifice the tireless cheese as much as it takes it necessary.
Terms
Today, only the ruins of the lower level remained from them, to see which anyone can, but to touch the ancient stones is difficult, because a barrier is installed around the ruins. 
Tank
It is a rectangular water collection tank - the only thing remained from the water supply system of ancient Nessebar. Unfortunately, only the walls and foundations of the columns once supported the ceiling reached our days.
Monuments of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom
From this period (XIII-XIV century) to this day only the churches were reached, which largely borrow the Byzantine traditions, but they are predominantly crossed-dome type, while the cult facilities relating to the period when Nessebar was part of the Eastern Roman Empire constitute 3-5-oil basilica. Read more about Messebar's medieval temples in the section dedicated to churches.
Monuments of the Ottoman period
This not the most rainbow for the people of Nessebar period had two characteristic features in terms of architecture. First, the height of the Christian churches was limited to the growth of the rider sitting on the horse, so the temples of this period are more reminiscent of barracks or barns. Secondly, the era, known as Bulgarian revival, is closer to the sunset of Turkish rule.
Architecture of the Bulgarian Renaissance
These are residential buildings whose age has one and a half or two centuries. Distinctive features are the second floor, and the fact that the upper level is issued and how it hides above the bottom.
In addition, not far from the entrance to the Old Town, on the Nessebar connecting Nessebar with the mainland, the wooden mill is drawn to. Unfortunately, I could not determine when it was accurately built, but, judging by the type of boards, her age consists at least 1.5-2 centuries. Today, the mill is one of the symbols of Nessebar and enjoys high popularity in birds.
Museums of old Nessebar
But museums in the classical understanding of this word in the old Nessebar are not so much.
Museum of Cinema "Film Museum"
This small museum seemingly not fit into that atmosphere of antiquity, which reigns on the streets of Nessebar. At the same time, hitting inside, you understand how self-sufficient place is.
Unfortunately, the inscriptions on the exhibits are pretty stupid, so I can not say that from them is a script, and what is a copy, but, in my opinion, in this case this question is not principled. We are not just not just a museum of wax figures, among which the kinheroons prevail - so one of the exhibits is a torso "mercury" from the second part of the film "Terminator" at the time of "tightening" RAS. There is a Freddie Kruger's glove there, and a copy of Lightsaber Darth Vader, and the Dark Lord itself is presented at the museum without a helmet. There are also more banal figures - Batman, Joker, Iron Man and others. In any case, this is a institution where I personally did a lot of cool selfie, many of whom consider full souvenirs in memory of visiting Nessebar.
The entrance to the museum is usually guarded by the imperial attack aircraft from star wars, which is also willingly photographed with all those who want.
The cost of the entrance ticket is 10 lefts (5.2 euros). The opening hours is better to specify on the spot, but during my visit, it was opened to 21 or 22 pm.
How to get to the Museum of Cinema
The museum is located on the area of \u200b\u200bthe Mesbria not far from the Church of the Christ-Pantokratcher. The facade of the building goes to the main street.
Archaeological Museum Nessebar
It is here that the ancient heritage of this is presented ancient City. The museum contains a rich collection of antique dishes, coins, reliefs with the image of scenes from antique mythologyBut in these indicators it is inferior to the major museums of Italy and Greece, but this is compensated by an excellent Russian audio guide, thanks to which even inconsistent with the exhibits are interesting. In addition, golden products from Thrace are presented in the museum, as well as the evidence of the contacts of the Nessebar merchants with the cities of medieval Russia. 
Mode of operation and ticket cost
An adult ticket costs 6 les (3.1 euros), children's - 3 (about 1.6 euros). In addition, 20 lips (10.4 euros) can be purchased a ticket that gives the right to visit ethnographic museum And five churches that I will tell below. The cost of the audio guide is 5 levs (2.6 euros) despite the fact that it can be opened together.
The museum is open daily from 9.00 to 19.00.
How to get to Archaeological Museum
Getting into the museum is very simple: as soon as you go through the main gate, it will be from you along the right hand.
Ethnographical museum
First of all, his visit should be treated as an opportunity to visit the Typical House of the Bulgarian Renaissance. The main highlight of the interior is richly trimmed ceilings against the background ascetic as a whole decoration. As for the exhibits, it is the details of national costumes, and ancient icons, and photographs of the beginning of the 20th century, according to which you can trace the newest history of Nessebar. 
Mode of operation and ticket cost
In the season, the museum is open daily from 10 to 18 hours, and the cost of the entrance ticket is about 3 leftions (1.6 euros). For more information about the time of work and rates, you can learn better in place or at the checkout of the Archaeological Museum.
How to get to Ethnographic Museum
The museum is located on Mesbria Street. To get there, you need to go deep into the old town.
Church of Nessebar
To start a couple of words about five churches, inside of which museum expositions are located today. Perhaps these cult facilities are preserved most well.
Since I visited them for a single ticket, the cost of visiting each temple separately I recommend to recognize on the spot, but I suppose it will be within 1-3 leftions (0.52-1.6 euros).
Church of St. Stephen
Built in the XI century, it is notable for the fact that it is adjacent to the real garden with fruit trees, and I was quite surprised when the hospitable employee of the museum unexpectedly treated me grown in it in German. In the same garden, the foundations of ancient columns are exposed to the universal review.
It was built in the traditions of the Byzantine architecture using the Opus Mixtum laying. Inside, icons and frescoes are preserved, while many biblical scenes are distinguished by cruelty.
Church of Christ Pantokrators
This is the period of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom - the XIV century. She also preserved well, and inside you are waiting for an exhibition of vintage cards as a reminder that Nessebar has always been an important trading knot. In addition, some archaeological finds are also exhibited - in particular, the Plates of the Roman period of the city's history.
Church of John the Baptist
Built in the 10th century, externally, it resembles the Russian churches of the Domongolian period, many of which have been preserved in Veliky Novgorod and Vladimir region. Inside placed exhibition icons.
Church of Holy Savior
This is the XVII century, that is, the period of Ottoman rule. The deprived dome, elongated in length and having a sloping roof, externally resembles a barn, and this is not just done. 
The fact is that when these lands were under the Turkish protectorate, Christian temples had a tough height limit. In the church itself, wall frescoes are very well preserved.
Church of Paraskeva
Another example of the architecture of the second Bulgarian kingdom of the XIII century. The church is noteworthy in that the entrance to the bell tower was carried out not from the inside, but from the street. The bell tower itself is not preserved, and the steps reached the present day. Inside the preserved frescoes from the Georgy Gaybee church demolished in 1958.
Other churches of old Nessebar
Below I will talk about the main temples on the territory of the Old Town, which are not used as museums now. The state of some of them is extremely deplorable.
Basilica of Saint Sophia
The paradox, but the most popular monument of cult architecture in Nessebar is now in the ruins Cathedral of St. Sophia V-VI century. The facade, the remains of the walls and the inner arched colonnade have been preserved to this day. The cathedral is open to everyone than those who use lovers to be photographed in the arches.
Church of the Virgin Eleus
Built in the VI century, today she is in a frankly deplorable state. At the same time, it is even strange that around her did not build a barrier from the vandals. From the Greek title translates as "Church of the Uming of the Virgin".
Church of Archangels Mikhail and Gabriel
A well-preserved picturesque monument of the era of the second Bulgarian kingdom of the XIII century.
Despite the high degree of safety, it is impossible to get inside.
Church of St. Todora
It is also a monument of the XIII century, but as a result of restoration, the church resembles an indoor garage. Probably such a step is made in order to strengthen the historical laying itself. Entrance is currently closed.
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin
Built in the XIX century, it is the most new one from the churches of the old Nessebar and the only ones on the peninsula by the current temple. Although externally, it is little similar to the temples of the Byzantine period, but in some places you can observe the Opus Mixtum laying.
The entrance to the church is free, and the time of work and the schedule of worship is better to specify on the spot. Important moment: Photographing inside is prohibited.
Church of John Aliturgetos
Another monument of the architecture of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom, which during my visit was closed on the restoration. Architectural feature This church is the presence of two entrances inside. The word "Aliturgetos" translates from Greek as "unlit"
Modern monuments of Nessebar
This, first of all, located before entering the city of the sculpture of St. Nicholas, who at all times was considered the patron saint of fishermen, sailors and travelers, so in the port of him the place.
Infrastructure of old Nessebar
Despite the fact that we have a 100% open-air museum, if you wish, you can find all the necessary attributes of the tourist infrastructure.
Hotels
As for hotels located on the territory of the old Nessebar, I can only say that there are a lot of them there, and send for details for the sites of popular booking systems.
Beach
As not strange, there is on the peninsula and beaches, if you can name a few small sand bulls, on which even sun beds and umbrellas found. Sand, like everywhere in Europe, belongs to everyone, and as for the infrastructure and work modes, I recommend clarifying on the spot. 
Another thing is that I don't see any sense at all attending the beaches of old Nessebar, because for such a rest much more adapted a new part of the city, reading about which you can.
Couple words about power points
Points of food in old Nessebar a lot, and I will not recommend any specific here. I will only say that the cost of lunch is reduced by removal from the main entrance to the city. At the same time, restaurants in Nessebar in the old town, located next to the Byzantine gates, are distinguished not only by high rates, but also extremely slow service, since there is always an all-achelary. Bulgarian cuisine prevails in most cafes and restaurants, but if desired, you can find something else: for example, Czech restaurant "Praha".
In addition, in the territory of the old Nessebar, as in other resort cities of Bulgaria, there are trays with delicious ice cream, which is sold at 1.69 levs (about 0.9 euros) for 100 grams without taking into account the weight of the waffle cup, which is free . However, it was in the old Nessebar that I saw trays with rates of 1.99 lev (about 1 euro) for 100 grams, but there are few such. In addition, there are also trays with ice cream at a price of 1 lion per ball, but there is an assortment of tastes less wide.
Souvenirs in old Nessebar
Souvenir shops in the old town a lot. At the same time, in addition to magnets, mugs and hand-painted ceramics, I was struck by an abundance of objects with the symbolism of the Third Reich - flanges, ashtrays, orders, etc. Moreover, many finds, at least, according to the sellers, are genuine artifacts of the Second World War.
Amphitheater
Unfortunately, he is little like antique monumentBut actively used during the holidays when free ideas are arranged there. In particular, I had the pleasure of observing the amphitheater scene albeit in the truncated version of the ballet "Swan Lake".
Pair of words finally
Despite crowds of tourists, I sincerely think that if you relax on the Bulgarian coast, old Nessebar is obligatory to visit. At the same time, even if you are not a lover of history, this place with open all the winds of embankments and picturesque multi-tiers is simply saturated with serenity and relax. To feel it is enough to simply mince from the central streets towards the sea.
Nessebar is one of the oldest cities in Europe - the first mention of it was found in Manuscript, the age of which is more than 3000 years! The city of quiet, charming and impressively good. Its narrow, cobbled street cobblestone and small wooden buildings create an unique atmosphere of antiquity. It is important to note that the old Nessebar today is the city-museum and is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Fantastic landscapes together with historical monuments, which are found here almost every step, attract not only ordinary tourists to the city, but also representatives of Bohemia. Where else to look for inspiration and rest from the fuss of light, how not here? Walking on the paved streets of old Nessebar, you can easily meet the famous artist, a writer or actor.
And the city really inspires ... It is surrounded by the remains of the fortress walls, built by the ancient Thracians, and the very old oriental gate of Nessebar crowned two beautiful pentagonal turrets. On the territory of the settlement you will see a large number of temples, but only one acting from them remained - the church named after the Holy Virgin, in which there is a miraculous icon. Every august, thousands of pilgrims from all over the world rushed to her. Next to each historical object of the city are information shields that allow tourists to study an ancient city without attracting a guide. Families who came to the old Nessebar with children can alternate sightseeing sites on one of the playgrounds, which are found on the streets of the city. A lot of cute souvenir shops with a huge number of different baubles and souvenirs are another exciting occupation, especially since in stores you can see many items and toys for young tourists.
Old Nessebar occupies a very small peninsula, whose width barely reaches 300 meters, and the length is slightly over 800 meters. The peninsula has a thin connection with the mainland in the form of a narrow coquence, which during the raging sea is completely flooded with waves. Privacy and remoteness from the modern world here is especially felt in bad weather when the old town is cut off from the mainland. However, this phenomenon should not be afraid - with the end of the storm, narrow streets are again filled with newcomer tourists. First of all, they hurry to the main attraction of the city - an ancient three-story mill, built in the period of the Bulgarian Renaissance. She is at the entrance to Nessebar himself. The Nessebar retro parade famous for the whole of Bulgaria takes the start from this old urban symbol. A point development continues to be made in the city, while the house is allowed to build exclusively in the old style. And this means that the buildings should have the first stone floor, and the second wooden. Thus, the authorities are trying to preserve the unique spirit of an old city.
If you ended up in old Nessebar in the late evening, you can not worry about the night - here is a large number of hotels and hotels located in ancient houses. We recommend a trip to the old Nessebar guests of the southern coast of Bulgaria. You can easily reach this city on foot from New Nessebar and by car and public transport from Pomoria, Holy Vlas and a number of other resorts. The main thing is to keep in mind the feature of the streets of the city. All of them are paved by a stone and a blocking, which is difficult to move with a baby carriage. Therefore, a trip to Nessebar with a small child is better to postpone until better times.
Highlights
This city refers to the number of the most ancient settlements in the world, where life has never been interrupted for thousands of years. By the decision of the Bulgarian government in 1956, its historical center with numerous monuments of Starina was given the status of the architectural and archaeological reserve, and in 1983 Nessebar was included by UNESCO experts in the prestigious list of World Heritage of World Civilization.
Old Town - the historic area of \u200b\u200bNessebar. it ancient settlement With powerful fortress walls, antique structures, thousands of thousands of churches, located on a small rocky peninsula separated from the continent, a narrow is a good fortified stone fort. In this picturesque corner of Nessebar with his winding, laid out with a cobblestone streets, a completely amazing architectural building, characteristic of the Renaissance of Bulgaria, which began after the liberation of the country from Turkish yoke. The modern part of the city, referred to as the new Nessebar, is built behind the cereal, on the continent. Here you will find hotels, apartments, studios, hostels for every taste.
Long beaches of Nessebar, stretching north and south of the city, are famous for their golden sand and clean sea water. Almost every of them have rental items of all sorts of inventory for classes. water species Sports. For lovers of distant sea travel, there are centers that organize cruises on boats and yachts.
Residents of the city are benevolent to tourists, many are owned by Russian, English, they speak in other European languages. Separate praise deserves local cuisine, which made the traditions of the satiety of the Balkan cooking and the sophistication of Turkish dishes.
History Nessebar.
The base of Nessebar goes back to the bronze century. Archaeological finds suggest that the city is at least 3,200 years old. These lands of Thracians inhabited at that time, built fortifications on a small peninsula, built two trading ports from the southern and northern side of the fortress, where nature had already created comfortable natural bays protected from storms. The city was named Melsammbria, in memory of the legendary founder, the leader of the first messel settlers. About this tradition mentions the Roman historian and geographer Strabo in his encyclopedia, written in the first century BC. e.
Outside the fortifications, the settlement surrounded the gardens and vineyards. Since ancient times, there were excellent wines here, and artisans made excellent weapons, metal products, known in all cities on the Black Sea coast, with which the inhabitants of Nessebar led an active trading. Thracian ships brought fruit from Egypt, cloth and embroidered with gold with small Asia, fruits and spices from North Africa. Fragments of Thracian fortifications have been preserved until now, they stand out in a later northern city wall with their archaic stone masonry.
One of the natives of ancient Melsembria left a bright mark in world literature. According to legend, the famous Basinist Esop was Thracian, and it was born here about 620 BC. e.
Later in Nessebar, the Greeks-Doriians, arrived from the city of Megara, settled. They expanded and strengthened the Thracian defensive walls, elevated temples and theater, built schools. At this time, the city flourished and has already minted its own coins - bronze, silver, gold. It is noteworthy that archaeologists find them in ancient settlements on the Black and Mediterranean Seas - This testifies to the wide trade contacts of Nessebar.
It is known that in 425 BC. e. Nessebar joined the Commonwealth of Greek cities, which was headed by Athens. Since the time of the Hellenistic period, several structures - Agora, Marble Acropolis, Apollo Temple are preserved in Nessebar.
In 71 BC e. The legions of the Roman commander Mark Lukulla approached the walls of Nessebar. The townspeople decided not to resist and opened the fortress gate without a fight. So Nessebar was not destroyed and entered the Roman Empire under the name of the Mesmen, becoming an important cultural and shopping center of the province of Roman Frace. At the same time, the city retained the right to issue his own money, he was also given trade and political privileges. The Romans lined up here public buildings, marble terms with pools, equipped the water supply system and other engineering communications.
In the first century, on the city square, one of the first Christian Great Martyrs, Holy Irina Macedonian, was executed on the orders of the Roman governor.
In the early Middle Ages, after the collapse of the Roman Empire, Nessebar belonged to its eastern part of Byzantium. In the 4th century, Christianity accepted the citizens. During this period, the oldest of the churches preserved in the city in the name of Holy Sofia was erected.
The second half of the first Millennium became a vague time in the history of Europe and was marked by the great relocation of peoples. In 681, the hordes of the Bulgars who came from a distant adorption were invaded to the Sudenha lands of the Byzantine Empire. The militant invaders founded their extensive Bulgarian Khanate in Thrace. Well fortified fadevaria has turned into a military outpost on the restless border of Byzantium with Bulgaria. In 812, the city was besieged by the troops of the Bulgarian Khan Krum, and in two weeks the Mesmen Exterria fell. Many residents died, survived fled. In the city settled Bulgars and Slavs, who came with Turks from the East.
After half a century, the Byzantines returned to themselves the Mesmenia. But in 917, a bloody acheloy battle took place in the vicinity of Nessebar, in which the troops of the Bulgarian king Simeon defeated the Byzantine army. Emperor Lion Foka, who headed the campaign, fled to Constantinople on the ship, waiting for him in the Nessebar harbor. For several more centuries, Nessebar was the subject of military conflict between Byzantium and the Bulgarian kingdom.
In 1366, the city took the storm of the Crusaders troops under the beginning of the Count Amadeu Savoy. Lucky Count sold the city by the Byzantine Emperor for 15,000 golden ducats, but in the next century the Turkish army revealed Byzantium, and in 1453 Ottomans seized Nessebar - a few months before the fall of Constantinople. The city has undergone severe destruction.
Interestingly, during the stay of the city under the domination of Turks, none of the local Christian churches was rebuilt into a Muslim mosque, as was practiced by Ottomans everywhere. The townspeople were against, and conquerors, avoiding conflict, erected their temple and minaret next to the ancient churches of Christians.
Turkish dominion lasted here about four hundred years, until the 20s of the year before last. In 1829, a military squadron of the Russian Empire came to Nessebar from the sea, and from Sushi the city was surrounded by Russian Ulansky regiments. After the first shots of the ship cannon, the Turkish garrison of Nessebar surrendered, and the city was forever freed from the Turkish oppression. Residents of the city with gratitude remember the support of Russians. Among the townsmen of Nessebar - Russian St. Petersburg and Sochi.
For more than a century, Nessebar remained a quiet place, whose residents were engaged in basically viticulture and fish fishing. Like the resort and tourist center Nessebar began to develop in the late 50s of the last century.
Geography and climate
Nessebar municipality occupies the northern part of the Black Sea coast of the GUGAS administrative region. Historical monuments, Clean Sea, Natural Diversity of Coastal Highful Relief, Rich Flora form a peculiar appearance of Nessebar, which remains charuly attractive in any season and in any weather.
The old town occupies a peninsula speakers in the Black Sea of \u200b\u200b850 x 350 meters. South of the Isthmus connecting the Old Town, located on the peninsula, with the new thing on the continent, the only of a kind in Bulgaria extended sand dunes And the magnificent beach is about 2 km long.
Nessebar is almost four hours away by car from Sofia, an hour's drive from Varna and half an hour from Bourgas.
Climate in messenger-continental messenis tourist season Here lasts from May to September. You can sunbathe on the beaches in early May, the air temperature rises to +20 ° C, but the water in the sea is still cold. During this period there are rainy and cool days. The bathing season opens at the end of spring when coastal waters warm up to +18 ... + 20 ° C. From the second decade of June, the sea warms up to +23 ... + 25 ° C, such indicators are often held until mid-September. In general, vacationers can enjoy the sun and swimming about six months, at the end of September the air temperature holds at +21 ... + 22 ° C.
The peak of the season in Nessebar falls on July-August. The air temperature of the week exceeds the +30 ° C mark, the sun is quite aggressive, in the afternoon it is better to schedule excursions. In the windy days, the waves are nailed to the shore of the algae, but the staff quickly cleanses the beaches.
The heat falls by September, here this period is called the velvet season. Tourists with children of school age are driving around at home, the resort beaches are quieter and spacious.
From October to April, the flow of tourists falls, but the true connoisseurs of the antiquities claim that autumn - best time For a quiet and thorough acquaintance with the sights of Old Nessebar, when you can wander through the deserted streets, blowable fresh sea breeze, make wonderful photos of urban landscapes, arrange a romantic dinner in a quiet fish tavern. By the way, prices in restaurants and shops, hotels and apartments during this period are minimal.
Attractions Nessebar
On the narrowest, leaving the Peninsula, where the Old Town is located, the main street of Nessebar - Khan Krum. Nature created here the ideal place for the defense of the settlement - there is no other way on land to the city. Guests are welcomed by an old windmill, and then impressive ruins of the city gate with a powerful tower and the residues of stone fortress walls towers. The fortified entrance to the city was erected in the III century by the Romans on the place of an even more ancient fortress. The gate begins the central street of the Old Town, which begins his ancient name - Mesbria.
Narrow streets of Nessebar, paved by a granite blocking, in the high season in the morning until the evening are filled with tourists from around the world. They come from the hotels of Continental Nessebar, come from hotels near the resort sunny Beach or remote resort centers of the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria to get acquainted with the sights located in the ancient city.
Here every house is an antique manor, which serves as a source of solid income for its owners. In any of the old Nessebar houses, you will find any outlet - a souvenir shop, an antique salon, a grocery shop, a wine cellar, a bar or tavern. For a long tradition, the buildings are two-story, the first floors are composed of stone, the second is wooden, hanging over the basement. Houses are covered with colorful tiled roofs. Many of them were erected in the Epoch of the Bulgarian Renaissance, in the XVIII-XIX centuries. Windows and balconies are decorated with flowers that emphasize the festive mood reigning on the streets.
Approximately one third of the ancient city today flooded by the sea. Under water, you can distinguish between the fortified walls that cried algae. Bulgarian archaeologists conducted several underwater expeditions, during which well-preserved facilities of ancient times were discovered. With their findings of tourists introduce an interesting exposition in the Archaeological Museum.
In the tiny old messenger, exactly 40 vintage churches were once built. With a population of several thousand people, he was a city with the largest number of Christian temples on the soul of citizens, as well as on the building area in all Bulgaria, and maybe all over the world. Unfortunately, the time and numerous siege of the city in past centuries did not gem. Almost all of them are destroyed, archaeologists have so far found the ruins of 26 basil, some of them are hidden under the sea waves.
In some churches, the entrance is paid, the funds collected are sent to financing restoration work. Conveniently for 20 lips to purchase a single subscription to visit the Archaeological Museum and six of the most interesting temples.
The most ancient of them was erected one and a half years ago. In 1929, the archaeological expedition found under the layer of soil on the northern coast of the old Nessebar the foundations and remnants of the walls of the Basilica of the Holy Virgin, erected in the VI century. This church was part of the monastery complex, destroyed by an earthquake and departed in the XIV century. The calculated preserved ruins of the stones ivy. This is one of the best places for photo shoots, recognizable Messebar's business card. Basilica images publish all tourist booklets and travel guides.
Attract the attention of the majestic ruins of the Basilica of St. Sophia, also erected in the VI century. Here was the first residence of Metropolitan Nessebar.
One of the well-preserved churches of art historians call the most beautiful in Bulgaria. This is the Basilica of the Pantokratcher, which gives the most holistic idea of \u200b\u200bthe facilities of the Byzantine architecture of the XIV century on the territory of Nessebar. Patterned rows of red brick alternate with yellow, creating a fascinating pattern of masonry walls. Elegant arches are decorated with white stone inserts. Interior decoration and frescoes are lost. The church has a small museum, where you can see a collection of medieval cards depicting Nessebar and the surrounding territories, neighbouring countrieslocated on the shores of the Black and Mediterranean Seas. The entrance is paid - 3 levs per person.
The perfectly preserved Church of St. Stephen or the new metropolis is built in the 10th century. The architect elevated this three-penette basil from stone and red dlinge - durable Byzantine bricks. In the laying of external walls, you can distinguish architectural elements taken from the ruins of ancient temples - Positions of statues, wreckage of marble and granite columns. The inner walls are painted by magnificent frescoes of Byzantine masters. It was established that three artists who are invited by Nessebar Metropolitan from Constantinople worked on paintings. In the altar part you will see masterfully renovated Metropolitan throne made of carved wood, church utensils of the XVI century. In the fence of the church, artifacts located archaeologists here are demonstrated. The entrance is paid - for adults about 6 lefts, for children - 3 lev. In the temple is allowed to take photos without using the flash.
The Basilica of St. John Alturgetos XVI century is also well preserved. It is located to the right of the city gate, next to the Roman Amphitheater. Festivals and other cultural events are often held here. Interestingly, the temple was never consecrated for services (Aliturgetos in Greek - unlimited). The cause of this was the death of several workers, fallen from high walls at the end of construction.
The only acting church of Old Nessebar is located on Kreispriges Street. She was erected in 1883 in the name of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, the patroness of the city. Large artistic value represents paintings by temple interiors. Here are strains with relics revered in the Bulgaria of Saints and the miraculous icon with the face of the Lame of Odigitria of the Byzantine letters, created in the XIII century. According to legend, the icon presented the temple of the elder of one of the monasteries of Mount Athos. For 700 years, the image darkened, believers call it a black icon. On August 15, on the day of memory of the Assumption, pilgrims come here from all over Bulgaria. The walls of the Church on this day are held celebrations dedicated to the Day of the City, in Nessesesem, a crowded criety is marching, at the head of which priests carry a miraculous icon under the protection of military sailors.
Photographing in the temple is prohibited, the input is free. On Sundays, an excellent church choir sings on Sundays in the morning liturgy.
Beach
The coastal zone of Nessebar is divided into several beaches. The best is the south resort beach, equipped with the southern quarters of the new Nessebar. This can be reached in city buses number 3, 7, 11. There is a paid and free parking lot for cars, toilets, locker rooms, cafes and taverns. The beach goes to the open sea, here you can always hang on the waves and watch the ships passing away. From here, beautiful views of the old town also open.
This sandy beach with a gentle entrance to the sea is clean and well-kept, it is provided by sun loungers, sun beds, umbrellas. For 10 leftions, you will give a beach kit for all day: umbrella + two plastic sun beds. With your towel or beach umbrella, which can be purchased in one of Nessebar's shops, you can go to a special area, which is 15 meters from the sea, and sunbathing there completely free.
The southern beach is the owner of the Blue Flag, awarded for the purity, a worthy ecology, developed infrastructure and safety. Here the sea patrol rescuers.
Several beaches are in the old town. Landscapes here are fantastic, practical storms do not happen, but the shore is pebble, the bottom is stony, covered with algae. It is recommended to go here in rubber shoes, among the pebbles there may be a sharp shell. Many here and concrete beaches, mostly wild. The most famous beach on the peninsula is old Nessebar, located near Morse. His coastline It is facing southeast and protected by a bending of the Nessebar bay. For the sun bed and the umbrella here will be asked from 5 leftions.
Not far from the iste, connecting the old town and the new, near the Big Coastal Park, is a popular wild beach.
The beach north of the new city, smoothly flowing into the 15-kilometer beach zone of the Sunny Beach, and is called - North. By the way, in the next resort it is called southern, because of what confusion often arises.
The north beach, like the southern, well-equipped, rental prices for beach facilities are identical here - from 8 les. About a third of the beach occupies a free zone.
From the new Nessebar by bus number 11 in 20 minutes you can get to the neighboring resort town of Pomorie. There are also excellent sandy beaches here, but resting smaller. For 50 Levs per day, you can rent a cozy braided canopy with four sun loungers at the very edge of the surf, ice cream, fruits, drinks and snacks will bring you from the nearest cafe. Very nearby there is an ancient monastery of St. George, which is worth viewing.
Leisure
On the coast of Nessebar, the beach football and basketball is popular, everywhere is offered inventory for moving games, water skiing. In the port you can rent a motorboat or scooter to go inspect the city from the sea.
Diving lovers from all over Europe come to Nessebar to see his main underwater landmark - a sunken city, which is often referred to as local Atlantis. Specialized centers operate in the city, where there are courses for learning novice scubaers and are organized as one-day diving off the coast (day and night) and travel on yachts to others distant, places for immersion.
For enduring travelers, several developed hiking routes. Among them are a campaign to nearby mountain slopes, smoking pines, walk along the sea coast with swimming on wild beaches And a visit to the nearby villages, where the travelers expect an ethnic concert and a delicious dinner of Bulgarian dishes with homemade wines and raki.
From Nessebar, hand to Sunny Beach. This noisy modern resort is just three kilometers to the north. On its beaches there are even more points on the rental of boats, scooters, inflatable "bananas". Here you can also join the jeep safari and go to the hilly foothill valley.
Entertainment
In June, Nessebar traditionally adopts the International Children's Festival. At the same time, the festival of sand sculptures is held in Burgas, which wizers come from around the world. Their works are short-lived, so if at this time you will relax in Nessebar, be sure to watch. In the middle of August, the day of the city is celebrated in Nessebar. It is celebrated on the Day of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is the heavenly intercession of citizens.
One of the most popular entertainment among tourists, resting in Nessebar, are sea walks. A short journey will cost approximately 30 levs. From berths in the old Nessebar, excursion boats depart, floating over well distinguishable with antique and medieval structures under water, which went to the bottom as a result of a powerful earthquake. In pure seawater, you can distinguish the outlines of the acropolis, ruins of dwellings, public buildings, defensive structures.
In the vicinity of Nessebar, extensive entertainment complexes are lined up - Moon Park and Aqua Paradise. Cost entrance tickets For the whole day - 32 levs for adults and 15 lips for children. For half a day and tickets are offered. By the time of the opening of attractions at 10:00, decent queues are collected. To avoid them, you should purchase tickets in advance at the administrator at the reception of your hotel.
Club and Bar Captain Jack "S in NessebarThe parks have modern attractions, a variety of carousels, water slides for children of all ages and adult extremals. The actors periodically play a short show, the animators entertain guests from the pools. You can have a snack in pizzerias and fast food kiosks, and dinner tightly - in park cafes and taverns. Please note - bring food and drinks to entertainment parks, you can not need a security service for this, the products will have to be left in a paid locker (4 levs). Valuable things can be placed in the safe (6 lefts).
From several night clubs Nessebar among the holidaymakers, the most popular Captain Jack "S Night Club and Bedroom Beach. A wide range of night entertainment offers a neighboring Sunny Beach.
Purchases
Large supermarkets with a wide choice of goods, chic malls and fashionable boutiques in Nessebar, but there are plenty of small stores. They can buy essential goods, food, beverages, beach accessories, good souvenirs. A good choice Souvenir products are presented in private shops of old Nessebar. Local potters, continuing the centuries-old tradition, produce ceramic dishes, and the models of VAZ, jugs and cups often serve the finds of archaeologists. Another popular souvenir from Nessebar - knitted products of handmade. They are coarsely, but carry the imprint of the old traditions of national clothing.
For gourmet good souvenir There will be several bottles of excellent local wine. Go for them to Aheloy Street in Old Nessebar. Here, in ancient house No. 7 is located winery and a Winery Messembria tasting room. Wine tasting accompanied comments Sommelier, then you can choose the wine you like, it will be packed in a beautiful box and deliver to your hotel. White semi-sweet grape wine "MESSEMBRIA" and sweet red and pink wines from figs are used by special demand.
Another delicious souvenir from Nessebar is a packaging of Luckee, Bulgarian raw sausage with onions and spices. The form of it is unusual and reminds the oblong cake or magnificent Lavash. Manufacturers of this national product argue that the recipe of Lucca goes back to the VII century.
For large purchases should be sent to the shops of Sunny Beach or Burgas. During excursions to the neighboring cities of Bulgaria, buses stop in large stores, and tourists are provided for several hours for shopping.
Local kitchen
Seafood and vegetables are dominated in the kitchen of Primorsky Nessebar. Here you can cook fish, squid, mollusks. All summer in the markets are sold seasonal fruits and vegetables - juicy Bulgarian peppers, tomatoes and fragrant greens, peaches, plums and other gifts of surrounding gardens and vegetable gardens. By the way, there are no meat rows in local markets. Fresh meat is sold only in specialized stores - Messennica.
In urban cafes, you can dine for 15-20 les (salad, meat or fish dish with a side dish, drink), and the portions are very large and satisfying. For 45-50 Levov you will be offered a full dinner for two with good wine. In many institutions, you can pay American Express, MasterCard, Visa bank cards.
Among the stylish restaurants located in historical center, Tourists in reviews recommend "Old Nessebar". Here serves fresh seafood, pork ribs-barbecue, there are tables under the outdoor canopy. The veranda of the restaurant offers panoramic views of the harbor of the old city. Here prepared dishes on the recipes of Bulgarian and Mediterranean cuisine. The corporate dish is the Khwech - meat stewed with vegetables in ceramic pots.
A cozy restaurant "Acropol" owns a family from Macedonia. The hosts personally prepare delicious homemade foods, and give our teaching to guests. One of the company's branded dishes is a swine stew with a mushroom filling accompanied by boiled potatoes and pickled vegetables. The first will offer Bulgarian chorba - hot soup based on kvass. But at the beginning of the meal, you will serve a shopping salad from Bulgarian pepper, tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet onions and olives, thickly pulled by grated sheep cheese. Easy bread here also bake himself personally.
Italian cuisine is offered by the "Mario" cafe and the restaurant "Kristal". Here work cooks specially practiced in Italy.
It is possible to eat tasty and inexpensively in the Aquamarine ethno-restaurant, located at the entrance to the old town. His chefs are recognized masters of the Bulgarian cooking. Dishes combine traditional Balkan products, Turkish sophistication, the motifs of Greek cuisine. In hot weather here come here to refresh the tarator - spicy cold soup based on fermented yogurt with fresh cucumbers, greens, flavored garlic and wine vinegar. The tarator resembles the okroshka. A thick consistency and the unique taste of the soup give crushed walnuts and almonds. Serve it with chipped ice. At the second, certainly ordered the branded sac - the national Bulgarian dish of three types of meat (veal, pork, chicken), stewed with sweet peppers, eggplants, tomatoes and other vegetables under the sauce. Sachi is prepared in a massive clay frying pan, it is served on the table with the heat heat on a wrought iron stand. Instead of bread on the table bring Banitsa - Puff pastry with cheese.
Portions in Nessebar restaurants are very generous, they are not allowed to mask them, so here in the order of things to ask the waiter to pack the rest of the food and take it with you.
Where to stay
Most of Nessebar hotels are located in a new city, where new hotels of various categories have opened the doors every year, today they are more than 300. Network hotels of famous world brands have been erected. Among the staff will definitely have workers who speak Russian. The cost of the hotel is affected by the hotel's distance from the coastal feature and beaches, rooms with windows leaving on the sea are more expensive.
Among the buildings of recent years - the chic Sol Hotel Nessebar Palace 5 *. The hotel has an extensive area with a park and pools. Here is comfortable to relax with children, there are two-room family rooms with extra beds, for the smallest there is everything you need. You can invite a nanny, for older children in the hotel there is a club, where the guys entertain animators. The restaurant always has a children's menu. The cost of living B. double room - from 110 € per day.
In Nessebar there are youth hostels with numbers for 3-4 people. In the peak season, accommodation will cost 15 € per person per day.
Locals willingly pass apartments to tourists in residential areas. A small cozy studio can be removed for 30 €, apartments start from 50 € per day. If you wish, on the outskirts of the new city you can rent a whole estate for 60-80 € per day.
Several hotels are located within the Old Town. Among them - Hotel Saint Nikola, who settled in an old building, but not deprived of modern comfort. Room cost - from 32 €. The balconies overlook the sea and the sights of Old Nessebar. The hotel has an inexpensive restaurant, where Bulgarian dishes are perfectly prepared, for guests there are discounts up to 10%. Friendly staff, administrators speak Russian.
Transport
In the new Nessebar, the flight buses from the airport or from other cities are stopped near large hotels, aquapark, entrance to the old town. Actually, the resort city is small, everything is here in walking distance. If you are burdened with a luggage, you can get to the right place on a city bus (ticket price - 2 levs) or taxi, the cost of the trip will not exceed 10 leftions. A taxi in Nessebar a lot, the tariff is usually indicated on the glass of the passenger door of the car - about 3 leftions / km. At the taxi set counters.
In the Old Town Get on the bus number 1. Since Nessebar and Sunny Beach is one municipal territory, bus routes Start in the new Nessebar and continue on the streets of the neighboring resort.
If you plan to get acquainted with other coast resorts, it makes sense to rent a car. The cost of rolled from 40 lefts / day, the rental driver should be at least 22 years.
How to get
The nearest airport to Nessebar - Sarafovo. It is located in Burgas, the largest transport hool of the country. From Moscow and St. Petersburg, regular flights are departed to Burgas. Direct flights are carried out by Bulgaria Air liners. The cost of the flight from the capital of Russia - 25,000 rubles, from St. Petersburg - 27,000 rubles. In the tourist season from large cities RF in Burgas Count charter airliners.
There is also a railway message Moscow - Burgas with a length of 2,200 km. This is a trailer car in the train 059m "Moscow - Sofia". In Bulgaria, the car joins another train guide to Burgas from Sofia. In Moscow, the composition departs from the Perron of Kiev station daily at 09:30. The trip lasts two days, while you must pass passport control On the border with Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria. In each border point, the procedure lasts at least an hour.
From Burgas to Nessebar 36 km. These cities are connected by a flight bus service. Long-distance bus stop is located at the airport, route number 10 is sent to Nessebar from there. Buses run from 40 minutes to 1 hour, the cost of the trip is 8-10 Levs, depending on the season and tariffs of the transport company, travel time - about An hour, on the city streets with a lively traffic, traffic jams and ties are not excluded.
From the railway station of Burgas, you need to go to the stationary area and go on the Alexandrovskaya pedestrian street, destroyed boutiques, to the southern bus station. From here, buses to Nessebar are departed every half hour, the fare is from 3 leva, the time on the way is 40 minutes.
Many tourists prefer to get to the resort from the airport or railway station by taxi, which will cost 45-50 Levs.
Journey to Nessebar from Moscow by car will take at least 30 hours if you plan the shortest route along the E95 highway through Ukraine and Romania. The distance will be 1 966 km.
