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BURGAS Summer 2009

Including

Sozopol, Nessebar & Sunny bedach

The Black Sea coast

Beaches, yachts and hot bodies...

Summer Nights Food, fun and festivals

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Message from the Mayor Burgas is the biggest city in South-West Bulgaria – it is the birthplace and home of famous poets, composers, singers, actors, film directors, artists, photographers and athletes. Yoan Ek zarh, one of th e Bulgarian pre-Renaissance au thors wrote: “The Sea joins together everything distant.” This maim is still valid. The increasing population, the improving conditions for respite and business are a good evidence of the growing

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Contents Arriving in Burgas

Touching down

The Basics

Essential reading for those not sure where they are

History

Introducing Burgas How the past has shaped the present

Keeping in touch

Let your Mum know how you are

Culture & Events

Summer festivals, art and poetry

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Where to stay 16 Places to recharge the batteries and catch up on your beauty sleep

Dimitar Nikolov Mayor of Burgas municipality

Dining & Nightlife Restaurants

18 Where to wine and dine Cafés 21 Feed the addiction Nightlife 22 Enough to keep any pub crawlers on their hands and knees

What to see

Sights in Burgas The Sea Garden

Getting around

Directory

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Oligarchs anonymous

Sozopol

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Mesambria - ancient and modern Where to stay, eat and party Sightseeing

Sunny beach 30

Apollonia - past and present Where to stay, eat and party The Festival

Nessebar

Making sense of transport Shopping Go on a spree Health & Lifestyle Prevention is better than cure Sports Lose the calories for summer Business

interest in the city. In the vicinity of Burgas there are several lakes, namely Atanasovsko, Pomoriysko, Mandrensko and Vaya, which form the biggest comple of coastal lakes in Bulgaria being unique with its eceptional biological diversity. Via Pontica, one of the basic migration routes of the European migratory birds passes here. The city is a very important centre of maritime tourism with with all modern conveniences and communications with the resorts at the South Black Sea Coast. The resort comple is enriched by the mineral baths of Burgas (15 km from the city) which are one of the most ancient balneology centres in Bulgaria. As a mayor of Burgas municipality I have the ambition to preserve a good tradition according to which the city guests turn into city’s friends for life. Welcome to Burgas!

The party paradise Where to stay, eat and party

Maps & Index Street index Index City map Bulgaria map

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Foreword Welcome to Burgas all you travellers, visitors, businessmen, party-goers and festival lovers. Last year we did our stir regarding the naming of Burgas or Bourgas, well to update all our readers indeed our case appeared to stand firm the correct spelling is Burgas. Any errors are since this summer subject to serious governmental fines. The pronunciation is not the American national dish, ‚Burgers‘ as many English seem to take pride in saying, but ‚Bore-gas‘. With land marks like the salt lakes and Bulgaria’s largest harbour, and being more a business centre thаn a tourist destination, Burgas has enough distractions to keep all types of visitors out of trouble. It also works as a perfect base to branch out and eplore the central and Southern sections of the Black Sea Coast. During the bustling summer months it hosts many festivals, amongst these are: Burgas and the Sea, Beer Fest (see our beer article on p. 23) and the Festival of the Bulgarian rock music “Rock Eplosion”. In case you prefer the tranquillity of flowers visit the city in May and September for the international flower ehibition “Flora Burgas”. If you suffer from hay fever stick to the festivals. Do not limit yourself to only the main pedestrian shopping area - venture out through the historic Sea Garden and find one of the many hidden restaurants in the winding back streets. For this guide we not only pre-tramped the city of Burgas for you, but included the historic towns of Nessebar and Sozopol and the not so historic resort of Sunny Beach (Slunchev Bryag in Bulgarian). Browse through this guide where we present you a selection of restaurants, bars and other venues worthy of your patronage. In case we missed a destination worth mentioning, please inform us. Contact us at bulgaria@ inyourpocket.com. No matter what your reason for visiting - business or pleasure - Burgas is definitely a must see whilst celebrating your holidays in one of the nearby coastal resorts or a good place to be doing business during the summer. Keep the hard copy of Burgas In Your Pocket with you at all times. It will help you to find your way, and who knows, you may make new friends from the lost travellers that you assist with the useful information that you hold In Your Pocket. Enjoy your visit to Burgas!

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By boat The Port of Burgas (Pristanishte Burgas) . The Port

of Burgas was built between 1894 and 1903 under the patronage of Prince Ferdinand I. At the beginning the dock work was manually handled. In 1941 the first electric cranes were installed. Now the port serves 3 sub-port terminals, one storage base and one seasonal passenger terminal in the port of Nessebar. The Port operates 28 vessel berths, up to 125 000 tons, 4800 m of quays and maimum draught of 15.50m. The biggest vessel, moored at the quays is “Zetland”, Loa of 267 m, draught on arrival 17.60m and cargo on board of 143 000 tons of iron ore of Brazilian origin. The port of Burgas is being epanded with 4 new terminals, which have to be completed by 2015. Tel. +359 56 82 22 22, Fa +359 56 82 21 56, Tele 83 520 PORTSBS BG, headoffice@port-burgas.com, www. port-burgas.com.

Marina of Port of Burgas

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The Port of Burgas hosts also a marina which is situated at the Terminal East basin entrance. The marina offers safety anchorage and moorings for yachts and small crafts of depths of up to 6 m. The presence of shore mobile crane and strong security rules allow lifting of boats and long stay on the wharf. Tel. +359 56 82 23 02, +359 56 (0) 886 317 112, office@yachtclubportbourgas.org, www.yachtclubportbourgas.org.

By bus Bus Station (Avtogara). Most arrivals to Burgas (both international and domestic) arrive in front of Voenna Bolnitsa (hotel Kosmos), hotel Bulair (ul.Bulair 7), 10 min walking distance to the Port of Burgas and Bus Station South (Avtogara Yug), hotel Kosmos (ul. Stefan Stambolov 2), very close to pl. Baba Ganka and Aleksandrovska street or on Bus Station South and Bus Station West (Avtogara Zapad), see p. …. Most international buses though, arrive in Sofia, from where you should make your own travel arrangements. For more information on travelling from Sofia, please, read our Sofia edition or visit www.inyourpocket.com website.

By car By car. Travelling by car can be tricky. A lot of signs are still only in Cyrillic or come too late on the road. The state of the road network at times resembles the surface of the moon and you should take care of holes (which might be hidden behind an occasional fresh dog carcass). To get to Burgas from Sofia you should take Trakia highway, passing around Plovdiv. At Stara Zagora the highway ends and the rest of the road (approimately ½ of the way) is two-lane; there has been major etension of the highway from Bourgas in the other direction. Mind that the speed limits are maimum 130 km/h on main highways, 90 km/h on minor roads and 50 km/h in urban areas. Driving to Burgas during the summer season you are guaranteed to encounter heavy traffic. Be very careful and pay close attention to the road and other drivers at all times. A lot of Bulgarian drivers tend to disrespect the road signs, speed limits, international driving principles and all basic morals. The price of your car seems to dictate how much you may flout the rules. Count only on yourself. Once you get to Burgas congratulate yourself for being so patient burgas.inyourpocket.com

Street smarts Street Square Boulevard Highway Bridge

Улица (ул.) Площад (пл.) Булевард (бул.) Магистрала Мост

Ulitsa (ul.) Ploshtad (pl.) Boulevard (bul.) Magistrala Most

and brave and please get a drink to rela; you can buy hard liquor from any reputable petrol station.

By plane Burgas International Airport (Letishte Burgas) ,

tel. +359 56 87 02 72/+359 56 87 02 48. Burgas International Airport (Letishte Burgas) is situated in a picturesque bay on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast, 10 km northeast of the city of Burgas. The airport has one terminal with five luggage belts - three for departing and two for arriving (this implies that more people are leaving than arriving but the bustling population of the city will tell you otherwise). In the arrivals area there are various offices of tour agencies, cafés, car-hire counters, and money echanges. If you lose your luggage you can call (within 7 days) the Lost and Found office +359 56 87 02 73 or e-mail lostandfound@bourgas-airport.com. There is also a baby’s room. The airport has facilities for disabled visitors. If you want to avoid the terminal noise you can use the VIP Hall of the Burgas airport tel.+359 56 870 266 fa +359 56 870 265 e-mail: vip_lounge@bourgas-airport.com Getting to town: be careful when catching a tai in front of the arrivals’ halls. Make sure you select a tai which has the rate clearly marked on its front window. Getting to town should not cost you more than 10Lv (€5) but it quite probably will. Another option is that you catch the bus - No 15 (the bus stop is just outside the main entrance of the airport), which costs 0.90Lv. You should also buy a separate ticket for each big piece of luggage. You can directly rent a car from the rent-a-car offices at the airport.

By train Burgas`s Central Train Station (Tsentralna gara).

Burgas’s Central Station (Tsentralna gara), open 04:4523:00, is located on the south side of the centre of Burgas. There is a left-luggage office (garderob), found just outside of the station’s east gate (where you will arrive), on your right. It is actually hardly an office, since you hand over your luggage through a small opening. It is open 06:00-22:15 (2Lv per item). The station also has a main café and several fast-food kiosks. The central pedestrian street Aleksandrovska practically starts across the street from the main entrance to the station. The cheapest way to get to other parts of the city is either by walking (taking full advantage of your central starting point) or by taking buses No 4, 12, 12a, 211 or trolley No 1 from the bus stop, just opposite the street. Catch bus No 15 for the Airport. Outside the station the tai drivers will compete in shouting, fake smiles and courtesy in their attempt to help you part with your hard earned cash. Make sure you check the rates which should be marked clearly (in Cyrillic) on stickers in their front window (rates should be between 0.89 - 0.99 Lv per kilometre) and that their meters are switched on. If you are about to go to a close by town or resort check out the buses, the bus ticket office is located just outside the station’s east entry. If there is no bus leaving to your destination, check out the private minibuses (marshrutki). They have set tariffs and usually there is one leaving to Sozopol (and other

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Basics southern parts of the Black Sea coast) or to Varna (and other northern parts of the Black Sea coast) every hour or so. Be warned that almost no middle aged person will speak English, so you will have to use sign language and repeat the name of your destination with various accents. As getting around will be an adventure, try to take it with humor, albeit black. Valium may be handy for the more nervous passengers.

Alcohol The archetypal national tipple is rakiya or brandy, which usually comes as either grozdova rakiya (grape brandy) or slivova (plum). It’s usually served up in 50g or 100g shots and is consumed alongside salad or some other form of nibble – wait-staff will consider you peculiar if you don’t order at least something to snack on while you’re slugging down spirits. As far as beer is concerned, Bulgaria produces several palatable if uneciting lagers – Zagorka, Shumensko and Kamenitsa are the most reliable of the big brands. Much more impressive are the dry red wines, particularly Cabernet Sauvignon from Svishtov and Oryahovitsa, Merlot from Stambolovo, Gumza from Novo Selo, Mavrud from Asenovgrad, and Melnik from the village of the same name. The Chardonnays and Traminers from Veliki Preslav are among the best of the whites.

Customs If you are travelling within the EU those over 18 can now take 10L of spirits, 90L of wine and 110L of beer. Most countries will not allow more than 200 cigarettes from Bulgaria. You’re not allowed to eport antiques, artworks or coins of numismatic value unless you have a permit issued by the Ministry of Culture. Due to fears about child trafficking, travellers with small children may be asked for documentary evidence of their parental relationship before being allowed to leave the country.

Electricity Bulgaria runs on a 220 volt electricity supply (so some visitors will need to bring a transformer). Standard continental two-prong plugs are used, so others will need to furnish themselves with an adaptor if they want to use their hairdryer/phone/ charger/laptop.

Smoking Cafès, bars and restaurants are required by law to provide an area for non-smokers. In practice however this will probably consist of one or two tables surrounded on all sides by nicotine addicts happily puffing away.

Visas Citizens of the EU, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA can stay in the country visa-free for 90 days. Nationals of other countries should contact the Bulgarian embassies or consulates in their home countries about visa arrangements. Note that visas cannot be obtained at the border. If you wish to etend your stay beyond the 90-day period you should apply for a residence permit from the Immigration Office, ul. Georgi Kirkov 15, tel. +359 56 84 42 42. Open 09:00 – 17:00. Closed Sat & Sun.

Roads & Traffic police Most Bulgarians turn into psychopaths as soon as they get

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Basics The Cyrillic Alphabet Аа Бб Вв Гг Дд Ее Жж Зз Ии Йй Кк Лл Мм Нн Оо Пп Рр Сс Тт Уу Фф Хх Цц Чч Шш Щщ Ъъ Ьь Юю Яя

a b v g d e zh z i y k l m n o p r s t u f h ts ch sh sht a softens ’o’ yu ya

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when entering or leaving Burgas at the weekend. Policemen are allowed to charge on-the-spot fines up 50 Lv.

Key phrases arm bath van go dog let measure zoo bit yoke keep like map not opera pen run sit tap rule fan hand cuts church short smashed but yoga you yard

National holidays January 1: New Year’s Day (Nova godina) March 3: Liberation Day (Liberation from the Ottoman rule) (Denyat na osvobozhdenieto) April 19: Easter (Velikden) May 1: Labour Day (Denyat na truda) May 6: St. George’s Day (Gergyovden; Day of the Bulgarian Army) May 24: St. St. Cyril and Methodius (Sveti Sveti Kiril i Metodyi; Day of the Cyrillic Alphabet and Bulgarian Education and Culture) September 6: Unification Day (Saedinenieto; marking the unification of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia in 1885) September 22: Independence Day (Denyat na nezavisimostta) December 24,25,26: Christmas (Koleda)

Important phone numbers Fire: 160 / 112 Ambulance: 150 / 112 Police: 166 / 112 http://kat.mvr.bg Road assistance: 146 Anti-corruption unit: 982 22 22, www.nocorr.mvr.bg Telephone information: 11800 Breakdown Service: 91146 or 146 if you’re calling from a Bulgarian mobile

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The following is a list of some of the most common words and phrases a person is likely to need. Hello Goodbye Please You’re welcome Thank you Ecuse me Yes / No Cheers I don’t understand I don’t know Do you speak English? What’s up? Good morning! Good afternoon / evening! Good night! Have you got…? Where can I buy…? How many / how much? Good / bad Epensive / cheap New / old Hot / cold

Zdravei Dovizhdane Molya Nyama zashto Blagodarya Izvinete Da / Ne Nazdrave Ne razbiram Ne znam Govorite li angliiski? Kakvo stava? Dobro utro! Dobur den / vecher! Leka nosht! Imate li…? Kude moga da kupya…? Kolko / Kolko struva? Dobro / losho Skupo / evtino Novo / staro Toplo / studeno

Days of week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Ponedelnik Vtornik Sryada Chetvartak Petak Sabota Nedelya

Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 100 1000

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behind the wheel of a car, although given the state of the road network one can hardly blame them. Cow-sized potholes, suicidal pedestrians and drunken cyclists riding on the wrong side of the road are just some of the things to look out for – and with hazards like these you need to swerve around like a stunt driver in order to stay in one piece. In order to drive on Bulgarian roads outside Burgas you’ll need to purchase a vignette which must be clued to the windscreen. You can get these from border crossings, all post offices and OMV and Shell gas stations. For a car or SUV vignettes cost 10Lv for one week, 25Lv for one month, and 67Lv for a year. Talking on a mobile phone while driving is strictly forbidden, as is driving under the influence of more than 0.5/1000 of alcohol. Foreigners are well advised to obey the rules of the road even if they see locals behaving otherwise: the police rarely speak English and are unlikely to show any lenience. Police checks on major highways are common, especially

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Tourist information Burgas Tourist Information Centre C-2, ul. Hristo Botev, tel. +359 56 82 57 72, tic_bourgas@abv. bg, www.burgas.bg. A very helpful tourist information centre that offers a wide range of information in a variety of languages. The knowledgeable staff can assist you with hotel bookings and other useful services such as arranging sightseeing tours. The information centre distributes a well-informed locally-published guide Burgas in your hands, which also includes a local map, for Bulgarian readers only though.

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Basic data

Market values How do costs compare to back home? Here is handy list of local prices to give you an idea. Leva Euro Loaf of white bread 1.00 0.50 Snickers bar 0.80 0.40 Vodka (.750ltr, Bulgarian) 8.50 4.36 0.5ltr beer (bar) 2.00 1.02 0.5ltr beer (shop) 0.80 0.40 A pack of Marlboros 3.90 2.00 McDonald‘s Big Mac 3.59 1.84

Territory: Bulgaria takes up 110, 550 km2 of land. It shares borders with Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Romania. The country is bordered to the east by a 354km-long stretch of Black Sea coastline. Rivers: The main rivers in the country are Danube, Maritsa, Mesta, Strouma, Iskar, Yantra. There are more than 600 warm and cold mineral springs. Highest Point: Musala (2925m), south of Sofia in the Rila mountains. Population of Bulgaria: 7,385,367 (July 2006 est.) Population of Sofia: 1,377,531 (July 2006 est.) Local time: Bulgaria is part of the Eastern European Time Zone (GMT +2); when it is noon in Sofia it is 11:00 in Berlin, 10:00 in London and 05:00 in New York City. Religion: Traditional religion in the Republic of Bulgaria is Eastern Orthodo Christianity. Orthodo 85%, Muslim 8%, others 7%.

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Echange rates (as of April 2009): US$1 - 1.47Lv; €1 – 1.95Lv; £1 – 2.17Lv

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Antiquity In antiquity, Bulgaria, the land of Orpheus and Spartacus, belongs to the Kingdom of Macedonia. 4th century BC The territory of contemporary Bulgaria is conquered by the Macedonians, lead by Philip II and his son Aleander the Great. During the first century AD these lands become Roman provinces. 632 The History of Bulgaria as a separate country begins with the establishment of Old Great Bulgaria (also known as Onoguria). 681 First Bulgarian Kingdom is established by Khan Asparuh. 865 Bulgaria becomes a Christian country. Tsar Boris I accepts Orthodo Christianity. 9th-10th centuries “The Golden Age” period under the rule of Tsar Simeon the Great. The Slavic writing is officially accepted throughout the country. Literature schools, imposing temples and monasteries are built. Bulgaria has an outlet on three seas - the Black sea, Aegean Sea and the Adriatic. The capital is moved to Veliki Preslav, which during that period could be compared with the beauty and glory of Constantinople. 1018 Bulgaria falls under Byzantine rule until 1185. 1185 The Second Bulgarian Kingdom (1185-1396) is founded after two brothers, Asen and Peter. The capital city of the new kingdom becomes Veliko Turnovo. 12th-13th centuries Under the rule of the Tsar Kaloyan (11971207) and Tsar Ivan Asen II (1218-1241), Bulgaria becomes a dominant power in the Balkans. 1393 The Ottomans occupy the Bulgarian capital Veliko Turnovo after a three-month siege. 1396 The Kingdom of Vidin is occupied, bringing the Second Bulgarian Empire and Bulgarian independence to an end. 14th-18th centuries By the end of the 14th century, the Turks control all of Bulgaria. Ottoman rule continues for five centuries. 18th century The Age of the Bulgarian National Revival begins. In spite of the resistance of the central Turkish authorities and the Greek clergy (the so-called phanariots), the struggle for an independent church, the publication of books and, later on, of periodicals in the Bulgarian language, the establishment of lay Bulgarian schools and the official recognition of the language and culture, become real steps to the revival of the nation. One important landmark was the writing of the Slav-Bulgarian History (1762) by monk Paissiy of Hilendar. 1876 Bulgarian revolutionaries launch the April Uprising at Koprivshtitsa. The Turks suppress it with unprecedented brutality. About 15,000 Bulgarians are massacred at Plovdiv and 58 villages destroyed. Outraged European allies come to Bulgaria’s rescue in the late 1870s. Russia, the chief saviour, suffers 200,000 casualties in the conflict. 1877-1878 The Russian-Turkish war leads to the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire. March 1878 The Treaty of San Stefano provides for an independent Bulgarian state, which spans the geographical regions of Moesia, Thrace and Macedonia. July 1878 The Treaty of Berlin, under the supervision of Otto von Bismarck of Germany and Benjamin Disraeli of Britain, splits Bulgaria into three parts: an independent Principality of Bulgaria based in Sofia, the autonomous Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia; and Macedonia, which remains under direct Ottoman rule. April 1879 The Turnovo Constitution is passed by the First Grand National Assembly. June 1879 Aleander Battenberg becomes prince of Bulgaria, and Sofia becomes the capital of the new Bulgarian state. September 1885 Eastern Rumelia declares union with Bulgaria. 1887 A coup replaces Aleandar Battenberg with Ferdinand of Sae-Coburg-Gotha.

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Recent History In June 2001, the Bulgarian monarchy makes an unprecedented comeback when former king Simeon II is elected prime minister. Unable to ease economics hardships for the majority, however, he too sees his popularity plummet after a few months in power. In the same election, the country’s Turkish minority is represented in the government for the first time, and the president encourages Bulgarians to be more tolerant of TurkishBulgarians. Progress continues under President Georgi Parvanov, albeit slower than most hope. Membership of NATO is granted in 2004, and entry into the European Union follows in 2007. July 27, 2005 the Bulgarian Parliament chose Sergey Stanishev of the Bulgarian Socialist Party as the new Prime Minister in a coalition government with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms. August 15, 2005 the BSP and National Movement Simeon II formed a stable government, along with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms. This coalition has a large majority in parliament with 169 of the 240 deputies. Parliamentary elections will be held in Bulgaria on June 28 or July 5, 2009. cipality to kingdom and declares himself Tsar. 1912-1913 The Nationalist Prime Minister, Ivan Geshov, forms an alliance with Greece and Serbia to attack the Ottomans and to drive them out of Macedonia and Thrace. The Balkan Wars are sparking. The alliance soon fall out, with Greeks and Serbs epelling Bulgarian forces from Macedonia, and then dividing up the spoils. 1915-1918 Bulgaria joins the German side in World War I. A Serb-French-British offensive in Macedonia causes Bulgaria’s collapse. Ferdinand abdicates in favour of son Boris III. 1919 Elections are won by the Peasant party of Aleksandar Stamboliyski promising widespread social change. 1923-1934 Democratically elected governments are toppled via coups that bring authoritarian regimes to power. 1941 Bulgaria enters World War II on the side of the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Ais. The country is the only ally of Hitler’s Germany which did not allow the killing of its Jewish citizens. It was thanks to king Boris III and to the Bulgarian governments that no hostilities are waged in the country’s territory. 1944 After World War II, as a result of the Yalta agreements between the Great Powers, Bulgaria ends up in the field of influence of the Soviet Union. 1953-1989 Years of the communist rule of Todor Zhivkov who headed both the party and the state. 10 November 1989 Under pressure from domestic and international circumstances Todor Zhivkov is forced to resign. Bulgaria once again takes the road of democratic development. 7 December 1989 The Union of Democratic Forces (SDS) is formed as a unification of 13 opposition organisations. June 1990 First free parliamentary elections. 12 July 1991 A new democratic Constitution is passed. 13 October 1991 First free local authorities elections. 1992 First free presidential elections. Zhelyu Zhelev is elected head of state. 3 November 1996 Petar Stoyanov, proposed by the SDS, is elected with President of the Republic of Bulgaria with a landslide majority. 19 April 1997 The Parliamentary elections are won by the Democratic Forces United. A government is formed headed by Ivan Kostov as Prime-Minister. Bulgaria starts on the road of genuine democratic reforms.

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Introducing BURGAS Couriers

Burgas is the second-largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast with population 210,260. It is also the fourth-largest by population in the country, after Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna. Early antiquity First settlements on the fertile coastal plain. 14th-13th century BC Bronze Age and early Iron Age. The earliest signs of life. 4th century BC Thracian period. The region of Burgas is rich in archaeological finds from this period which are housed nowadays in the The District Museum of History, founded in 1925. 1st century The small Roman town of Deultum (later named Develt) is founded by Emperor Vespasian as a military colony for veterans. Besides Deultum, the present-day city epands over the territory of three other ancient settlements, i.e. Kastiacion, Skafida and Rossokastron. 4th-7th century Early Bulgarian Middle Ages: a small Greek fortress called Pirgos (Πύργος being Greek for tower) was founded by Apollonian colonists on the place and was most probably used as a watchtower, a military and observational post against the other important settlement in the region Mesembria. The travel post used to lie in the area of today’s Burgas Port. 17th century The city named then Ahelo-Burgas (AheloPirgas) becomes centre of the Southern Black Sea coast, with well developed industry and trade. A number of oil and chemical works are gradually built. Salt and iron are mined and traded beyond the borders of the country. 18th-19th centuries Bulgarian Revival period: still under Ottoman domination, national ideologies are created. Educated Bulgarians come back from Tsarigrad and bring modern ideas, encouraging ideas for liberation. 18th century Burgas is the largest port on the south of the Balkan range. 1854 The first map showing the outline plan of Burgas is created. 1868 Bulgarian school and an orthodo church are opened in Burgas (during the pre-liberation period there is only a Greek school in Burgas). 1878 National Liberation. On Feb 6th, 1878 Burgas was liberated from Ottoman rule by a contingent lead by Colonel Lermontov, brother to the great Russian poet, Mikhail Lermontov. The city with population of less than 3000 people, is renamed into Burgas. The current name of Burgas derives from the Latin word burgos, meaning a tower. The first City municipality is founded on Feb 7th, 1878. The architectural landscape of the town is very ugly: muddy streets, disorderly buildings of the port stores, partially destroyed houses. 1888 Just after the liberation a municipal library is opened in Burgas. 1890-1894 The first local cultural centre, a small room in Aleksandrovska street with just a couple of chairs and a table full of newspapers, is founded. 1891 The first town plan of Burgas with 289 neighborhoods is developed. Beginning of the 20th century Fast industrialization of the town. The beginning of an unprecedented cultural boom is marked by the epansion and modernization of the town port, the airport construction, and the building of the Oil refinery, the largest one on the Balkans. The construction of the central city part is undertaken - with the beautiful seaside garden, municipal gardens, a big casino on the sea coast (1938), market hall (1926), chamber of commerce. Important role for the development of Burgas port had the finishing of the Burgas - Yambol railway. Over the first decades of the new century the city eperiences fast development of the industry, banking, education and culture. 151 industrial works are founded: Avram Chaliovski’s factory for

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City Epress D-3, ul. Mitropolit Simeon 28, tel. +359 56 84 28 05, www.city-epress.com. QOpen: Mon, Tue, Wed,

Thu, Fri 09:00 - 18:30, Sat 09:00 - 12:00. Closed Sun.

DHL - Bulgaria D-2, bul. Ferdinandova 2A, tel. +359 56 84 11 90, www.dhl.bg. QOpen: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

08:00 - 18:00, Sat 09:00 - 12:30. Closed Sun.

In Time E-3, bul. Aleksandrovska 16, tel. +359 56 84 57 00, www.intime.bg. QOpen: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

08:30 - 20:00. Closed Sat, Sun.

Speedy C-2, ul. Sheynovo 46, tel. 0 7001 7001, www. speedy.bg. A quick, easy to use, cheap and efficient national courier service. QOpen: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 08:30 18:30, Sat 09:00 - 13:30. Closed Sun. Tip Top courier B-1, jk Izgrev, bl. 97, tel. +359 (0) 893 434 103, tiptop@courier.bg, www.courier.bg.

Post sugar products and plant oils, the big Bulgarian Mills of Iv. H. Petrov, Kambana soap factory, fish can factory, etc. Many banks are also opened. 1903 The railway station in Burgas started functioning, giving an additional boost to the city’s epansion. 1905 Development of education: the first primary school is separated into boys’ and girls’ ones. High School of Trade is founded. 1925 The state School of Mechanics and Technology is opened. Debelt Archaeological society is founded because of the great interest for the past of Bulgarian territories. The society is busy with research, storage and retrieval of materials of historical value. Later the society turns into a museum. 1926 The Burgas cultural centre called “Probuda” is founded. Today Burgas (Greek: Pirgos), is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Burgas is an industrial and tourist centre. Burgas International Airport is a connecting point to major Black Sea resorts in Bulgaria like Sunny Beach, Nessebar, Sozopol, Dyuni, Elenite, etc. It is also a powerful industrial and economic centre and a tourist region with international popularity.

Facts, figures and Mayor Burgas city facts: the second-largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and the fourth-largest by population in the country. Average summer temperature is 27,5°C (June-Sept.), heat waves are possible. Average winter is around 8°C (Dec.-March). Getting severely snow struck is not very likely, if it happens just be happy to be part of a weather phenomenon. Burgas is inhabited by approimately 200.000 inhabitants. Dimitar Nikolov is the mayor of Burgas. He is one of the prominent members of the GERB, this abbreviation does not stand for the type of firework which produces a jet of sparks but for the political party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria. Just established in 2006 and already has 5 members in the European Parliament….so maybe indeed some connection to fireworks?

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Central Post Office D-2, ul. Tsar Petar 2, tel. +359 56 85 10 01/+359 56 85 10 19, tp@burgas.bgpost.bg.

Postal rates Postcards Letters

Bulgaria 0.35 Lv 0.55 Lv

Europe 1.00 Lv 1.00 Lv

USA & Others 1.40 Lv 1.40 Lv

Bulgarian main city codes 44 68 Sliven Blagoevgrad 73 Lovech 2 Burgas 56 Pazardzhik 34 Sofia 76 Stara Zagora 42 Dobrich 58 Pernik 52 64 Varna Gabrovo 66 Pleven 32 V. Tarnovo 62 Haskovo 38 Plovdiv 94 82 Vidin Yambol 46 Ruse 92 86 Vratsa Kyustendil 78 Silistra The above codes should be prefied with 0 if dialing from inside Bulgaria.

International country codes Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Rep. Denmark Finland France Germany Greece

43 32 359 385 420 45 358 33 49 30

Hungary 36 Ireland 353 Israel 972 Italy 39 Japan 61 Macedonia 389 Netherlands 31 Norway 47 Poland 48 Portugal 351

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Romania 40 Russia 7 Serbia 381 Slovenia 386 Spain 34 Sweden 46 Switzerland 41 Turkey 90 UK 44 USA/Canada 1

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Culture & Events In Burgas you find it all, from puppet theatre to open air events, from rock concerts to opera. But not only Burgas buzzes. Visit Nessebar where in September the lustrum of the International Honey Festival will be celebrated. Also be part of the Apollonia Art Festival in Sozopol again in September. Bulgaria’s coast really comes to life in the Summer months and has more to offer than mere sun, sea and sand; we challenge you to discover the highlights that many will overlook.

Art galleries Art Style D-3, ul. Suedinenie 4, tel. +359 (0) 898 781 676. QOpen 11:00 - 19:00. Closed Sun. Bogoridi D-3, ul. Bogoridi 48, tel. +359 56 84 50 70. QOpen 11:00 - 20:00. Closed Sun. Burgas C-3, ul. Aboba 13, tel. +359 56 83 98 80. QOpen 10:00 - 18::30. Closed Sat, Sun. Dari D-3, ul. Stefan Karadzha 12, tel. +359 (0) 889 508 943. Q Open 10:00 - 18:30, Sat 10:00 - 14:30.

Closed Sun.

Irta E-3, ul. Antim l 9, tel. +359 56 84 32 71. QOpen 09:30 - 18:00. Closed Sat, Sun. Sea Gallery Briz D-3, ul. Bogoridi 37A, tel. +359 56 84 27 98. QOpen 09:00 - 18:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 14:00. Society of Bulgarian Artists D-3, ul. Aleksandrovska 22, tel. +359 56 84 05 48. QOpen 10:00 - 18:00. Closed

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Music, opera and ballet Opera Philharmonic Society Burgas D-2, ul. Kliment

Ohridski 2, tel. +359 56 84 07 89, opera.bourgas@ yahoo.com, www.operabourgas.com.

Theatres Adriana Budevska Drama Theatre D-2, ul. Tsar Asen l 36A, tel. +359 56 84 60 40/+359 56 84 22 66, www. burgteatre.com. Puppet Theatre D-2, ul. Kliment Ohridski 2, tel. +359

56 84 12 35, dkt_burgas@abv.bg, www.burgaspuppets.com.

Burgas and the Sea 1st and 2nd of August in the Summer Theatre. For the first time it was organized in 1973 under the name “Songs for Burgas, the Sea and its Working People”. After its 13th edition the competition stopped eisting, but only for a while. In 1996 it was restored under its present name. Through the years of its eistence “Burgas and the Sea” has generated and popularized the Bulgarian music, has developed the creativity potential in the filed of the music arts, has supported composers, poets, artists and has enriched the Bulgarian musical culture. www.burgasimoreto.org

Cinemas Trakia D-3, ul. Tsar Ivan Asen 6, tel. +359 56 84 24 81, trakia.kino-burgas.com.

The Sand Sculptures Festival

On an area of 5,000 square meters in the Burgas Park Ezeroto in the Sea Garden a peculiar sand city will be built in the beginning of July, 2009, by leading sculptors worldwide. This year the theme is Fairy-tale Characters. Over 2500 tons of special water-resistant sand will be used for the fantastic models. In its first edition in 2008, this Sand Sculptures Festival hosted 16 world famous authors. Sculptors from Indonesia, England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Russia, the Ukraine, and Bulgaria took part in the event. The original sand creations will be ehibited until the end of the tourist season. The special lighting and continuous guarding add to the charm of the unique sand city. Web site: http://www.burgasandfest.com/

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Spirit of Burgas In 2008 Spirit of Burgas turned into the most waited for music event in Bulgaria and, already at the time, it was classified as No.15 of the best festivals in Europe. It charged thousands of young people with pleasant emotions and boasted up Burgas and Bulgaria due to the MTV medium partnership. Reports from the Spirit of Burgas and TV shows dedicated to the festival were broadcast on 9 MTV channels in 36 countries. The announcement of the Burgas festival on the official music television site www.mtv.tv turned to be one of the most read ones. The festival gathered 6,000 guests on the first evening and 12,000 guests each on the second and third evenings in front of the si stages built up on the territory. Guests’ average age was 25 years. Most of the young people had arrived from England, Poland, Romania and Turkey. Spirit of Burgas, 2009 will be carried out from 14th through 16th of August on the city central beach. Tickets: Festival ticket for 1 day : 40Lv. Ticket for the 3 festival days: 100Lv. At the entrance of the festival the tickets are: For 1 day – 50Lv. For 3 days – 120Lv. Web site: http://www.spiritofburgas.com/

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Who was Petya Dubarova Petya Dubarova - the infant poet Petya Dubarova (19621979) was the youngest among the greatest talents of Bulgaria. She was born on April 25, 1962. Her mother Mariya Dubarova was an elementary school li terature teacher at that time, and her father Stayko Dubarov was a master worker in a Burgas factory. Initially, Petya attended Ivan Vazov School in Burgas, and after that she became a student in the prestigious Burgas English Language School. On December 4, 1979, barely 17 years old, she took her own life. Petya was a little girl when her poetic gift was discovered by Hristo Fotev –already a famous poet in Burgas. Petya was not even able to write, when she started to create her poems and word games. Her poems were published for the first time in the youth newspaper and magazine Septemvriiche and Rodna Rech respectively. Petya’s mentors were (the already mentioned) Hristo Fotev and Grigor Lenkov, also a poet. Petya had some acting talent as well: In 1978 she was featured in a movie called Swap whith director Georgi Dyulgerov. The establishment of the house-museum Petya Dubarova was a natural reaction to the desire of the people to have the opportunity to feel the authentic atmosphere in which the poetess lived and wrote her poems. On August 7, 1995, the house on ul. Gladston 68, which Petya and her parents occupied when the poetess was alive, became the housemuseum Petya Dubarova. It took two decisions made by the local municipality in 1986 and 1990 and also the consent of Petya’s parents to vacate the house. Currently the museum is a cultural and educational institute that tries to find, study, preserve, and popularise the poetic heritage and personality of this Bulgarian talent. The museum is a separate legal entity funded by the municipality’s budget. Since 1995, the museum has been offering its visitors rich ehibit materials: For eample, the interior of Petya’s room is the same as it was when the poetess lived there. The museum also holds an archive with everything

Petya wrote. The primary activity of the museum relates to encourage creativity within the society as a whole. The following events that are usually organized by the museum have already established traditions: - National Literature Contest Petya Dubarova - Summer Workshop - Visits by Other Literature Museums - Readings and Presentations of Newly Published Books - National Literature Conference Everything the participants in these events have written so far is being kept as part of the museum’s archive as well. Drowned stars Drowned stars are floating in the sea. The salt has scorched their fresh blossom How silently, even without farewell, They lost both light and power. But my heart will turn right now Into a tomb for them, into a pyramid And it will bring them back to life, reborn As they have ripened inside my flesh as in a clam.

Petya Dubarova

Translation from: Удавени звезди Удавени звезди в морето плуват. Солта цвета им свеж е прегорила. Как тихо, без дори да се сбогуват, изгубиха и светлина, и сила. Но моето сърце ще се превърне в гробница за тях, във пирамида и живи, преродени ще ги върне, узрели във плътта му като в мида.

Петя Дубарова

House Museum of Petya Dubarova C-1, ul. Gladston 68, tel. +359 56 81 41 10, www.burgasmuseums. bg.QOpen 09:00 - 17:00. Closed Sat, Sun.

International Folklore Festival The festival is organized by the Burgas municipality under the motto ”Let Us Save the Heritage Left by Our Forefathers and Pass It on to Our Children”. It was established in 1965 and through the years had earned an international prestige by professionalism and authenticity. Every year on the sea shore participants from all over the world who bear their specific cultures and folklores get together to show them here. In the history of the festival there are listed more than 440 folklore ensembles and more than 18 thousands participants. This year the festival will take place from 24th through 28th of August in the Summer Theatre for free.

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John Lawton took part in Burgas and the Sea festival last year

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Where to stay

Burgas has plenty of accommodation to suit most budgets although there is a sparsity of real high end hotels. Hotels quote their prices in Euros and in Leva. All prices include VAT and most of them offer breakfast, however it is always good to ask just to be sure.

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Upmarket Bulgaria D-3, ul. Aleandrovska 21, tel. +359 56 84

26 10/+359 (0) 888 646 463, hotelbulgaria@bginfo. net, www.bulgaria-hotel.com. Although hotel Bulgaria is the oldest hotel in the city (since 1976), it maintains a good reputation in terms of quality and service. The hotel is business class and in the foyer there are various shops including a travel agency office, ticket centre for bus and air tickets, real estate, shop for mobile communication, and a bank. There’s a swimming pool with a bar and spa centre and the hotel boasts of an impressive view.Q160 rooms (89 singles €97, 57 doubles €108, 8 suites €182, 3 Junior Suite €142, 3 Presidential Suite €300). POTJHAUFEGB� KDCW hhhh

Burgas E-2, ul. Khan Krum 5, tel. +359 56 81 66 66/+359 (0) 889 733 230, fa +359 56 83 66 66, info@hotelburgas.com, www.hotelburgas.com. This business hotel represents a modern black stone building in the centre of Burgas. It is close to the train station, the port and the main shopping streets. The interior is elegant and decorated in modernistic style with white, black, grey and red colours. The rooms are spacious, comfortable, stylish, cream-coloured, with king size beds, LCD satellite TV, Wi-Fi internet and are centrally air-conditioned. The bathrooms are with shower cabins or bathtubs, 100% cotton bathrobes and thick oversized bath towels, non-allergic and down pillows, duvets and a housekeeping service twice a day. The apartments are chic, hold a see through glass wall to the bathtub and a view to the port and train station. Unfortunately a new building is obscuring part of the view. There is a 24 hour concierge service and in-room breakfast and dining services, laundry and dry cleaning service, conference hall, casino and piano bar. The hotel also has an equisite top floor restaurant with vanguard French cuisine and 10% discount for guests of the hotel (read more on p. 18 in our restaurant section). Q32 rooms (28 doubles €51 - 90, 4 apartments €150). POJHAULEGKW hhhh Chiplakoff E-2, ul. Ferdinandova 88, tel. +359 56 82 93

25/+359 (0) 886 700 043, chiplakov@abv.bg, www. chiplakov.com. This boutique hotel is based in a building which is an architectural monument, built in 1925 on the request of the famous tradesman Bozveliev. It was built by the Italian architect Ricardo Toscani, from the Art Nouveau school in Italy. His other works are the Burgas Art Gallery (Jewish Synagogue) from 1905 and the Burgas Railway Station from 1917. The hotel building was reconstructed in 2006 by A. Chiplakoff. The rooms are rather small, but decorated in an old fashioned style in the dark green or rosy colours. The furniture imitates baroque and the wallpaper is silk. The hotel has an Italian restaurant decorated with pictures from old time Burgas bringing you back to the aristocratic luury of the beginning of the 20th century (5% discount for guests). Ask for your 5% discount for a weekend and 10% discount for 7 week stay. Q15 rooms (4 singles €40, 10 doubles €55, 1 suite €70). PALGKW hhh

Luor E-4, ul. Bulair 27, tel. +359 56 84 76 70, luor_bs@

yahoo.com, www.luor-bs.com. The three star Luor hotel is situated near the train station and some 400m from the beach. There are 3 floors with original interior (supposedly) designed in an Egyptian style. The hotel offers a good Italian

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restaurant and a charming lobby bar. Fitness and sauna free of charge for guests. Q36 rooms (singles €49, 27 doubles €49 - 54, 9 triples €70). PTJHAR6UFLG� BKDW hhh

Mirage A-1, k-s Slaveykov 93, tel. +359 56 88 08 88, fa

+359 56 88 13 15, reservation@mirage-bs.com, www. mirage-bs.com. The Mirage Hotel is located a kilometre away from the centre of Burgas, at the intersection of the main Sofia road and the coastal road which goes north to Sunny Beach and Varna. Quite luurious with a striking architectural design. The rooms are well equipped, the carpet is yellow and the furniture is classic. The hotel includes a restaurant with piano, a conference hall and guarded parking. Q67 rooms (4 singles €35, 42 doubles €50, 4 suites €98, 1 apartment €130, 15 VIP Double room €62, 1 Presidential Suite €230). PTHAR6UFLEGKDCW hhhh

Plaza D-3, ul.Aleko Bogoridi 42, tel. +359 56 84 62 95, fa +359 56 84 62 97, info@plazahotel-bg.com, www.plazahotel-bg.com. This hotel is located on the pedestrian street Bogoridi which leads to the sea garden. Small but luurious with 16 rooms - 11 double and single, 4 apartments and a VIP apartment for newly weds. The building is a monument of culture from 1912.With modern style and accessibility this hotel is a perfect place for travellers. The hotel has two conference halls with WI-FI and a panorama lift with a central street view. Q16 rooms (11 doubles €51 - 75, suites €95, 4 Junior Suite €96, 1 Presidential Suite €140). PTJHABKW hhh

Mid-range Bulair E-4, ul.Bulair 7, tel./fa +359 56 84 43 89, tel. +359 56 84 62 32, bulair@abv.bg, www.hotelbulair.com. Hotel Bulair is a perfect place for holidays or business trips. It’s located 500m from the centre near the sea garden. The hotel offers 14 rooms - 10 double, 3 triple and 1 studio. The rooms are clean and comfortable. In the hotel you can make use of the following services - room service (not all night), dry-cleaner, rent-a-car, reservation for buses and air line reservations. The restaurant seats 30. It is an old building, renovated in 2003. Q14 rooms (13 doubles €34 - 39, 1 suite €39 - 44). PTAGKW hh Byala Roza B-3, k-s Lazur ul. Batak 42, tel. +359 56 81 08 50, eliboss@abv.bg, www.whitrose.hit.bg. Located in the immediate vicinity of the sea the hotel is known for its calmness, cosiness and welcoming atmosphere. The rooms are painted in relaing blue and each room has air conditioning. 9 double rooms and 2 apartments are available. There is no restaurant and, although you may have your morning burgas.inyourpocket.com

coffee in the lobby, guests constantly checking in and out will not contribute to its taste. Q11 rooms (7 doubles €26, 2 apartments €34). PTJNW hh

Fors D-3, ul. Konstantin Fotinov 17, tel. +359 56 82

88 52, fa +359 56 82 88 53, office@hotelfors-bg.com, www.hotelfors-bg.com. Located in the centre of Burgas, the rooms are comfortable with nice cosy furniture, decorated in soft green/blue and light orange. All mod cons, bathrooms only with showers. Spacious apartments. The hotel also has a cosy pizza restaurant, a small but elegant wine hall, and an underground garage. Q22 rooms (20 doubles €34 - 38, 2 apartments €51). PJHARLENGBKSW hh

Guest House Fotinov D-3, ul. Fotinov 22, tel. +359 (0) 896 002 864/+359 (0) 897 834 130, info@hotelfotinov. com, www.hotelfotinov.com. The guest house has rooms which are a bit on the small side. They are decorated in yellow, green or blue. Located right in the centre of Burgas, close to the main pedestrian street, surrounded by multiple restaurants, shops and cafés. For its one star, the guest house is quite nice, comfortable and is definitely worth your stay due to its central location. Q11 rooms (4 singles €25, 7 doubles €30). PJ6NGDW h

Budget Guest House National E-4, ul. Philip Kutev 5, tel. +359

56 84 13 35. Located near the train station, restaurant and guest house National holds in total 5 built-in rooms. The view currently has only the surrounding buildings and the entry to the rooms actually goes through an open air bar facility, part of the restaurant comple. If you don’t mind being close to the train station you might consider the hotel, because it is very close to the centre, the beginning of the sea garden and 500 m from the central Burgas beach. The common area of the rooms is luuriously furnished with leather sofa and sitting area. The rooms are spacious, with nice décor and quite big bathrooms with showers and one is with bathtub. There is cable TV, air conditioner and heating system. The place is perfect for a passing by crowd of friends who would like to try traditional Bulgarian food in traditional surroundings with live music in Restaurant National, get a night drink at the open-air bar and go to their luurious apartment the night before they get the train. The restaurant is certainly one of the most famous and preferred by the locals in Burgas (read more in about restaurant National on p.18 from the restaurants section).Q5 rooms (3 doubles €30 - 35, 2 triples €65). PJH6ILENGBKW hh

to show you the way in case you get lost in this small suburb of Burgas. The rooms are decorated with green carpets and curtains, and a simple bathroom. While the brochure pictures the hotel as being on a Maldivan Island the truth is that you have to walk down a narrow path in order to get to the long stretched beach. Q18 rooms (18 doubles €25 - 30). PAFGKW hh

Mirana ul. Bratzigovo 10, Sarafovo, tel. +359 56 87

29 86, fa +359 56 87 27 70, mirana@tourism.bg, www.miranahotel.com. Mirana is found in the centre of Sarafovo, at first site nothing special with regard to the building; however, when you see your room or apartment you will feel happy to have chosen this place. The rooms are more than spacious, nicely decorated and furnished. So are the bathrooms. Even more impressive is when you visit Mirana’s restaurant, where the owner, receptionist and cook appear to be one and the same person. In most places it is not the ideal situation (welcome to Bulgaria) but it works well. This talented manager is also able to assist you in English and German. Internet available. Q12 rooms (12 triples €28 - 44). PJAILGBKCW hhh

Sea Star Hotel (Morska zvezda Hotel) ul. Priboina

19, Sarafovo, tel. +359 56 87 22 26, seastarbg@yahoo. com, www.seastarbg.com. This is a small, clean, family run hotel, located in Sarafovo, within 2km of the airport and a couple of hundred metres from both the beach and the main square. Comfortable yet inepensive, the charm of the place is only added to by the non English speaking owner handing you a cell phone so her daughter can ask if breakfast was ok and would you prefer something different the following day. The ecellent top floor weights room shames many medium sized hotels which claim to have a gym. Q6 rooms (2 singles €17, 3 doubles €20, 1 triple €28). PTFNW hh

Out of town Kedara ul. Angel Dimitrov 16, tel./fa +359 56 87 23 95, tel. +359 (0) 896 739 192, kedarahotel@abv. bg, www.kedara-hotel.com. Hotel Kedara is found in the centre of Sarafovo. This friendly hotel offers good value for money within the range of budget hotels. The rooms and bathrooms are tidy and clean. Ideal for those who just need to stay for a couple of days in Burgas where Sarafovo is right under the smoke of Burgas airport. Guests get a discount when eating in the restaurant with the same name about 20 metres up the street. Q13 rooms (13 doubles €20 - 25). PTARLNBKW Lazuren Bryag ul. Ribarska 1, Sarafovo, tel. +359 56

87 32 18/+359 (0) 898 651 393, lazuren_briag@abv.bg. This new hotel is found at the end of Sarafovo, locals are able

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Restaurants Burgas is full of restaurants, pubs, beer-houses, taverns, and refreshment stalls and grocery stores. Most of the high-class restaurants have live music, while some offer show programmes too. Food in Burgas is generally cheap, especially if you go shopping in the suburbs or at marketplaces. The prices in brackets refer to the average cost of a main course.

Bulgarian Chichovtsi D-3, ul. Ekzarh Yosif 5, tel. +359 56 84 55

61/+359 (0) 899 921 605. Their slogan is “The family gets boring, the pub doesn’t”. This mehana is located in a 2 storey house with a heavily shaded garden with vineyard. There are 100 places inside and 100 outside. The cuisine is Bulgarian and tasty. They have Bulgarian live music. The place is usually full, so it’s good to make a reservation in advance. QOpen 10:00 - 24:00. PIENBS

Jelezniyat Svetilnik D-3, ul. Konstantin Fotinov

28, tel. +359 56 84 18 19. Jelezniat Svetilnik (The Iron Candlestick) is one of many semi-chic restaurants where you will find the food to be satisfactory but not ou tstan din g. Th e sea tin g is ni cel y posi tioned and comfortable. Great for lunch on a heavy shopping day. QOpen 10:30 - 23:30. (5-20Lv). PJAINGBS

Natsional (National) E-4, ul. Philip Kutev 5, tel.

+359 56 84 13 35/+359 (0) 889 91 613. Easily found walking right from the railway station crossing the park and taking the street on your right for about 200 metres, this restaurant is decorated in traditional Bulgarian style and offers live folklore music in the evenings. The multilingual point and order menu makes it easy choosing from the mostly Bulgarian dishes. The food comes reasonably quickly. It’s a good place to feel the old fashioned Bulgarian atmosphere and tr y traditional Bulgarian cuisine. QOpen 00:00 - 24:00. (5-17Lv). PJ6IENBSW

On the beach Tropikana C-4, Beach line, Sea Garden, tel.

+359 (0)888 338 498. A bistro on the beach: a cooling (sometimes windy) place where you can listen to the sound of waves while filling your lungs with the fresh salty air. The atmosphere is eotic, with palm trees and fishing nets hanging around. The menu offers pizza, fish, soups, and some ecellent grilled dishes. Prices are normal. Friendly, helpful staff and good service. 140 seats. Sea and beach panorama. QOpen 07:00 - 24:00. P6INBSW

Vodenitsata (The Water Mill) C-4, Beach alley, Sea Garden, tel. +359 (0)878 32 41 00. A Bulgarian style restaurant with waiters wearing traditional costumes, and folklore music all adding to the atmosphere. The big stone walls make it very refreshing from the summer heat. The idea was to provide sea and sea park panorama but unfortunately a building was constructed right in front of the garden. There are 2 entrances, one from the beach path and the other from the garden side. 150 seats. Traditional Bulgarian dishes are included in the menu. Helpful staff and good service. English menu and English speaking staff are available. QOpen 10:00 - 02:00. (3-26Lv). PIENBS Burgas In Your Pocket

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French La Perle Noir E-2, ul. Khan Krum 5, tel. +359 56 81 66

66/+359 (0) 898 455 757, fa +359 56 83 66 66, info@ hotelburgas.com, www.hotelburgas.com. This French restaurant deserves its name. It is found on the top floor of the stylish black marble building, Hotel Burgas, with a view of the port and the 1917 Italian style railway building. It is designed with stylish, chic furniture in white, beige and chocolate colours with ornaments and pendants tinkling quietly. The cuisine is vanguard French, prepared from gourmet products, and with modern techniques like lofilization, vacuum and spherication. The delicious meals are truly eotic and the restaurant also offers sushi. It holds different events and also offers catering services. There is 10% discount for the guests of hotel Burgas. QOpen 08:00 - 23:00. PAILGW

Chinese Changhai D-4, ul. Bogoridi 61, tel. +359 56 84 31 05/+359 896 219 665. A 2 floor restaurant, right net to the Sea Garden at the end of the main pedestrian street. It is easily recognizable with the red lanterns and the dragon and panda pictures. The place is arranged with wooden seating inside and outside in the garden. The portions are big and the food is tasty. There is English and Bulgarian menu. QOpen 11:00 - 24:00. (5-10Lv). PBS

International Adonis D-3, ul. Antim I 32, tel. +359 56 84 12 59/+359

(0) 889 514 215, dakata_64@abv.bg. Adonis is located close to the centre of Burgas in a pleasant garden. The service is good and the waiters actually smile at you while making their rounds. The menu is quite rich and includes multiple type of “sach” (meat or vegetables roasted on an iron plate). They also serve Meican dishes and have an etra lunch menu. QOpen 9:00 - 24:00. (6-10Lv). PANBS

Amstel D-3, ul. Aleandrovska 49, tel. +359 56 82 76 29. An elegant and stylish 3-floor bar and grill restaurant. The cosy 3rd floor VIP area is highly recommended. Food is very good, although a little bit epensive. The staff are kind. The music is fine and not too loud to prevent conversation. The decoration includes photos of old Burgas. Very big windows with street panorama. QOpen 11:00 - 23:30. PJRGBKSW Boulevard Bar & Dinner D-4, ul. Bogoridi 60, tel. +359 56 82 55 55, invest@abv.bg, www.montecristo.bg. This place is found on the main pedestrian street, close to the Sea Garden and right net to the Gramophone. It has become an iconic place for the Burgas crowd and a fashionable place to hang out. Boulevard has two floors and summer seating outside. It is elegantly furnished with wooden and leather furniture with elements of wrought iron. The food consists primarily of different kinds of meat dishes and pizza. They

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have a long wine list. QOpen 10:00 - 24:00. (10-20Lv). PJAUBS

Delight D-3, ul. Slavyanska 3, tel. +359 56 84 04

75/+359 (0) 887 393 661, delight_bs@abv.bg. A unique comple, situated in the sea garden, which combines several places, each with its own style, cosiness and relaing atmosphere. Ecellent cuisine, refined interior, perfect service, as well as live performances of famous songs. After 23:00 the visitors can enjoy the music from the piano bar, situated on the third floor. In summer a beautiful terrace with 50 seats is opened. QOpen 10:00 - 24:00. PJAEBSW

Golden Fork C-4, On the beach, tel. +359 (0) 899 862

583. A beach restaurant with calm atmosphere with 70 inside and 130 outside seats. Breathtaking sea panorama. Kind and helpful staff. Fast and fine service. Quiet music, relaed feeling and the sound of waves. It can get quite windy. English menu and English-speaking staff are available. Menu: salads, appetizers, grill, fish, sushi, pizza. The occasional live music includes: Folk, Chalga, Estrada, pop music. Only one WC and if you find the light switch please let us know. QOpen 08:00 - 24:00. (2-22Lv). PENBS

Happy Bar & Grill C-4, k-s Lazur bl. 5/7, tel. +359 56

83 06 66, www.happy.bg. This restaurant is located across the road from the main entrance to the middle of the sea garden. Happy is a mid-range chain of restaurants, but they know how to cook, everything is delicious and served hot on your plate. In the garden of this restaurant there is a children’s corner where you also will be served. Including the garden there are 130 seating places. The atmosphere is energetic. QOpen 08:00 - 24:00. PTJAGBKW

Chadara C-4, at the entrance of the sea garden, tel. +359 (0) 885 546 804. A cheap restaurant (with 250 seats) facing the street. Most tables are outside which is pleasant for warm days, although noisy and a little hectic. The menu includes pizza, pasta, appetizers, desserts, beer and soft drinks. Waitresses are prompt even when crowded. When we went there, the restaurant was almost full of people. The food is ecellent. The children’s corner about 20m away is visible from the restaurant. Pets are allowed outside. QOpen 00:00 - 24:00. (5-17Lv). PTA6LBKS burgas.inyourpocket.com

Starters and salads Shopska salata ( шопска салата) Baked peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and white cheese. Snezhanka (снежанка) Yogurt, chopped cucumbers and garlic. Katak (катък) Strained yogurt, mied with white cheese. Sometimes you can find it with baked peppers, garlic and oil in it. Zelena salata (зелена салата) Fresh green salad, fresh onions and olives. Ovcharska salata (овчарска салата) Cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, ham, peppers, eggs and cheese. Redena salata (редена салата) Sliced tomatoes, cucumbers and a piece of white cheese. Soups Bob chorba (боб чорба) Beans, different kinds of vegetables and typical Bulgarian herbs. Shkembe chorba ( шкем бе чорба) Tripe soup, boiled with milk and served with garlic, vinegar and grounded chilly pepper. Supa Topcheta (супа топчета) Small meatballs, boiled with vegetables and herbs. Tarator (таратор) Cold soup made of cucumbers, walnuts, oil and yogurt. Zelenchukova supa (зеленчукова супа) Vegetable soup Pileshka supa (пилешка супа) Chicken soup Supa Leshta (супа леща) Lentils, herbs and vegetables. Meat dishes Shishche (шишче) Small pieces of chicken or pork meat, peppers and onions, lined up on a skewer and grilled. Pileshki drobcheta (пил ешки дробчета) Chicken liver, fired with onions Parzhola (пържола) Steak Kyufte (кюфте) Flat meat balls with onions in it. Can be grilled or fried. Kebapche (кебапче) Grilled oblong meat Gyuvech (гювеч) Vegetables, herbs and pieces of meat, baked in an earthenware dish. Gyuveche : (гювече) Small earthenware dishes, filled with onions, tomatoes, cheese, sausages and an egg. Vegetarian dishes Yaytsa po panagyurski (яйца по панагюрски) Eggs, sauced with yogurt, garlic and a little fried red pepper. Sirene po shopski (сирене по шопски) White cheese, baked with tomatoes in a small pot. Kashkaval pane (кашкавал пане) Yellow cheese fried in eggs and bread-crumbs Chushki byurek (чушки бюрек) Peppers, filled with eggs and cheese Zadusheni kartofi (задушени картофи) Potatoes, stewed with butter and served with garlic and dill Mekitsi (мекици) Fried pieces of dough, usually served with jam or white cheese Banitsa (баница) Baked pastry, filled with miture of white cheese and eggs Mish mash (миш-маш) Mied and fried peppers, tomatoes, onions, eggs and white cheese Desserts Kiselo mlyako s orehi I med (кисело мляко с орехи и мед) Yogurt, sauced with honey and cracked walnuts. Krem Karamel (крем карамел) Milk and eggs, baked over a caramel in small cups.

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watching. The staff are friendly and speak good English.

Fast food

QOpen 08:00 - 24:00. PTJAGBW

BMS - Bulgarian Kitchen D-2, ul. Aleandrovska 20, tel. +359 56 84 20 24. Fast food including salads, soups, main courses and desserts at quite affordable prices. Located on the main pedestrian shopping street, a few minutes walk from the train station. QOpen 08:00 - 22:00. (2-5Lv). PJNGBS

Tria D-2, pl. Troikata 3, tel. +359 56 87 08 00. A hectic city centre café located on the first floor of the city centre shopping mall. Prices are a little high. The staff are not English speaking and not overly helpful. An English menu is available without prices. If you are searching for a relaed break this is not the right place. However, it is good for a small rest after an afternoon’s shopping and welcomes you with its huge coconut like chairs. (Go upstairs to the top floor and you will find its sister cafe, an altogether brighter and more relaing place) QOpen 08:00 - 24:00. PTLGB

Lotos fast food D-3, ul. Konstantin Fotinov 29, tel. +359 (0) 885 087 120. Tasty home cooking, just in the middle of the shopping area of Burgas, offering salads, soups, main dishes and desserts at affordable prices. QOpen 07:00 - 21:00. (2-5Lv). PJNGS

Unison D-2, ul. Aleksandrovska 67, tel. +359 56 82 52 52. Decorated in blue, with a comfortable garden, th e venue offers a wide variet y of dish es from sand wiches to salads and pancakes. Often crowded especiall y during weekends. The menu offers also a long list with cocktails, shakes and coffee specialties. QOpen 08:00 - 22:00. PJ6NGBW

of Bulgarian wines. The staff are helpful and speak English.

QOpen 07:30 - 24:00. (8-12Lv). PJALGBKW Chiplakoff D-2, ul. Ferdinandova 88, tel. +359 56

82 93 25/+359 (0) 886 700 043, chiplakov@abv. bg, www.chiplakoff.com. The restaurant has two floors with inner halls for 90 people and outside garden for 40. The kitchen is two star traditional Italian and three-star Bulgarian. You are offered charcoal-furnace made pizza and the opportunity of making it by yourself helped by the chef of the restaurant. There is also a wide range of sea food and variety of cocktails you can enjoy to the background of soft classical music. The staff are English speaking. Also possible for wedding ceremonies, family celebrations and business parties. Guests of the hotel get 5% discount. QOpen 7:30 - 23:00. (3-50 Lv). PA

Monte Cristo D-4, ul. Bogoridi 60, tel. +359 56 82 60

06, invest@abv.bg, www.montecristo.bg. The place is on two floors. It is set with a lovely combination of stone, wood and leather seating and is decorated with paintings, wine bottles and stained glass. The place is illuminated with interesting lampions and wrought iron chandeliers. The cuisine is good and the wine list long. A must visit place for wine lovers. QOpen 10:00 - 24:00. PJ

Italian Janny E-3, ul. Konstantin Fotinov 1, tel. +359 56 82 61

36/+359 (0) 895 62 25 88, bachvaroff@yahoo.com. Just 700 m from the train station, up some stairs, passing by an enormous mirror you find a long narrow restaurant with seating along the front window. The menu offers a variation of Italian dishes, including pizzas and tiramisu. In case you are in need of an Internet connection you can use the Wi-Fi free of charge. QOpen 10:00 - 24:00. PJNGW

Maracas Bistro D-3, ul. Al. Bogoridi 19, tel. +359 (0) 887 879 101. A cosy venue situated near the regional museum of Burgas, offers a wide selection of delicious meats, cheese, soups and pastries. Quiet music and elegant furniture of wood and iron supplement the charming atmosphere. QOpen 08:00 - 24:00. PJNGBSW

Pizza Maskata D-2, ul. Aleandar Veliki 4, tel. +359 56 84 35 88. A centrally located pizza restaurant. Nice party-like decoration. Kids’ birthday parties take place here with specially organized program and equipment. The food is at times disappointing, especially pasta, but kids will not complain. Friendly English speaking staff and menu are available. QOpen 09:00 - 23:00. PTNGBS

Na Keya D-4, ul. Tsar Simeon I 3, tel. +359 56 82 83 87, nakeia@restaurant.bg. An epensive restaurant with ecellent food. 120 seats. The menu offers pizza, pasta, salads, desserts etc. Two floors, the toilet is on the second floor. The staff are polite and patient. There is a separate non-smoking section. QOpen 10:00 - 22:00. PJRINGBS

Cafes in Burgas quite often offer much more than just a cup of coffee with pastry or a cup of tea. Most of them have soups, salads and sandwiches on their menus, so the border between restaurants and cafes is very thin. Look over the selection of cafes in our guide and pick the one that is just right for your mood or occasion.

Red Fo 1 D-2, ul. Maragidik 30, tel. +359 56 80 01

Foket bar D-4, ul. Morska 31, tel. +359 56 84 63 79. A stylish, clean and modern cocktail bar-café on a pedestrian shopping street. Two floors, about 100 seats. Fashionable interior and loud MTV, hip-hop and house music (louder in the evening), predominantly teenaged visitors. The menu offers cocktails, sandwiches, ice cream. Friendly staff. English menu and English speaking staff are available. We recommend you choose a table viewing Bogoridi Street, because Morska Street is not the best view you can get. QOpen 07:00 - 24:00. (3-7 Lv). PJNGBS

82/+359 889 05 44 44, velko_nikolov@abv.bg. An elegant centrally located pizza restaurant with European, Bulgarian and Italian food. Stylish interior and pleasant, relaed atmosphere. Food is good, although a little epensive. Free home delivery with English speaking operators on the phone. 45 inside seats. Service is not the fastest, ideal for a lazy lunch. (There is a second restaurant near the University) QOpen 10:00 - 23:00. (6-8Lv). PJRNGKS

Luor D-4, ul. Bulair 27, tel. +359 56 84 74 66, www.

luor-bs.com. This modern Italian restaurant is on the first floor of the Luor hotel situated near the train station and within 5 mins walk from the Sea Garden. The kitchen specialises in pasta and seafood using Italian ingredients, and is particularly proud of its charcoal grilled pizza. Stylish, well designed place which is not as epensive as it looks. The wine list is etensive, old and new world, as well as a variety

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Incognito E-3, ul. Aleandar Batenberg 8, tel. +359

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(0) 888 983 387. Just along the street from the railway station this café-bar offers you reasonably priced refreshments and drinks and a place to hang out with the locals. QOpen 07:00 - 22:00. (1-8Lv). PJNB

Plaza - Living Room D-3, ul.Aleko Bogoridi 42, tel. +359

56 84 62 95, info@plazahotel-bg.com, www.plazahotelbg.com. A very luurious café-bar where you can drink your revitalising coffee or enjoy an eotic cocktail while escaping from the summer heat. 9 tables inside, 3 outside, and 5 on the terrace. Situated on Bogoridi street which leads to the beach, this is one of the best places in the city to indulge in people

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Nightlife Burgas has plenty of venues to cater for all tastes. But these places really come alive when the weather warms up and the summer mood takes hold of the local population.

Bars 5th Avenue Piano Bar (Piano Bar 5th Avenue Burgas centre) D-3, ul. Lermontov 15, tel. +359 (0) 889

905 555. This Piano Bar is located just behind hotel Bulgaria on one of the central shopping streets, in an underground basement. The atmosphere is nice and cosy. It is very dark inside, after all it’s a piano bar. The music is indeed interesting and they have different bands every night. The biggest advantage is that the place doesn’t really close until the last customer has left. There is a 5-70Lv. entrance fee. QOpen 22:00 - 04:00. (5-70Lv.). PENG

Bar Douver Strait E-3, ul. Bulair 12 A, tel. +359 56 84 06 58. This is a small bar with about 70 places, arranged with black and red leather seating. It is close to the train station and offers a friendly environment. The TV is usually turned on the Fashion channel. Outside in a small yard there are only 4 silverfish tables. A quite place where you can enjoy peacefully your morning cup of coffee. In the evening it doesn’t get too full either. QOpen 08:00 - 02:00. PJB Broadway D-3, ul. Silistra 4, tel. +359 56 82 63 88.

A charming cocktail bar with big garden, modern interior and good staff. It is recommended to go there for your morning coffee or afternoon rest. QOpen 07:00 - 24:00. PJNGB

Nightlife Hawaii Sunrise D-4, ul. Rayna Knyaginya 16, tel. +359

56 82 63 76. A pleasant cocktail bar (80 seats) just off the central pedestrian area. Relaed atmosphere; very good cocktails. Prices are reasonable. QOpen 09:00 - 24:30. PJNGW

Karamel Whisky Bar D-2, ul. Aleksandrovska 58, tel.

+359 56 85 18 08. This whiskey bar is located in the Pirgos Style shopping centre and has two entrances. Modern interior, nice music and all the time full of ladies who try to outdo each other with their latest purchases. QOpen 07:00 - 24:00. PJ6UNGB

Malibu D-3, ul. Georgi Kirkov 3, tel. +359 56 84 16 17.

This place boasts one of the longest histories in the city. The numerous eotic cocktails and pastries on the menu list always surprise the customers with new entries. A bright, well designed, modern place where you can rela any time of the day at the counter or lounging on the sofas. QOpen 00:00 - 24:00. PNBW

Nataly`s D-3, ul. Aleksandrovska 21, tel. +359 (0) 888

47 81 02, jivka.dimitrova@coolplace.vaklin.com, www. coolplace.bg. Nataly`s Style cafe a is very popular place in Burgas city. The interior is designed in three types of styles - Caribbean, Old Urban and Irish. In the cafe you’ll find a winter garden with a children’s corner. Fridays and Saturdays are DJ nights, when Nataly’s turns into a popular night-club. The three bars offer a wide selection of qualityalcoholQOpen07:00 -24:00. PTALEGBW

Silver club D-2, pl. Slaveykov 4, tel. +359 56 84 04 24. Located right in the centre, to the left of the town hall, this bar offers a few outdoor sofas. Dimly lit inside, decorated with black and white photos, with loud music and stylish clientele, it has the appearance of a nightclub without a genuine dance floor. The menu offers a dazzling array of cocktails, and a fine selection of whiskies that cater for all tastes and price ranges. Remains open until late. QOpen 07:00 - 02:00. PJNGW

Pubs Grolsch B-4, Sea garden, net to the Flora ehibition, tel. +359 56 81 34 26. A relaed and refreshing beer-house in the sea park, hidden among high bushes so the sea is not visible from here. 200 seats. The menu includes a rich variety of beer, appetizers, fish, salads, grill, roast, meat dishes. The prices of food are from 3 to 14 lv. Service is fine and fast. The place is almost full most of the time. Pleasant quiet music. English menu and Englishspeaking staff are available. Pets are allowed in the garden. QOpen 10:00 - 24:00. 6INBS Okean I D-2, ul. Maragidik 17, tel. +359 56 84 35 32.

A fabulous and cheap restaurant, located on a parallel street to the left of Aleandrovska. Calm, relaing atmosphere; the interior is a strange eclectic combination of styles (waitresses in Bavarian costumes, MTV music, traditional Bulgarian furniture, coloured glass windows). A nice tavern-like place

Casino Eldorado D-3, ul. Georgi Kirkov 22, tel. +359 56 84 53 61. Good choice of slot machines and electronic roulette.QOpen 00:00 - 24:00. PON Casino Etoal D-2, ul. Aleandrovska 2, tel. +359 56 84 46 74. Close to the train station with good choice of slot machines, elecronic roulette, AGT, MegaJack. Q Open 00:00 - 24:00. PON Casino Magic Coin E-3, ul. Milin Kamak 1, tel. +359 888 078 008/+359 (0)888 078 007. Casino Magic Coin has three casinos located at different locations in Burgas - ul. Milin Kamuk 1, ul. Tsar Simeon 83 and the biggest in k-s Slaveikov, bl. 126, across from Technopolis. All of them have different choices of slot machines and electronic roulette. The name is very apt as your coins will magically disappear. QOpen 00:00 - 24:00. PON Casino Vega D-3, ul. Bogoridi 8, tel. +359 56 84 45 80. Big choice of slot machines, electronic roulette, in stylish surroundings. QOpen 00:00 - 24:00. POJN

The Hungarian eiles in Shumen, Bulgaria, led by Lajos Kossuth after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, brewed beer and are thought to have found followers among the locals. However, their stay in the city was short and they could not manage to introduce beer to the masses.

76 29, bacardiclub@bar.bg. This cafe-bar is on the main pedestrian street. It is quite popular with the young people in town. The furniture is in red and black. On the second floor DJ parties are organized every night during the season. There is an outside garden and a rich cocktail menu. QOpen 07:00 04:00. PJGBW

Bohem Рetro Club D-2, ul. Aleksandrovska 46, tel.

+359 56 82 60 91. One of the most popular places in the city. The walls are covered with pictures of old Burgas, there is also an old piano and a lot of antique furniture. Offers salads, chicken, fish and potato meals, and pasta. QOpen 00:00 - 24:00. PJN

Cocktails & Dreams C-2, ul. Aleksandrovska 103, tel.

+359 56 81 35 21, dimo_baev@abv.bg. A styled covered menu will offer you a huge list of alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails, also coffee specialties. Burgas In Your Pocket recommends Bally Beach and Crocodile Cooler. The prices of all cocktails are between 3.49Lv and 3.99Lv. The first floor, where you can find a lot of laughing young people all the time, is separated into two halls, the second floor is reminiscent of the atmosphere of a Cuban bar. QOpen 07:00 - 01:00. PJNGB

Party Club Live D-3, ul. Aleko Bogoridi 36, tel. +359 (0) 898 635 127. Unpretentious and welcoming place the entrance of which you will find down a side alley off Bogoridi street. After descending a winding staircase you will be met by what appears to be a tunnel of interconnected cellars which give the impression of a dungeon. With its friendly clientele and staff, this venue comes highly recommended. QOpen 10:00 - 04:00. JENB

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Beach Club Barcode C-4, on the beach, tel.

+359 (0) 877 260 837. The first place you will come to as you wander down the beach. This open air café/ bar stays open 24 hours in the summer, and has DJs on most weekends. Get here before 9.00 am on a weekend morning and you can enjoy a free strip show as the local girls come to work on their tans. Come earlier if you want to see the sunrise, but the dregs of the party may still remain. Full moon nights in particular are especially wild. Free Wi-Fi is available so this is a great place to catch up on your emails, chill out or cool down, and if the beautiful young girl sunbathing on the beach in front of you, wearing nothing but the skimpiest of G-strings, looks like the waitress who just served your drink a few minutes earlier…don’t worry, she is just making the most of her break. QOpen 00:00 - 24:00. PNBW

to cool down in the hot summer, and enjoy the generally ecellent food and friendly service. Sometimes there is a DJ. You can have a rich meal for 20 lv. (Be aware that there is a smaller sister restaurant of the same name in the Picadilly supermarket which has no English menu or English speaking staff.) QOpen 11:00 - 24:00. PAS

24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence?

Clubs Bacardi D-3, ul. Aleksandrovska 51, tel. +359 56 82

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The Frenchman Ducorp, who worked as a railway engineer near Sofia between 1873 and 1876, opened a small brewery in Knyazhevo. The Czech Jiří Prošek, who first came to Bulgaria in 1873 to work on the same railway line, noted that the local Shopi had the custom of brewing primitive beer at harvest time. And primitive it was. Their recipe: soak grain in water, leave it to sprout, dry it, add hot water and wild hops, let it fermentate naturally and cool it. Bulgaria’s earliest commercial brewery was established in Plovdiv by the Swiss Rudolf Frick and Friedrich Sulzer in 1876. It became a large and more modern factory between 1879–1881 with the help of another Swiss epert, Christian August Bomanti. Production began in 1882 in the Kamenitsa area near the city and continues today, its successor being the Kamenitza brewery. The first brewery in Varna dates back to 1884, when the contractors Kasabov and Vtichev opened up a small factory. The professional Czech brewer Franz-František Milde established the Shumensko beer factory in Shumen in 1882, and helped in the foundation of the Bulgarian Brewing Association the same year. Jiří Prošek and his

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brothers founded the Vitosha brewery in Sofia in 1884; they also bought Ducorp’s small brewery and owned the Dalbok Zimnik cellar. Today, the Vitosha brewery is known as Ariana. In 1899, Milde’s Bulgarian partners tried to deceive him, so he bought the Austrian Johann Habermann’s brewery in Rousse (established in 1876) and started producing beer there. Fearing his competition, his partners quickly paid their debts and Milde returned to Shumen, leaving his brother Sebastian as the Rousse factory’s manager. In the late 19th and early 20th century, beer rapidly grew in popularity among the Bulgarian middle class, and a large number of beer houses were established in most big cities. After World War I, there were already 18 breweries in Bulgaria. Besides those already mentioned, these included the Stara Zagora factory of Dr. Kozhuharov (since 1902), the Czechs Malotin and Hozman’s factory in Lom, the Habermann and St Petka breweries in Rousse, the German Moritz Ratt’s Cherven Rak factory in Pleven, W. Ollinger’s in Koshava, others in Veliko Tarnovo and Gorna Oryahovitsa, etc. Following World War II, as Bulgaria became part of the Eastern Bloc, all breweries were nationalized. Since the democratic reforms in 1989, the Bulgarian beer market has been dominated by some of the world’s largest multinational beer companies, like InBev with Kamenitza, Astika, Slavena, Plevensko and Burgasko; Heineken with Zagorka, Ariana and Stolichno and Carlsberg with Pirinksko Pivo and Shumensko. As well as these multinationals, Bulgaria, a young beer drinking country, still has a long list of locally owned breweries. Worth mentioning are Bolyarka, Balkan, Habermann, Almus, MM, Ataman, Strumsko and Varna.

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Nightlife Additionally, it should be mentioned that the international beer brands d omina te t h eir o wn substantial piece of the market with Stella Artois, Beck’s, Heineken, Staropramen, Tuborg and Amstel. All of these brewed locally in Bulgaria. Numerous beer festivals are organized yearly in the major cities all around the country, for eample in Sofia, Plovdiv, Pleven, Gabrovo, Sevlievo, Bansko, Vidin, etc. Beer is packed in various forms, with 0.33 and 0.5-litre glass bottles giving way to larger and typically more economical 1.5, 2.0 or 2.5-litre plastic bottles for home consumption, but still being popular in restaurants and bars, where draught beer is also very common, while cans are preferred because of the higher quality. Bulgarians developed their own way of beer drinking. The following sentence we dug from the latest MI5 handbook for spies: Along with your beer ask for a portion of tsatsa (fish) or skara (barbecue), start talking and laughing loudly after your fourth cold fellow, to make people around mistake you for a local. Oh, and please do not forget to cheer the Bulgarian way, by looking all around you at each individual with a deep long stare in the eyes and a mumbled “nazdrave”.

What to see Thoughts about beer • Beer is the greatest invention. The bicycle is also not bad, but it doesn’t go well with French fries. • You have to know your limits when drinking beer otherwise you may drink too little. • Consume a woman with beer and a beer without women. • The strength is hidden in beer, the wisdom in wine and the microbes in water. • With beer even a shed is heaven. • Better a beer in the hand than a woman on the phone. • A man without beer is like a flower without water. • Drink beer – the money will come by itself. • Beer is not like coffee - one glass is never enough. • Half an hour of healthy laughter does not substitute a litre of beer. • For the normal person 1 beer is just fine, 2 beers are a lot, 3 are not enough. • You cannot drink too much beer – only the toilet is too far. • A sea of beer is not enough – an ocean is better. • Eat a bo of chocolate and you’ll realize how much better it is to drink a crate of beer. • The national consciousness may have a different colour, consistency and alcohol content. • When drinking good beer, a person still wants to live when he wakes up. • The non-alcoholic beer is the first step to the rubber doll. • Look at the world through beer and it will seem golden to you. • Life without beer is like beer without tapas. • 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? With the support of the Union of Bulgarian Brewers. www.pivovari.com

Burgas, Nessebar, Sozopol - this trinity of cities will cost you an additional pair of flip-flops or trainers. Especially the historic parts of the last two are mostly free of cars during the summer season. Strolling down the cobbled stone streets you can still get a feeling of the Bulgaria of yesteryear. This of course is when you take your walk during early morning or on a moonlit night. During normal daytime hours you may feel more like a sardine in a can.

Galleries Art Gallery Petko Zadgorski D-3, ul. Mitropolit Simeon 24, tel. +359 56 84 21 69, www.burgasmuseums.bg. Burgas Art Gallery is one of the oldest in the country. It is an important cultural hub of the town. Here numerous lectures, creative meetings, recitals and chamber concerts are held. It is located in the former Jewish synagogue - a remarkable architectural monument of the city, built in 1905-1910 by the Italian architect Ricardo Toskani. Its top goes with the total involvement of Burgas prominent public figures, artists and cultural figures. From September 1966 the Art Gallery has been housed in the building of the Jewish synagogue. Until 1952 it is enriched with 85 new artworks, including paintings of: Vladimir Dimitrov-Maistora, Dimitar Gyudzhenov, Ilia Petrov. Today the eposition, located on three floors, presents the best of its funds, consisting of about 2000 works - paintings, sculpture, graphics. Pride of the gallery is Strandzhanskata collection of icons, dated from VII through the beginning of century. QOpen 9:00 - 12:00, 14:00-18:00. Closed Sat, Sun.

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Zagorka Beer – the leading Bulgarian beer Just 230 km. away from Sofia, in the heart of the historic region of Trace, there lays the city of Stara Zagora. Besides its rich historical inheritance, the city of straight streets, linden trees and poets, as it is known in Bulgaria, is famous for being among the birthplaces of one of the most popular Bulgarian beers - Zagorka. History It all started in 1902 with the opening of the “Biraria” / the Beer House/. This is how people in Stara Zagora called the new brewing factory of local entrepreneur doctor Kozhuharov. After he had tasted delicious Czech beer, he decided to build a brewery when he came back to his home town. It was after World War II when a new period in Zagorka history began. This was a period of reconstruction, modernization, and growth. A lot of investments were made. New automated heavy duty equipment was installed, which was at a level comparable with the highest world standards. At the same time, the special attention and care for the quality brought good results. Zagorka was the pioneer in beer marketing as well. For the first time attention was paid to packaging and design. The portfolio of different tastes and flavors of beer was epanded. Zagorka – the Bulgarian beer - stepped on new markets – Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Libya, and others. Today, more than a century after its foundation, Zagorka is a leading Bulgarian beer brand. More than any other brand it symbolizes long standing tradition, eperience and rich history of ecellent and constant quality. Zagorka stands in high esteem and respect of Bulgarian beer connoisseurs. And even more – it is …The best beer of Bulgaria

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Zagorka has always been, and always will be, committed to providing Bulgarian beer lovers with a drinking eperience of the highest possible standards. With its amber color, full taste, and rich aroma Zagorka represents the original taste of the best Bulgarian beer. Throughout its history Zagorka has won a number of Bulgarian and international medals and awards, including the highest in the world quality selection - Monde selection. Zagorka is not only the highest quality lager, but also a leader and an innovator on the Bulgarian market. It was the first beer brand to launch cans and the first to be eported. As the general sponsor of the National football team, Zagorka confirms its image as the leading Bulgarian beer. In its support for the ‘Bulgarian Lions’, Zagorka has committed itself to providing Bulgarian football fans with unforgettable emotions. During the Bulgaria: Ireland football match on June 06, with the help of Zagorka nearly 40,000 fans took part in the making of the biggest national flag in the history of Bulgarian football . In the last 14 years Zagorka has been participating actively in the development of Bulgarian men’s tennis as well by sponsoring the most prestigious local men’s tennis tournament – Zagorka Tennis Cup. In 2009 the tournament grew to ATP Challengers tournament with a record prize fund of 85,000 EUR that attracted a number of TOP 100 players in Sofia. This is why, more than any other beer brand, Zagorka is the symbol of long-lasting brewing traditions, an eample of high quality beer and the undisputable leader on the Bulgarian beer market.

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Museums Archaeological Ehibition (Arheologicheska ekspozitsiya) D-3, ul. Bogoridi 21,

tel. +359 56 84 35 41, www. burgasmuseums.bg. Housed in an old school for girls from the beginning of the 20th century, this is one of the most eye pleasing museums that Burgas has to offer, with an attractive display of medieval Bulgarian artefacts. The museum introduces the archaeological wealth of this region from the 6th century through to the 15th century AD. There is a very interesting eposition of female ornaments from 11th century, there is also one hall with archaeological artefacts found during the construction of the Thracian highway. Every summer in front of the museum building, craftsmen from Burgas show their work during the folklore festival. Specialized information, postcards, slides and replicas of original ehibits are available from the information desk inside the museum. QOpen 10:00 - 19:00, Sat 13:30 - 21:30. Closed Sun. Admission: 3Lv for adults, 1Lv for children, Lecture - 10Lv.

Ethnographic Ehibition (Etnografska ekspozitsiya) D-3, ul. Slavyanska 69, tel. +359 56 84 25 87,

www.burgasmuseums.bg. The museum is housed in an old building from 1873, owned at the time by Dimitar Brakalov. It showcases a collection of items of everyday life and traditional culture of the population of this region from the end of 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. A variety of picturesque folk costumes, tetiles, and embroidery patterns gives you an idea of the eternal beauty of the Bulgarian traditional art. The museum often organizes presentation of Bulgarian traditional customs in its vast garden. QOpen 10:00 - 19:00, Sat 11:00 - 18:00. Closed Sun. Admission: 3Lv for adults, 1Lv for children, Lecture - 10Lv.

Natural History Ehibition (Prirodonauchna ekspozitsiya) D-3, ul. Konstantin Fotinov 30, tel. +359 56 84

32 39, www.burgasmuseums.bg. The museum shows the natural wealth of the Burgas region, laying a special emphasis on the vegetation and the bird fauna in the Strandzha Mountains, showing the wide diversity of organisms as a result of the evolutionary development. You can also form an idea of the care taken for the preservation of some of the vanishing species and natural sites in the region. QOpen 10:00 - 19:00, Sat 13:30 - 21:30. Closed Sun. Admission: 3Lv for adults, 1Lv for children, Lecture on 6 languages - 10Lv.

St Hach Armenian Church (Armenska Tsurkva)

D-3, ul. Mihail Lermontov. Another interesting sight of Burgas is the Armenian Church which is located close to Bulgaria Hotel. It was built in 1855 by the local Armenian minority and supported by Bulgarians.

St. St. Cyril and Methodius (church) D-3, pl. Kiril i Methodius,

tel. +359 56 84 31 75. This is the most important Bulgarian Orthodo church in Burgas. It is located near the market and is fascinating with unique frescoes and its wooden altar.

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Other sights The Sea Garden D-4, . The Sea Park is situated on a high

shore, all of it intersected by flowerbeds, trees and sculptures. There is the bust of Adam Mizcewic, Polish writer and revolutionary, who stayed in the city in 1850. Within the park there is the casino, a small zoo and the open-air theatre, which houses the annual International Folklore Festival, and where part of the guests at the Golden Orpheus Pop-Festival perform.

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CafÉS Getting around Airport Burgas International Airport (Letishte Burgas). tel.+359 56 87 02 72/+359 56 87 02 48, www.bourgas-airport. com. Located 10km north-east of the city centre, Burgas Airport consists out of one terminal. In the arrivals area there are offices of tour agencies, cafes, car-hire counters, three changes (working without commission). There is also a baby’s room. The airport has facilities for disabled. If you want to avoid the terminal noise you can use the VIP Lounge of the Burgas airport tel.+359 56 870 266 fa +359 56 870 265 e-mail:vip_lounge@bourgas-airport.com. To get to the airport from the city centre, a properly metered tai shouldn’t cost more than about 10Lv (€5). Otherwise take bus No 15 from the city centre.

Buses Avtogara “Yug”, Garov ploshtad, tel.+359 56 84 26 92, +359 56 84 08 41. Also called the Central bus station is found right net to the Central railway station and the Port of Burgas. It serves several domestic destinations (Aheloy, Ahtopol, Chernomorets, Kiten, Pomorie, Primorsko, Ruse, Sarafovo, Sofia, Sunny beach, Varna, Tsarevo) and two international (Turkey and Greece). To get there from Sarafovo take bus 15, from Slaveikov bus 12 or 12a, from Izgrev and Meden Rudnik bus 211 or 4. There are several kiosks offering fast food and drinks. Avtogara “Zapad”, Vl. Pavlov, tel.+359 56 83 14 27, +359 56 83 14 29. It serves several domestic destinations (Elhovo, Kableshkovo, Malko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Vratsa, Sredets , Sofia, Yambol). To get there you have to hop on bus 4, which you can take either from Meden Rudnik or the Central Train Station. The station is quite pitiful and dirty. There is only one kiosk offering fast food and drinks. Comple bureau, hotel Bulgaria, ul. Aleandrovska 21, tel.+359 56 84 06 01,+359 56 87 52 20. The bureau offers domestic destinations (Dimotrovgrad, Gabrovo, Gorna Oryahovitsa, Gurkovo, Haskovo, Kardzhali, Kazanlak, Lovech, Plovdiv, Pleven, Razgrad, Ruse, Sevlievo, Shumen, Sliven, Sofia, Svishtov, Stara Zagora, Veliko Tarnovo) and international destinations (Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Spain, Poland, Turkey).

Car rental Avis Burgas Airport, tel. +359 56 87 26 26. QOpen 09:00 - 18:00.

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Balkan-Net D-3, ul. Bogoridi 43, tel. +359 56 82 01 82/+359 (0) 887 088 247, info@balkan-net.com, www. bgrentacar.net. QOpen 00:00 - 24:00. A

Best Rent and Travel E-1, Burgas Airport, Arriving

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Budget Car and Van Rental C-2, ul. Aleandrovska

137, tel. +359 56 83 08 24, boj@budget.bg, www.budget.bg. QOpen 09:00 - 17:30. Closed Sat, Sun.

CarRent C-2, , tel. +359 (0) 8884 135 550, carrent@

U & K Car Rental D-4, ul. Tsar Simeon l 74, tel. +359

56 80 13 00.

Union Car BG D-4, bul. Demokratsia 30, tel. +359 (0) 878 222 001, fa +359 56 82 40 33, unioncarbg@abv,bg, www.unioncarbg.com. Car and Limousine rentals. Bring this issue of Burgas In Your Pocket with you and you will recieve 20% discount, especially for our readers.

promobile.bg, www.carrent.bg. Free delivery/collection 24hours/day, 7 days/week.

VVS-Car D-3, ul. Konstantin Fotinov 13, tel. +359 56 83 85 85/+359 (0) 886 556 070, vvs_car_bg@yahoo. com.

Europcar Burgas Airport, Arrivals, tel. +359 (0) 884 111 143, bourgas@europcar.bg, www.europcar.bg. QOpen 09:00 - 21:00.

Public transport

Hertz Burgas Airport, tel. +359 56 87 03 71/+359 (0) 899 855 036. QOpen 09:00 - 18:00.

Burgas bus routes Bus 4 - жк “Зорница” - ЖП гара – Елкабел Jk Zornitsa (Zornitsa quarter) - JP Gara (Central Railway Station) – Elkabel Bus 12 - Автостанция “Славейков” - Районна Oбединена Болница - Пл.”Трапезица” - ЖП Гара - III Поликлиника Автостанция “Славейков” Avtostantsia Slaveikov (auto station) – Rayonna Obedinena Bolnitsa (District United Hospital) – Ploshtad Trapezitsa (Trapezitsa square) – JP Gara (Central Railway Station) – III Poliklinika (3rd Policlinic) – Avtostantsia Slaveikov Bus 12a - Автостанция “Славейков” - Районна Обединена Болница - III Поликлиника - ЖП Гара - Пл.”Трапезица” Автостанция “Славейков” Avtostantsia Slaveikov (auto station) – Rayonna Obedinena Bolnitsa (District United Hospital)– III Poliklinika (3rd Policlinic) – JP Gara (Central Railway Station) - Ploshtad Trapezitsa (Trapezitsa square) - Avtostantsia Slaveikov Bus 15 - Автогара “Юг” - Районна обединена болница - жк “Изгрев” - кв. Сарафово - Аерогара Бургас Avtogara Yug (Bus Station Yug) – Rayonna Obedinena Bolnitsa (District United Hospital) – Jk Izgrev (Izgrev quarter) – kv. Sarafovo (Sarafovo neighborhood) Bus 211 - ЖК “Изгрев” - Районна Обединена Болница Централна поща - ЖП гара - Стадион - ЖК “Меден рудник” - ЖП гара - III Поликлиника - Районна Обединена Болница - ЖК “Изгрев” Jk Izgrev (Izgrev quarter) – Rayonna Obedinena Bolnitsa – Tsentralna Poshta (Central Post Office) – JP Gara (Central Railway Station) - III Poliklinika (3rd Policlinic) - Rayonna Obedinena Bolnitsa (District United Hospital) – Jk Izgrev Trolley 1 - ЖК “Меден рудник” (зони В,Г) - ЖП гара - бул. Сан Стефано и обратно Jk Meden Rudnik zoni V, G (Meden rudnik quarter, zones V, G) - JP Gara (Central Railway Station) – bul. San Stefano

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National Car Rental E-1, Burgas Airport, tel. +359 56 87 25 43/+359 (0) 886 383 839, office_burgas@mirkat. bg, www.nationalcar-bg.com. Bring this issue of Burgas In Your Pocket with you and you will receive 6% discount, especially for our readers.

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There are 8 major bus routes and 1 trolley in Burgas. The services run from about 4:40 to 23:00. Usually the regularity varies from 5-25 min. during traffic hours. The buses and trolleys are usually quite old and overcrowded. The bus stops are marked with bus stands and information in Cyrillic. The routes are not clearly marked, so you better buy a map of Burgas and mark your route prior, paying special attention to the names of the neighborhoods and major city landmarks. For your convenience we provide you with the bus routes. Single-journey tickets cost 0.80Lv and can be bought from the ticket-collectors which are appointed on each vehicle. You are supposed to buy an etra ticket for each large item of baggage. There are spot-fines for fare-dodgers - 2Lv. Passes valid for one day (karta za edin den - 4Lv), or one month (karta za edin mesets - 36Lv) are also available - they can be bought from kiosks at major stops.

Tais There are quite a few tais in Burgas. Some of these are rusty crates driven by frustrated rally drivers who are yet to be invited into the deodorant club; the majority are roadworthy vehicles operated by more or less reputable companies. Legitimate tais are coloured in yellow and have an oval sticker on the windscreen; they also display a square sticker indicating the rates in BGN. Charges are supposed to be metered, but some drivers will switch the meter off and demand an inflated fare if they think you’re a gullible foreigner with handfuls of notes freshly picked from the money tree at the end of your garden. By law a receipt should be issued for every tai ride you take, although in practice this rarely happens. Officially at least the charges are cheap, ranging from 0.79Lv - 0.99Lv per kilometre. The agreeing of flat-rate fares beforehand is a common practice, even in licensed cabs. This is especially valid for destinations outside the city limits, where you pay your fare and 50% of the back trip. A tip of 10-15% is common practice. Most tais hang around at the big intersections, although you can order them by phone - just don’t epect to get through to an English-speaker (you can always ask your hotel receptionist to do it for you). Don’t be surprised if your driver doesn’t have a detailed knowledge of the city and asks you for directions. Few drivers speak any foreign language; any English which has been spoken when a fair agreed in advance will quickly disappear with any disputes on arrival. You’d be well advised to stick to the tai companies recommended below in order to keep overcharging problems to a minimum, although you’re unlikely to survive without being ripped off at least once during your stay - it happens to Bulgarians too.

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Tourist information Burgas Tourist Information Centre C-2, ul. Hristo Bo-

tev, tel. +359 56 82 57 72, tic_bourgas@abv.bg, www. burgas.bg. A very helpful tourist information centre that offers a wide range of information in a variety of languages. The knowledgeable staff can assist you with hotel bookings and other useful services such as arranging sightseeing tours. The information centre distributes a well-informed locallypublished guide Burgas in your hands, which also includes a local map, for Bulgarian readers only though. QOpen 9:00 - 17:30. Closed Sat, Sun.

Tai companies Orion tai tel. +359 56 83 23 23 Stil tai tel.+359 56 88 12 34 Indi car tai tel.+359 56 88 13 13 Ozon tai tel.+359 56 83 22 22 Burgas tel.+359 (0) 800 123 44 (Bring this issue of Burgas In Your Pocket with you and you will receive 5% discount from Burgas tai company, especially for our readers)

Trains Central Station (Tsentralna gara), Garov ploshtad, tel.+359 56 84 50 22/+359 56 84 45 01, for sleeping places 88 24 03 (information in Bulgarian only). English language timetable information - www.bdz.bg and www. bgrazpisanie.com. Located 10km north-east of the city centre, Burgas Airport consists out of one terminal. In the arrivals area there are offices of tour agencies, cafes, car-hire counters, three changes (working without commission). There is also a baby’s room. The airport has facilities for disabled. If you want to avoid the terminal noise you can use the VIP Lounge of the Burgas airport tel. +359 56 870 266 fa +359 56 870 265 e-mail:vip_lounge@bourgas-airport.com. To get to the airport from the city centre, a properly metered tai shouldn’t cost more than about 10Lv (€5). Otherwise take bus No 15 from the city centre.

Travel agencies Alma Tour D-3, pl. Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodiy 10, tel. +359 56 82 83 86, fa +359 56 82 83 49.

Blue sky D-3, ul. Bogoridi 42, tel. +359 56 84 08 09, bluesky@infotel.bg, www.bluesky-travel.net. QOpen Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 10:00 - 18:30, Sat 10:00 - 14:30. Closed Sun.

Omega 3 B-2, ul. Adam Mitskevich 1,entr.B,2nd floor,

tel. +359 56 81 64 42, fa +359 56 83 19 61, omega3@ abv.bg. QOpen Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 09:00 - 18:00. Closed Sat, Sun.

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Airline codes: WA – Wizz Air, SA – Skyeurope Airlines, BA – Bulgaria Air. What’ s behind the numbers? 1-Monday, 2 – Tuesday, 3 – Wednesday, 4 – Thursday, 5 – Friday, 6- Saturday, 7 – Sunday. For further information call +359 56 57 33 23, or visit www.bourgas-airport.com. * In Your Pocket is not responsible for further changes. For further information call tel.+359 56 87 02 48

Bus schedule

Domestic train schedule From Burgas Dep. Arr. 05:30 06:55 14:20 15:40 22:15 07:49 09:30 10:00 11:01 06:55 14:20 15:40 22:15 05:30

To Burgas Destination Dep. Arr.

12:56 14:20 22:43 21:55 05:35 10:16 11:50 12:30 13:40 11:35 20:11 19:35 02:45 12:56

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Sofia 06:00, 07:00, 07:55, 08:35, 08:43, 12:20, 14:00, 14:30, 16:30, 16:50, 23:00, 23:13, 00:00 Varna 07:49, 09:30, 10:00, 11:00, 11:40, 17:00, 17:30, 20:00 Plovdiv 07:00 , 09:00, 10:25, 17:45, 18:25, 00:00 Sozopol 08:00, 09:00, 09:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 12:00, 12:45, 12:55, 13:00, 13:50, 14:55, 15;30, 16:20, 16:50, 17:10, 18:00, 19:55, 23:00, 03:30 Nessebar 04:10, 07:50, 09:30, 10:00, 11:40, 16:40, 17:00, 17:30, 18:35, 19:10 Slanchev Bryag 04:10, 06:00, 06:30, 06:40, 07:00, 07:10, 07:30, 07:50, 08:30, 09:00, 09:10, 09:30, 09:50, 10:00, 10:10, 11:00, 11:40, 12;10, 12:30, 12:50, 14:30, 15;10, 15:30, 17:00, 17:30, 18:10, 18;40, 19:10, 20:00, 20:40, 21:10, 21:50 For further information call +359 56 84 50 22 or visit: http://www.bgrazpisanie.com/?lang=en *In Your Pocket is not responsible for changes.

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Shopping Aleksandrovska and Aleko Bogoridi are the must visit streets for hardened retail junkies. Those who either arrived by train (or know where to find the train station) will easily find Aleksandrovska directly crossing the boulevard net to it. Here you find fashion shops, travel agencies, various restaurants and bars. Shop till you drop or kick back with a cold drink and watch the world go by.

Antiques & Collectables Antique shop Luna (Moon) D-3, ul. Lermontov 52, tel. +359 (0) 888 261 109, antiqueluna@abv.bg. The shop presents antique objects with collectable value and paintings-masterpieces of the classic art. QOpen 10:30 - 19:00. N Nostradamus D-3, ul. Silistra 10, tel. +359 (0) 888 367

521, oldseawolf@mail.bg. Offers a bit of everything including paintings, porcelain, books, medals, antique postcards, coins, silverware and furniture.QOpen 10:00 - 19:00.

Books

health & Lifestyle 24hr pharmacies

+359 56 81 91 02.

Metro cash & carry A-1, bul. Stefan Stambolov 103, tel. +359 56 85 71 31, WEBStore15@metro. bg, www.metro.bg. Huge cash and carry store. You need a membership card to purchase but can ask to use that of another customer to use theirs. QOpen 07:00 - 21:00. Mr. Bricolage bul. Todor Grudov, tel. +359 56 87 47 60, www.mr-bricolage.bg. French chain DIY store, stocked with all “les choses” needed for home improvement. QOpen 08:30 - 21:00, Sun 09:00 - 20:00. Technomarket A-1, ul. Transportna. QOpen 10:00 - 20:00, Sun 10:00 - 17:00. Technopolis A-1, k-s Slaveikov bl. 94, tel. +359 56 88 02 70, office@bs.technopolis.bg, www. technopolis.bg. Hippy ravers rela, the Techno Police are not coming to spoil your fun. Tehnopolis is a wide ranging electrical store selling everything from toasters to state of the art stereos, from jacuzzi to massage chair. QOpen 09:30 - 20:30, Sat, Sun 09:30 - 19:30.

Izida B-2, bul. Stefan Stambolov 43B, tel. +359 56 81 35 02.

D-R Katya Baeva D-3, ul. Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodiy 37, tel. +359 (0) 889 972 923/+359 56 82 02 00.

Kedаr D-2, bul. Ferdinandova 5, tel. +359 56 84

Stomatology centre l E-3, ul. Aleksandrovska 120,

Helikon D-2, pl. Troikata 4, tel. +359 56 80 31 38,

office@helikon.bg. Friendly bookstore on two floors with a good selection of English, French and German paperbacks, international guide books, maps. Also sells CDs and DVDs. QOpen 09:00 - 20:00, Sun 10:00 - 20:00.

Pingvinite C-2, ul. Aleksandrovska 147, tel. +359 56

83 04 60, burgas@pe-bg.com. The bookstore was opened in 2001 and is already the favourite place for the fans of a good read. It is located opposite the Burgas Free University and offers Bulgarian and English language paperbacks, international guidebooks, and maps. QOpen 8:30 - 20:00, Sat 09:00 - 19:00, Sun 10:00 - 17:00.

Clothes & Accessories Geo D-3, ul. Aleandrovska 2, tel. +359 56 82 75 20/+359 56 84 05 98, fa +359 56 83 00 90, www. geo.com. Geo shop in Burgas offers its famous breath ability concept in its women’s, men’s and children’s shoes with classic, featuring elegant, traditional design, causal and fashion products featuring the seasons’ latest trends. All Geo products are in Italian style, as they say combining fashion and functionality. There is a second Geo shop in Burgas on ul. Aleandrovska 53. QOpen 09:30 - 20.00. PA

D-R Dobreva, Yordanka C-1, ul. U. Gladston 114, tel.

Hypermarkets

Troya D-3, ul. Bogoridi 25, tel. +359 56 84 40 78. QOpen 10:00 - 20:00. Vernie D-2, pl. Troikata 3. QOpen 10:00 - 20:00.

Shopping centres Pirgos Style D-2, ul. Aleksandrovska 58, tel. +359 56 85 18 74. QOpen 10:00 - 19:30. PBK Tria D-2, pl. Troikata 3, tel. +359 56 87 07 11, fa +359 56 87 07 33, office@triscitycentre.com, www.triacitycentre.com. QOpen 10:00 - 20:00, Sun 10:00 - 18:00. PALBK

03 34.

tel. +359 56 83 19 39.

Beauty salons

Hospitals

Beauty Studio Savola D-3, ul. Lermontov 23, tel. +359 (0) 884 686 690. QOpen 09:00 - 21:00.

84 20 01.

Karat - A. Petkova D-3, ul. Bogoridi 11, tel. +359 56 84 44 46. QOpen 10:00 - 20:00, Sat 10:00 - 16:00. Closed Sun. Wella Eclusive Studio C-2, ul. Aleandrovska 94, tel. +359 56 83 23 66/+359 (0) 888 450 745. Make up, massage, manicure, ‘fake’ nails, pedicure.QOpen 09:30 - 20:00. Closed Sun.

Medical centre l E-2, ul. Khan Krum 28, tel. +359 56 Medical centre ll A-1, k-s Slaveykov, tel. +359 56

88 09 01.

Medical centre lll D-1, k-s Meden Rudnik bl. 408.

Libraries French Cultural Institute (Burgas Branch)

C-2, ul. Voynishka 18, tel. +359 56 81 46 19, afbourgas@gmail.com, w w w.institutfrance.bg.

Clinics El Masri D-3, bul. Aleksandrovska 57, tel. +359 56 84 47 37. Private clinic Medical centre Sv. Sofia D-3, ul. Vazrazhdane 13, tel. +359 56 84 50 83/+359 56 84 50 81. Q P Meditsinski Tsentаr Sv. Nikolay Chudotvorets

C-2, bul. St. Stambolov 73, tel. +359 56 81 64 54.

Dentists

Opticians Eldi D-3, ul. Aleko Bogoridi 9, tel. +359 56 84 35 36. QOpen 10:00 - 20:00. A Eldi 2 D-2, ul.Bogoridi 9, tel. +359 56 84 26 25. QOpen 09:00 - 19:00, Sat 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Sun.

Elegans D-2, ul. Ferdinandova 40, tel. +359 56 82 53 05. QOpen 09:30 - 18:30, Sat 10:30 - 17:00. Closed

Sun.

Supermarkets Billa B-1, ul. Gocho Ivanov 30, tel./fa +359 56 85 88 60, www.billa.bg. Austrian chain supermarket. Sells everything you would epect to find in a supermarket. QOpen 08:00 22:00, Sun 09:00 - 21:00.

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Gifts & Souvenirs Art gallery Moon Of Roots D-3, ul. Konstantin Fotinov

29/+359 (0) 887 937 711, artluna@abv.bg. The gallery with the poetic name “Moon Of Roots” indeed takes you to dreamland. It offers contemporary and modern art, interior and design solutions. This is one of the elegant galleries in which you can find stylish souvenirs and gifts. QOpen 11:00 - 19:00. PN

Jewellery Empress D-3, ul. Aleksandrovska 34 (roofed market)

shop 10, tel. +359 56 84 31 65/+359 (0) 888 239 652, info@empressjewellery.com, www.empressjewellery. com. Silver jewellery and piercing. QOpen 09:30 - 19:30.

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sports Eurooptic D-2, ul. Slivnitsa 6, tel. +359 56 84 57 18, Eurooptic6@mbo.contact.bg, www.eurooptik.com. QOpen 10:00 - 19:00, Sat 10:00 - 15:00. Closed Sun. A Opticlasa ul. Vasil Aprilov 3, opticlasa@trading.bg, www.opticlasa.com. Second shop on ul. Bogoridi 9.

Aquatic sports Aqua Spa Centre B-3, bul. Demokratsia, Aqua hotel, tel. +359 56 83 35 37. QOpen 09:00 - 21:00. Briz Swimming Comple A-1, Slaveykov comple, tel. +359 56 88 74 15/+359 (0) 898 497 969. QOpen

08:00 - 18:00.

Bulgaria Swimming and Sport Comple D-3, Bulgaria

hotel, ul. Aleksandrovska 21, tel. +359 56 87 52 07.

QOpen 09:00 - 22:00.

Dance clubs Burgas 75 B-2, ul. Gladston 47, tel. +359 56 83 60 26, burgas75@burgas75.com, www.burgas75.com. QOpen

10:00 - 19:00. Closed Sat, Sun.

Burgas Dance Academy A-1, k-s Slaveykov, tel. +359 56 86 18 10/+359 (0) 889 61 23 27. Salsa, merenge, ballet, street dance, sports and Bulgarian folk dances. QOpen 07:30 - 24:00. Classic Ballet School ul. Kliment Ohridski 2, tel. +359 (0) 899 835 233. Q Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

Business directory Burgas B-3, bul. Stefan Stambolov, the cycling track, tel. +359 (0) 888 531 567. Q Open 11:00-20:30.

Outdoor swimming pools Slaveikov A-1, c-s Petko R. Slaveikov. The only swiming pool in the city. Available for sports. QOpen 08:00 - 20:00.

Paintball Paintball D-2, ul. Slivnitsa 5, tel. +359 56 80 00

79/+359 (0) 888 212 564, www.paintballburgas.net. Modern playground for military sport games close to Burgas. Organized transport.

Paintball-Speed B-3, bul. Stefan Stambolov, opposite

the Kosmos hotel, tel. +359 56 84 51 20/+359 (0) 878 888 930. Paintball games at the centre of Burgas.Q Open 09:00-22:00.

Accountants & Consultants BulStrad D-3, ul. Konstantin Fotinov 19A, tel./fa

+359 56 84 15 09, zlatanov@bulstrad.bg. Well established insurance company. QOpen 09:00 - 17:30. Closed Sat, Sun. Noble C-4, ul. Rilska 1, tel. +359 56 884 37 45, fa +359 56 84 01 24, bourgas@noblegroup.com, www. noble.bourgas.org. Law and Business Consulting. QOpen 08:00 - 18:00. Closed Sat, Sun.

Delta Com D-2, ul. Hristo Botev 81, tel. +359 56 83 13 11/+359 (0) 885 039 929, delta_com@abv.bg.

Banks

Diakom - 79 C-3, ul. Tsar Simeon l 87, tel./fa +359 56 82 42 77, diacom_bg@yahoo.com.

First Investment Bank D-3, bul. Aleksandrovska 58, tel. +359 56 84 02 17, www.fibank.bg.

International Asset Bank D-3, ul. Lermontov 11, tel. +359 56 84 14 21, fa +359 56 84 14 98, www. iabank.bg. Investbank D-2, ul. Aleksandrovska 21, tel. +359 56 87 96 12, www.ibank.bg. MKB Unionbank D-4, ul. Tsar Simeon l 43, tel. +359

Sport clubs

45, tel. +359 56 84 46 69, korekta@unacs.bg. QOpen 09:30 - 17:30. Closed Sat, Sun.

Real estate Avrora Plus D-3, ul. Tutrakan 3/+359 (0) 888 845 941, avrora_plus@abv.bg, www.aurora-plus.com.

Discover Bulgaria Properties , tel. +359 56 881 57 14, fa +359 56 881 53 32, info@discover-bulgaria. com, www.discover-bulgaria.com. Domino C-3, ul Tsar Simeon I 66, tel./fa +359 56 84 34 84, tel. +359 56 81 65 53, office@domino-bg.com. Egida C-3, ul.Vasil Aprilov 20, tel. +359 56 81 18 80/+359 (0) 886 727 661.

63, gym@aja-sport.com, www.aja-sport.com. Sauna, fitness, yoga and anti cellulite gymnastics. QOpen 07:00 - 21:30.

Piraeus Bank D-3, ul. Sv.Sv. Kiril i Methodius 10,

Helis D-2, Pl. Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodiy 11, ul. Vasil Aprilov 3, tel. +359 56 84 36 96/+359 88 875 570, fa +359 56 84 36 24, helis@abv.bg, office@helis.bg, www. helis.bg.

Iliana D-2, ul. Sheynovo 3, tel. +359 (0) 888 447 510/+359 (0) 889 697 533. QOpen 08:00 - 21:00.

ProCredit Bank D-3, ul. Mitropolit Simeon 1, tel.

+359 56 84 62 43, www.procreditbank.bg.

Infoma ul. Patriarh Evtimiy 11, tel. +359 56 84 46 15/+359 56 84 38 20, fa +359 56 84 38 21, infoma@ infoma-properties.com, www.infoma-properties.com.

Raiffeisenbank C-2, bul. Aleksandrovska 115, tel.

JPL Bulgaria Ltd. D-2, ul. Aleander Veliki 33, tel.

Mantini Ltd C-3, ul. Tsar Simeon l 68, tel. +359 56

Ayaks B-2, bul. Demokratsia 162, tel. +359 56 81 18

56 84 36 06, www.unionbank.bg.

tel. +359 56 84 57 35, fa +359 56 84 57 27, www. piraeusbank.bg.

+359 56 85 14 23, www.raiffeisen.bg.

from 17:30.

Sports Halls

Dance Studio Dune D-2, ul. Tsar Asen 7, tel. +359 (0) 896 116 436/+359 (0) 899 816 548, studio_dune@abv.org. Modern, folk, orien tal, African and MT V dances. Argentinian tango, salsa, meren ge, yo gi, g y mnas ti cs. Q Op en 17:00 - 21:00.

Sportna Zala Izgrev A-1, comple Zornitsa, tel. +359

United Bulgarian Bank D-2, bul. Ferdinandova 2, tel. +359 56 87 53 03, www.ubb.bg.

Sportna Zala Mladost A-1, k-s Petko R. Slaveykov,

Bulgarian officials

Stadium

56 81 29 91.

tel. +359 56 68 20 53.

+359 56 83 14 79/+359 889 542 312, info-jpl@jplbg.com, www.jpl-bg.com. French real estate agency.

83 25 10, fa +359 56 81 17 86, mantinibs@abv.bg.

Melainvest and Partners C-3, bul. Demokrazia 162, tel. +359 56 81 243 6/+359 896 607 128, fa +359 56 81 24 37, sales@melainvest.com, www. melainvest.com.

012/+359 (0) 888 605 626, www.skydog-bg.com/. Paragliding courses for beginners. Equipment provided.

Stadion Chernomorets A-1, q-r. Akatsiite, tel. +359 56 84 04 22.

Burgas Municipality ul. Aleksandrovska 26, tel. +359 56 84 09 15, fa +359 56 84 13 14, secretar@ burgas.bg. Regional Administration Burgas ul. Tsar Petar 1, tel. +359 56 84 04 85, fa +359 56 84 04 81, webmail@bsregion.org.

Sky Nomad , tel. +359 (0) 898 256 521/+359 (0) 896

Tennis clubs

Business facilities

Briz E-3, bul. AleksandĐ°r Batenberg 2, tel. +359 56

Business center - Burgas kv. Pobeda, tel. +359 56 84 85 33, bcburgas@jobs-bg.org.

Palas D-2, ul. Mara Gidik 23, tel. +359 56 84 61 19/+359 887 21 34 99, fa +359 56 84 56 78, palas_ bs@abv.bg, www.palasrealestates.com.

Foreign representations

Pavli-ta C-3, ul. Tsar Simeon 69, 1st floor, tel. +359

Etreme sports Sky Dog D-2, pl. Troikata 4, tel. +359 (0) 888 686

665 229. Paragliding courses, flying equipment.

Fitness clubs Atlas A-1, Izgrev comple, bl.116, tel. +359 (0) 878 495 606. Fitness, massages, solarium. QOpen 06:30 - 22:00.

Open 06:30-22:00. Sat, Sun 08:00-20:00.

Dzhimbo 2 C-2, Burgas Universtity, tel. +359 56 84

13 59/+359 (0) 888 519 509. Fitness, sauna, solariumQOpen 08:00 - 21.30, Sat, Sun 09:00 - 20:00. Open 08:00-21:30. Sat, Sun 09:00-20:00.

Vili D-3, ul. Aleksandrovska 87, tel. +359 56 90 11 11/+359 (0) 89 146 530, do_aladzhov@abv.bg, www.fitnesvili.com/. Fitness, sauna, solarium, rehabilitation massages.QOpen 07:30 - 22:00. Open 07:30-22:00. Closed Sunday.

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82 72 36/+359 (0) 897 888 255, info@tcbriz.com, www.tcbriz.com/.

Aqua Spa Centre B-3, bul. Demokratsia, Aqua Hotel, tel.+359 56 83 35 37. QOpen 09:00 - 21:00. Briz Swimming Comple A-1, Slaveykov comple, tel. +359 (0) 88 74 15/+359 (0) 898 497 969. QOpen

08:00 - 18:00.

Bulgaria swimming and sport comple D-3, Bulgaria hotel, ul. Aleksandrovska 21, tel. 87 52 07. QOpen 09:00 - 22:00.

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General Consulate of Turkey D-4, bul. Demokratsia 38, tel. +359 56 87 99 40, fa +359 56 82 17 00.

Honoured Consulate of Romania D-2, pl. Troikata

ul. Serdika 2b, tel. +359 56 80 09 95, fa +359 56 84 04 55, consonro@gmail.com. Honoured Consulate of Russia C-3, ul. Tsar Simeon 111, tel. +359 56 83 07 07/+359 (0) 888 732 027.

Lawyers Lawyer Penev, Nikola C-2, ul. Aleksandrovska 91, tel. +359 56 84 18 39, k_penev@abv.bg. QOpen 09:30 - 17:30. Closed Sat, Sun. Lawyers Office - Korekta D-2, ul. Aleksandrovska

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Omega Real C-1, pl. Baba Ganka 5, tel. +359 56 81 21 71/+359 56 83 34 01, fa +359 56 80 12 15, burgas2@omegareal.com, www.omegareal.com.

56 83 43 15/+359 898 797 146, fa +359 56 83 34 15, office@pavlita-bg.com, www.pavlita-bg.com.

Rent Building D-4, bul. Demokratsia 46, tel. +359 56 82 50 10/+359 887 930 414, fa +359 56 84 59 43, office@rb-bg.com, www.rb-bg.com. Terakom ul.Hristo Botev 35, tel. +359 56 80 03 16/+359 56 80 03 90, office@terakom.net, www. terakom.net. Yavlena-Burgas D-2, ul. Aleksandrovska 137, tel. +359 56 87 80 08/+359 889 118 080, bourgas@ yavlena.com, www.yavlenablacksea.com. QOpen 09:00 - 18:00. Summer 2009

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Sozopol (34 kilometres south of Burgas) is one of the most popular Bulgarian seaside destinations: situated on a picturesque peninsula, this is a place of unique natural conditions and a rich cultural heritage from various civilizations. The typical Bulgarian houses from the National Revival period, with strings of fish hanging from the roof (45 of them are included in the UNESCO list), the ancient churches and clock-towers, the cobblestone lanes have preserved the atmosphere of some far-off time. The ancient icons and magnificent woodcarving of the iconostases are a remarkable addition to the overall impression. Nowadays this is a very popular sea-resort destination. Part of Burgas Province, Sozopol has a population of less than 5000 people. Its territory is divided into two parts: the old town, where all the relics and ancient buildings are situated, and the new one located further up the hill. Besides being a sunny seaside resort, it is known for the Apollonia art and film festival which takes place in early September. The Apollonia Festival of the arts staged here every September gathers painters and actors, singers and musicians, poets and dancers to a ten day world of art that comes alive amidst the old houses of this small southern town. The busiest times of the year are the summer months, ranging from May to September, as tourists from around the world come to enjoy the sandy beaches, history and culture, fusion cuisine (Bulgarian, Greek, Turkish), and the atmosphere of the colourful resort. The increasing popularity of the town has led to it being dubbed the Bulgarian St. Tropez. Former names The original name of the city is attested as Antheia. The name was soon changed to Apollonia after the colossal statue of the god Apollo (the patron of seafarers and colonizers) placed later in the Rome Capitol. From the 6th century BC to the first half of the third century AD, appellations such as Apollonia Pontica (Apollonia on the Black Sea) and Apollonia Magna (Great Apollonia - when the city was an important cultural centre) have been recorded. Apollonia disappeared from the records of chroniclers during the latter stages of the Roman Empire, re-emerging in 431 as Sozopolis, in Greek Sozòpolis (meaning city of salvation, connected with the acceptance of Christianity). According to other sources, this name was adopted after regaining the former significance of Apollonia in the beginning of the 4th century, because the city was completely destroyed during the punitive march of the Roman legions of Marcus Luculus. After the town became part of the Ottoman Empire, the name was Turkified to Sizeboli, Sizebolu or Sizebolou. After Bulgaria took possession of the town, it was slavicized to Sozopol. Archaeology Stone anchors in the local archeological museum suggest that traders from the Aegean visited Sozopol harbour as early as the 2nd century BC, although the identity of these early seafarers remains the subject of much conjecture. A couple of tombs in the region of Sozopol were found recently telling about those far-off days. There is a tomb of a man with a green object used by athletes. Another tomb found soon after this is supposed to be of a gamester, because of the coins, dice and pieces found there. Both finds are from the Sozopol necropolis. A tomb covered with a sand hill revealed among the casual ceramic cemetery

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gifts of the dead person a big ceramic bowl with three lines of long circumscription in Hellenic language telling about the first democratic state on these lands. It is interesting that the bowl was found at the lineal plot of the necropolis of a Millethan oppressor (in 515 commander of the Persian fleet in the war against the Scythian, counselor of the Persian king Darii, one of the guides on the Greek rebellion against the Persian dominion at Lesser Asia). One of the most interesting archaeological finds is Anaander’s tombstone kept at the Archaeological Museum in Sofia. Architecture Sozopol’s housing architecture from the National Revival period closely resembles that of Nessebar. It falls into the category of the so called Black Sea house featuring stonewalled ground floors (generally used for storage), wooden staircases leading up to the living quarters, a wooden scaffolding, jutting eaves, and eterior wood paneling to protect the building from the salty sea air supported overhanging upper floors of wood, with protruding bay windows and sheltered eaves.

Message from the Mayor Welcome to the most beautiful and hospitable municipality on the South Black Sea coast – Sozopol municipality! Once here, you will be forever our welcome guests. The unique nature that has combined the beauty and grandeur of Strandzha Mountain with the clean and azure beaches as well as the rich cultural and historical heritage will leave unforgettable memories. Sozopol is the unpretentious, unmindful and charming town of the looked for bliss, the town you keep coming to over and over again, lose your way intentionally so that you don’t have to leave soon or ever... We are waiting for you! At your service! Panayot Reizi Mayor of Sozopol municipality

Facts, figures and Mayor Sozopol - for weather and temperatures please read the Burgas section. As an addition here we can tell you that the water temperature during summer is between the 25 and 28 degrees Celsius. The Mayor is Mr. Panayot Reizi who has far reaching plans to epand the already impressive amount of summer inhabitants (during winter months around 7000 or less) to around 150.000. Where a small city can grow.

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History

the area’s capes and isles (St. Ivan and St. Thomas).

8-7th centuries BC The first Thracian settlements at this region take place. 610 BC Greek emigrants from Miletus reached the peninsula and decided to settle here. They turned the old Thracian settlement into a rich Hellene colony. They founded the first Greek colony along the coast: Apollonia, a polis (city - state), model of the ancient Greek democracy. Apollo, the God of arts, seafarers and colonizers, was the city patron. Its strategic position gave it the opportunity of holding the ways to the rich in raw materials coast of Black Sea, Thrace and the Strandzha Mountain, and gave it an active intermediary part in the commerce among the Athenian sea unions, the Hellenistic states in the Mediterranean area and the Thracian formations from whom they acquired copper, honey, grain, and wood in echange for wine, salt, and tetiles. Culture and art started flourishing, temples and public buildings were built, equisite sculptures in the classical style of the ancient Greek art. Artefacts were made from gold, silver, bronze and marble, coins were minted. 5th century BC The town became a trade and naval centre. It kept strong political and trade relations with the cities of Ancient Greece - Miletus, Athens, Corinth, Heraclea Pontica and the islands Rhodes, Chios, Lesbos, etc. Its trade influence in the Thracian territories was based on a treaty with the rulers of the Odrysian kingdom. A temple was built to Apollo, the sun god and healer, and a ten-metre-high bronze statue of the god, made by the Greek sculptor Calamis, guarding the harbour. 1st century BC Having spent several centuries eisting quite happily on the fringes of the more powerful Thracian and Macedonian states, the Apollonians flirted with various antiRoman alliances in order to try and stave off the inevitable advance of Latin power. 72 BC When Roman legions sacked the town in the first century, the 13 ton treasured statue of Apollo was carted off to Rome and displayed on the Capitoline hill from where it later disappeared into oblivion. The city was completely destroyed during the punitive march of the Roman legions of Marcus Luculus. 3-7th century AD Sozopol resists the barbarian invasions. 812 Sozopol is anneed to the territory of the first Bulgarian state by Khan Krum and then it developed into a large and wealthy town. 972-1366 Sozopol is continuously conquered by Byzantium and regains from it. During the Byzantine domination the town develops a reputation for the good life, and rebellious nobles and troublesome bishops were “retired” here by emperors unwilling to see their peers too harshly punished. 12th century The embossed icon of St George and St Demetrius on Horseback - one of the country’s oldest and most significant ones, is dated to this period. It is originally displayed at the Sozopol’s St. Bogoroditsa (Holy Virgin) church.

18th century Foundation of The Church of the Holy Virgin. Its altar section (partially dug into the ground, three-nave, with impressive interior) dates to the 16th century. An iconostasis (1781) with luuriant woodcarved decoration. Two of the icons (18th century) in the church would prove of greatest interest: “Jesus Christ” and “Holy Virgin”. 19th century Sozopol was assigned to the newly independent Bulgaria. Various churches and chapels are founded (St. Zosim chapel, St. George Church, (woodcarved iconostasis and valuable icons), Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church. 1961 An archeological museum is founded in which the history of this ancient town is told by remarkable artifacts displayed in its hallways - collections of rock anchors, ceramics, amphora, coins and other products of ancient art.

13th century It was an important harbour centre, a mediator in the international commerce, an episcopal and metropolitan’s seat. The monastery “Sveti Yoan Predtecha” (St. John the Forerunner) on the Sveti Ivan isle was a spiritual and literary centre not only on a local and a national, but also on an international level. 1453-1878 Sozopol falls under Ottoman domination; by then it is one of the last holdouts. During the Ottoman domination Sozopol sinks into anonymity and turns into a poor fishermen’s and wine-producers’ settlement. The Ottomans rename the town to Suseboly. Numerous churches and monasteries are razed; only their names remain, gracing

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Hotels Art Hotel A-3, ul. Kiril i Metodiy 72, south rocks, tel.

+359 550 24 081/+359 (0) 887 650 160, art_sbh@abv. bg, www.arthotel-sbh.com. Built above the the southern rocks of the Old Town this hotel offers a fascinating view to the central beach and new part of Sozopol. Hosted in an old style Bulgarian house the estate was bought in 1953 by the Union of the Bulgarian Artists and turned into a hotel. The house is listed as a Cultural Monument. The rooms are with double beds, nightstands, dressing table, cable TV, bathroom with showers and terrace with plastic seating. The studios come with an easel as a lot of the guests are active artists. The restaurant “Pri Hudozhnitsite” is a must visit by itself. It has an amazing view from its several levels, wooden seating, elegant feel and good international cuisine. It has 110 places and the music is evergreen, Italian and Latino. The garden has a small pond and garden and is behind a heavy wooden porch. Q10 rooms (6 doubles €26 - 36, 4 Studio: €36 - 52). (6-15v). PJABKSW hh

Coral C-3, ul. Lazuren Bryag 5, new part of Sozopol, tel. +359 550 26 266/+359 (0) 885 232 335, fa +359 550 26 241, hotelcoral@abv.bg. The hotel is located in a 4-storey yellow building in the new part of Sozopol on the top of a rocky cliff with amazing views over the sea and the old town. The lobby is stylishly done in modernistic white, round furniture. The rooms are spacious and elegantly decorated in light beige, green and white colours. The double rooms are with a double bed, dressing table, mirror door wardrobe, an etending bed fauteuil (armchair) and a view to the sea or to the trees. All rooms have mini bar, cable TV, telephone and terrace. The bathrooms are with bath tub, hairdryer, telephone, bathrobes and bath slippers. The hotel accommodates apartments for 4 or 6 people and studios for 2 or 3 people. All have a view to the sea and the old part of the town. The VIP apartment has a jacuzzi. There is a conference hall for 40 people with multimedia equipment. The hotel has a spa centre with massage and sauna facilities and an inside swimming pool. For its three stars this hotel offers great facilities, comfort and value. Q63 rooms (47 burgas.inyourpocket.com

doubles €40 - 65, 9 apartments €70 - 110, 1 Presidential Suite €80 - 120, 4 Studio €60 - 90, 2 Maisonette €60 - 90). PTHAFLGBKDCW hhh

Diamanti A-3, Sozopol Morski skali, tel. +359 (0) 888 260 911/+359 550 22 640, fa +359 550 22 640, sozopol@hoteldiamanti.com, www.hoteldiamanti.com. Hotel Diamanti is designed in the style of old Sozopol. It has stylish rooms and apartments including TV, refrigerator and a balcony with splendid view of the sea (some apartments have inner view and have discounted rates). The apartments comprise of livingroom and bedroom. The rooms are draped with Bordeau coloured curtains with a comfortable sofa bed. The restaurant is open every day. Room service is available. The hotel is open all year round. Q21 rooms (5 singles €20 - 40, 14 doubles €25 - 45, 9 suites €45 - 70, 2 apartments €45 - 70). PTAFGBKDW hhh Edelweiss D-2, ul. Lulin 15, new part of Sozopol, tel.

+359 (0) 889 728 434/+359 550 23 120, edelweiss_ sz@abv.bg. Hotel Edelweiss is situated in the new part of Sozopol. It is about 100m from the central beach. From the top floors you can enjoy the view over the Old Town of Sozopol, the sea and the two islands. Some of the rooms are decorated in beige colors, others in cherry red and have upholstered furniture. Some are spacious while others are a little more cosy. The double rooms are equipped with 2 beds with a possibility of an etra bed. Each room has a cable TV, fridge and balcony. The hotel has a cafe that offers soft and hot drinks and also a drop of the hard stuff. Available are apartments for 4 people with a bedroom suite and bedroom with two separate beds. The small cream and brown bathrooms have showers but no bathtubs. Q11 rooms (7 doubles €20 - 26, 4 apartments €40 - 51). PTJHILNGBW hhh

Emona D-2, ul. Lyulin 20, tel. +359 (0) 889 439 025/+359 550 22 006, emona_sozopol@mail.bg. It is found at the southern part of Sozopol bay in the new part of the town, providing a marvellous view towards the old town and the beach, which is around 100m away. The spacious rooms are decorated in blue, white, yellow and cream. The apartments are with double beds and are in pale yellow and bright blue colours with balconies facing the sea and the old town of Sozopol. The furniture consists of sofas (of various coloured fabrics) and bright blue chairs and table. Each room has a mini bar and TV. The bathrooms are with showers and with pink and brown tiles. The hotel is clean and you will find it comfortable but nothing to write home about. Q13 rooms (3 doubles €21 - 31, 7 apartments €56 - 61, 3 Studio: €36 - 46). PLNG hhh Green Hills mestnost Badzhaka, tel. +359 550 85 78 80, reser vations@hotelgreenhills.com, w w w. hotelgreenhills.com. The comple consists of two yellow buildings with white balconies and columns reminiscent of Roman style. All apartments are quite spacious, the emphasis is on functionality. The 1-bedroom apartments are fully equipped, with an etendable bed in the kitchen and come with a bathroom and shower cabin. The 2-bed room apartments are more spacious and have two bathrooms of which one is with shower cabin, the second bed is a single one. The 3-bedroom apartments contain 2 additional smaller bedrooms with single beds, and sleep a maimum of 8 people. They have an outside staircase which leads to a big terrace. The kitchens of all apartments contain a laundry machine. Private parking for guests. Q40 rooms ( 1 bedroom apartment €20 - 57, 2 bedroom apartment €27 - 78, 3 bedroom apartment €34 - 90). PALGCW hhh

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Hotel-Restaurant Rusalka B-2, ul. Milet 36, tel. +359 (0) 887 465 643/+359 550 23 047, doneva_sp@abv. bg. Hotel Ruslaka, an orange and white building, is situated first line at the sea side in the old part of the town. The rooms are clean with pine furniture and come with a mini-bar, refrigerator, bathroom, TV and a balcony with a view towards the sea. Breakfast is available for an additional charge of €6. Q12 rooms (8 doubles €25 - 40, 4 triples €30 - 40). PJ6INGBKW hh

Hotel House Hetodon D-2, ul. Vihren 20, tel. +359 550 24 540/+359 (0) 878 609 902, fa +359 550 815 258, hetodon_tours@abv.bg, www.hetodon.com. The hotel is located at the new part of Sozopol close to the sea, just before Vihren Street turns to the left. The rooms offer a beautiful view towards the harbour and the old town. All rooms are equipped with refrigerator, cable TV, telephone, Internet, air conditioning and include balconies. The pool is just meant for dipping, not eercising. Parking lot in the street in front of the hotel can be crowded during the high season. Q13 rooms (1 single €17 - 24, 5 doubles €17 - 35, 6 triples €24 - 43, 3 apartments €26 - 47, 4 Apartment(2 bedrooms) €35 - 54). PTJHR6ILBKDCSW hhh Chuchulev D-3, ul. Pаrvi May 12, tel. +359 (0) 887 189

170/+359 550 223 12, fa +359 550 223 12, info@hotelchuchulev.com, www.hotel-chuchulev.com. It is some 80 meters away from Harmanite beach. The rooms are with wooden furniture. The apartments are more spacious. Some basement double rooms come without air-conditioning. All the hotel rooms face the beach and the sea. Parking is possible in front of the hotel. Q30 rooms (doubles €26 - 47, triples €34 - 57, apartments €47 - 83, Double room in basement (no airco) €21 - 36, Double room in basement (airco), Apartment 4 persons €47 - 83, Apartment 2 persons €42 - 62). PJRNW hhh

Kalithea D-2, ul. Lyulin 24, tel. +359 550 24 500, fa

+359 550 23 330, reservations@hotelkalithea.com, hotelkalithea.com. Kalithea or “beautiful view” in Greek, this hotel completely deserves its name. Overlooking the Old town, the sea, the harbour and St. Ivan Island, you will hold your breath on multiple occasions and enjoy amazing sunsets. The place itself is elegant with spacious rooms with double or twin beds, night stand, wardrobe, dressing table, cable TV, mini bar, bathroom with shower and terrace. Bring this issue of Burgas In Your Pocket with you and you will get a free bottle of wine, compliments of the hotel, especially for our readers. Enjoy! Q20 rooms (singles €18 - 33, 17 doubles €26 - 47, 1 apartment €47 - 70, 2 Studio: €36 - 59). PTJGBKW hhh

Laguna Beach Resort & SPA Sozopol Mestnost

Gereni, tel. +359 550 9 646 690/+359 550 20 003, fa +359 550 20 003, info@lagunabeachresort.net, www. lagunabeachresort.net. The hotel, or more to the point, ‘Beach & Spa Resort’, consists of various 3 storey apartments grouped around the huge swimming pool. The lobby truly offers the grandeur belonging to a resort of this class, with stylish lighting and inviting couches in the centre amongst a setting of various plants. Don’t forget to see the aquarium here. Q131 rooms (46 doubles €55 - 107, 75 apartments €65 - 233). PTHAULBKDC hhhh

Laleya D-2, ul. Strandzha 18, tel. +359 550 22 448/+359 (0) 878 507 606, laleya@dir.bg, www.laleya. com. A 3-floor boutique hotel in a small street not far from the centre of the new town. In each apartment there is a kitchenette with a fridge and a microwave. Cable internet is available in all rooms. The business corner is decorated with Summer 2009

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aesthetic museum ehibits. Open-air jacuzzi and a sauna are available on the panoramic terrace on the hotel roof. There is also another pleasant terrace net to the restaurant. Q13 rooms (10 singles €23 - 39, 3 doubles €25 - 40, 7 triples €30 - 45, 3 apartments €39 - 62). PFLGBD hhh

a special children’s corner. Sauna and jacuzzi are included. The restaurant has 40 seats inside and 30 outside. The hotel offers room service and entertainment. Q27 rooms (doubles €31 - 52, triples €36 - 62, 1 apartment €41 - 77, 4 Studio €31 - 47). PTNBDC hhh

Lola D-2, Vihren 32, tel. +359 (0) 889 998 999/+359 550 22 412, fa +359 550 24 136, lola@lolahotel.com, www.lolahotel.com. Enclosed between 2 other buildings within the city itself. The rooms are modernly furnished in fresh colours with spacious bathrooms decorated with black and white tiles. Enjoy its panoramic view and see fishermen in action while getting in and out the harbour or while mending their nets. Lola offers its guests an outside pool and net to it a small cocktail bar which serves refreshments and snacks as well as breakfast. Q23 rooms (9 doubles €26 - 43, 1 suite €31 - 49, 11 Studio €29 - 49, 2 Vip Suite €36 - 57). PTARGBCW hhh

Sofi D-2, ul. Stara planina 23, tel. +359 550 22

More D-2, ul. Stara Planina 29, tel. +359 56 23 457,

www.hotel-more.com. A family hotel situated in the new town. All rooms have balconies. Bathtub is available in some bathrooms. Wireless internet is available for every room. A café for hotel guests (open 08 - 22h) is available for drinks. Some rooms have a sea view. Q15 rooms (3 singles €23 - 30, 11 doubles €30 - 40, 1 apartment €38 - 60). PAR� LBDCW hhh

Orion D-2, ul. Vihren 28, tel. +359 550 23 193/+359 (0)

888 736 044, sozopolorion@yahoo.com. A first line small hotel with a breath-taking sea view, located in the new part of the town. English and German speaking staff are available. A panoramic seaview tavern restaurant (40 seats) with a big terrace (100 seats) is available. All rooms have balconies. Q16 rooms (singles €14 - 25, 10 doubles €22 - 36, 6 apartments €30 - 44, 9 etra bed €7 - 13). PRINBKW hh

Santa Marina Holliday Village C-2, ul. Industrialna

3, Sozopol, tel. +359 550 22 251, fa +359 550 22 362, office@santamarina.bg, www.santamarina.bg. Santa Marina Hotel resort is located just 2km from Sozopol in a pine forest, right above the King’s Beach. The 100 000m2 resort hosts 80 villas with apartments of various sizes, built in the old Bulgarian style. Almost all the apartments provide a sea view. About 70% of the area of the resort represent greenery, alleys and other facilities. The apartments are quite spacious and are decorated in white and soft yellow colours. The furniture and the dining areas are made of wood and some are in white colour. All of the apartments and studios have balconies, TV, telephone, kitchenette and refrigerators. The resort has lobby bar, restaurant (for 200), 2 swimming pools with a bar and children’s pool (life-guards), open-air kindergarten (with animation), entertainment centre, games room, bicycle rental, wellness center with massage and steam bath, barber shop, currency echange, other shops, laundry and dry-cleaning, regular scheduled shuttle bus transfers to Sozopol and ecursion desk. The hotel is (mostly) all inclusive with some paid services. Q637 rooms (apartments €55 - 100, Big family apartment €70 - 120, Studio €45 - 70). PTHAUFLGBKDCW hhhh

Selena Beach C-4, ul. Odesa 57, mestnost Budzhaka,

tel. +359 (0) 887 790 471/+359 550 24 237, fa +359 550 24 236, selena_beach@abv.bg, www.selenabeach. com. Hotel Selena Beach is situated in the Budjaka area 30 meters from the beach and just 1 km from Sozopol. The area is found when you drive through Sozopol coming from Burgas until the new area starts. In every room there is a telephone, cable TV, refrigerator and air-conditioning. The hotel comple offers to its guests an outside swimming pool with

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847/+359 550 23 456, katerina_hristova@abv.bg, www.sofi.domino.bg. A small hotel in a quiet street in the new town. Not very big rooms viewing the garden and the swimming pool. Light wooden furniture in fresh blue and beige colours. Bathrooms are with showers. English speaking staff are available. The hotel offers breakfast in the garden. Q26 rooms (2 singles €13 - 16, 9 doubles €21 - 33, 7 triples €26 38, 7 apartments €31 - 43). PTJNGBCW hhh

Restaurants & Cafes Cazzanova B-2, ul. Milet 32, tel. +359 550 23 494.

A pleasant, relaed Italian restaurant in the old city, with magnificent panoramic sea views. Various meals from the Italian cuisine are offered, however some budget customers may find it a little epensive. 36 seats. Impressive handmade menus. The service is good and the staff are friendly and helpful. Quiet Italian music and stylish furniture contribute to the overall impression. There are English speaking staff and English menus are available. QOpen 12:00 - 24:00. (5-32 Lv). PILGBKS

El Greko B-3, South Alley, tel. +359 (0) 896 685 842,

el_greko.soz@abv.bg. Found on the rocks of the South alley in the Old Town this is a typical Sozopol restaurant with great atmosphere and amazing view to the beach and the rocks of the new town. There are 80 places on wooden seating, blue table cloths and real tree piercing through the restaurant. The cuisine is Mediterranean with combination of Bulgarian dishes. A nice atmosphere and holiday spirit. QOpen 12:00 - 24:00. (10-28Lv). JA6BS

Kirik B-2, ul. Ribarska 77, tel. +359 56 22 860. A restaurant on the quay of the old city. Calm and relaed atmosphere, quiet Greek music. 50 seats. There is a big terrace viewing the port. The menu includes fish and grill dishes. Despite the fact that it is often full, the service remains good and efficient. English-speaking staff and English menu are available. The entrance of the restaurant is from ul. Kraibrezhna. QOpen 12:00 - 24:00. (10-15 Lv). P6NBS Restaurant Coral C-3, ul. Lazuren Bryag 5, new part of Sozopol, tel. +359 (0) 885 232 335/+359 550 26 266, fa +359 550 26 241, hotelcoral@abv.bg. The restaurant is located in the new part of Sozopol on the top of a rocky cliff with amazing view to the sea and the old town. It is decorated in beige, white and green colours. The cuisine is European and National Bulgarian. The restaurant also has terrace seats, where you can enjoy your meal with a gorgeous view to the sea. QOpen 08:00 - 24:00. (11-15Lv). PTJALGBSW Stariyat Kapitan (the Old Captian) B-2, ul. Kulata 5,

tel. +359 (0) 888 225 385. The restaurant offers a fine selection of foods which can be enjoyed in its cosy atmosphere. It has a terrace with view to the sea with wooden tables and wind protectors. The restaurant has fast service and is able to serve customers in English, Russian and Scandinavian languages. If you have a party you will have another reason to

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contact the Stariat Kapitan. QOpen 11:00 - 23:00. (8-35Lv.). 6ILENGBS

Stariyat Moryak (The Old Sailor) B-2, ul. Kraybrezhna

3, old town of Sozopol, tel. +359 (0) 888 225 385/+359 (0) 888 225 385. You will find the restaurant in the old town of Sozopol, opposite the island “Kirik”, which the municipality of Sozopol wants to turn into an open-air archaeological site. From the restaurant you will enjoy a beautiful view to the sea. The restaurant is on two levels and is set with wooden tables and benches. It is decorated with helms and lanterns. On offer are various types of steaks, fish, barbecue, roasted lamb and various Bulgarian National dishes. The biggest problem here is what to choose.The staff, dressed in jumpers, supposedly speak various languages such as English, Dutch, Norwegian, Russian, German, Finnish, Swedish and Bulgarian. Any Scandanavians visiting this restaurant, please, contact us to verify this. Q 6ILNBK

Versia A-3, ul. Kiril i Metodiy 59, old town Sozopol, tel.

+359 (0) 878 650 138/+359 (0) 878 650 138, danich76@abv.bg. Restaurant garden Versia is situated in the old town of Sozopol on a quiet cobbled street. The wooden tables and chairs, the small antique spot-gallery, the colourful dishes and interesting lamps make it a cosy place. The kitchen is Bulgarian national and offers a rich assortment of dishes and sea food. This family restaurant is not luurious and carries only one star, but you will enjoy the atmosphere and, of course, the prices. QOpen 18:00 - 24:00. (10-20Lv). J6UNGBW

Windmill A-3, ul. Morski Skali 27, old town Sozopol,

(the name of the establishment may help you towards this conclusion) and is decorated with night club furniture. The place consists of 2 big halls and a terrace offering about 200 seats in total. The menu includes cocktails, soft drinks, shakes, beer, etc. but food is not offered. English speaking staff and an English menu are available. Prices are a little high. The staff are prompt but not overly charming. DJ parties are sometimes organized. QOpen Non - stop. PTLGBW

Arriving & Transport Selena Car D-3, ul. Yani Popov 7, tel. +359 (0) 888 538 691, selenacar@mail.bg, www.hotelselena-bg.com.

Sightseeing Archaeological Museum C-2, ul. Khan Krum 2, tel.

+359 56 22 226, sozopol@burgasmuseums.bg. In 1961 the the Holy Synod placed the building of the temple St. Kiril i Metodiy at the disposal of the municipality for the housing of an Archaeological museum. As of August 1978 the Cultural Centre also gives several halls for the needs of the museum. Ehibited are many unique archaeological artifacts from the 5th to the 17th c. vases, tablecloths and terracotta statuettes found at the Apollonia necropolis, on Harmanite Beach as well as Christian art from the 17th to the 19th c. Presented are also a number of tets, maps, photographs and schemes. QOpen 08:00 - 17:00.

City Art Gallery A-3, ul. Kiril i Metodiy 78, tel. +359

550 22 202. This 120 year old building is found on the southeastern most part of the Old Town. Until 1978 it used to be a middle school from 1-8 grades. From 1990 it works as a gallery presenting prominent Bulgarian and foreign painters and sculptors. Multiple times the National Gallery held its ehibitions here as well as some foreign artists, which donated their work. There are paintings from the famous Yani Hrisopolus and Professor Aleksandar Mutafov. During Apolonia from the 1-10th of September each year, there are book readings, chamber music and theatre performances. QOpen 08:30 - 19:00.

Ethnographic eposition B-3, ul. Kiril i Metodiy 34, tel.

tel. +359 56 22 844/+359 550 87 270 022, fa +359 56 41 094, wm.soz.bg@abv.bg. It is located in the innermost part of the old town of Sozopol, above the rocks net to an old mill. It has a great view to the sea, but you may not pay it its due respect since the restaurant offers a rich folklore and attractions program which may take all of your attention. It includes folk dancing, singing, show-kitchen and more. The interior of the restaurant is in old Bulgarian style. It is decorated with pots, wine vessels, barrels, crockery, coppers, pitchers, pitchforks, cart wheels and other folklore elements. The seating is wooden and the table clothes are in bright red colours. The cuisine is Bulgarian national. Hearty carnivores are recommended to go for the grilled meat, especially the skewers (grilled on the fire in front of your eyes on a musketeer style sword QOpen 10:00 - 24:00. (8-10Lv.). AIEGBSW

Bars, Clubs & Discos Energy House Club C-2, ul. Republikanska 16, tel. +359 550 98 483 432, ilianstoyanov@abv.bg. A modern café in the centre of the new town, situated on the 2nd floor of a 2 storey shopping building. It plays only house music

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+359 550 22 748. The ethnographic eposition is housed in a typical Old Bulgarian house. It holds an ehibition of the customs of the main ethnographic groups - Ruptsi, Zagortsim and Trakiytsi. Ehibited are tetiles, folklore garments, jewellery, household and crafts’ knick-knacks from the coastal Strandzha area during the 18th-20th centuries. QOpen 08:30 - 18:00. J

Sveta Bogoroditsa church (Holy Virgin church)

B-2, ul. Anaksimandar 13. Built during the Ottoman times in the 15th-century, below street level, as was required, this church holds ruins of an earlier christian temple in its foundations. It is a wooden building and is decorated with marvelous fretwork iconostas and a pulpit carved with vine and numerous icons. The yard is beautiful and hosts a huge fig tree.

Sv. Georgi (St. George church) B-2, ul. Apolonia. Over the entrance there is an icon of St. George and the Dragon. The inside is decorated with beautiful icons. Sv. Zossim (St. Sozzim chapel) C-2, Sea Garden. This

is a small chapel built in the 13th c. on top of the foundations of an earlier Christian church. Sv. Zossim is the saint of sailors (so is St. Nikola, celebrated on Nikulden). It is found close to the bus station in the Sea Park, net to the beach.

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Apollonia Art Festival 2009 (29.08 - 06.09) – 25th Anniversary The 25th Apollonia Art Festival will be opened on the 29th August, 2009, by the Philharmonic orchestra of Sofia in Apollonia Amphitheatre. O ther concer ts will be held there as well – Tonika ensemble and the composer Stefan Dimitrov, Shturtsite band, Akaga & Friends, and many others. The theatrical programme is highly varied: the State Theatre of Satire “Aleko Konstantinov” will perform the play “November” directed by Slav Bakalov; the State Theatre of Haskovo will be visiting with the play “Gold Mine” directed by Marius Kurkinski; Malak Gradski Teatar “Beyond the Canal” will be here with the play “Beauty Is Sleeping”; and others. Th e followin g ar tists will per form in th e Chamb er Hall: Lyudmil Angelov – piano-player, duet NOVA from Switzerland, Trio d’Ante Vienna comprised by Valya Dervenska (violine), Teodora Miteva (violoncello) and Donka Angacheva (piano); and others. Vladigeroff Brothers & Band, a magnificent trio of guitar players (Ivan Lechev, Tsvetan Nedyalkov and Vesko Koychev) as well as many others will perform in the Jazz Club. As al ways the Ar t Galler y in the Old town will host interesting ehibitions and concerts with readings. The first Apollonia Festival of Arts was held in Sozopol in 1984. The main goal was to show the whole variety of

achievements in Bulgarian art; to preserve the traditions and to suppor t new ideas, eperiments and unusual visions in all art types. The idea for such innovative and courageous for that time event belongs to the great Bulgarian musician and public figure, Prof. Dimo Dimov. Together with friends and adherents-artists, musicians, actors, directors, they founded the Academy of Ar t Apollonia. Until 1990, in Sozopol, the Festival of Arts was held in September and the Winter Academy of Arts - in January. The Apollonia Art Foundation was founded in 1991. It is now the main organizer of the Apollonia Festival of Arts in Sozopol. For more information on Apollonia 2009 Festival of Arts, Sozopol, please visit www.apollonia.bg.

The town of Nessebar has two parts - the Old town and the New one. The old town is with a great historic value and was already populated at the end of the Bronze Age. The small cobbled streets, houses built in the old Bulgarian revival style, numerous restaurants and the spirit of the ages is what will inspire your visit. On the other hand, the “New town” of Nessebar is the absolute opposite. Everything here screams modern, grandeur, glamorous. New 4- and 5-star hotels occupy the two beaches; restaurants, discotheques and bars cover the coastline and the inner streets. For a romantic, authentic and quiet eperience aim for the old town. For parties, night life and modern facilities stick with the new. In fact the two parts of the town are only 5 minutes walking distance from each other so you can also just hop from one side to the other to catch up on whatever you are missing.

About its Mayor Nikolay Dimitrov is the mayor of Nessebar and Sunny Beach. He is independent of any political party. He came to power with the one-liner “I was candidate for mayor, not for king”. He reigns over about 10,000 inhabitants in Nessebar itself and around 20,000 in the entire municipality. In summer though the area does grow into a small kingdom, having available more then 250,000 beds; in comparison Luembourg has about 480,000 inhabitants. So maybe not a king but a little prince during summer?

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Message from the Mayor Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of all citizens of Nessebar, I have the honor and pleasure, to welcome you in our town! Welcome to the town with millennial history, rich culture, values and incredible atmosphere! I am proud to declare that Nessebar has preserved valuable monuments from all eras of its millennial eistence and we, all citizens of this unique town, strive for protecting these monuments for the future generations to remember and know their history. Passing through various metamorphoses today’s Nessebar is the place for romantic walks in the narrow cobblestone alleys, for rest and recreation, and for unforgettable eperiences which leave a nuance of antiquity and rich spiritual culture, as well as a deep impress on everyone who has visited our town. Come to Nessebar and see for yourselves its one and only beauty and uniqueness, while I personally and my team as your hosts will do our best to make you feel well and to eperience a unforgettable holiday. Nikolay Dimitrov Mayor of Nessebar

Nessebar summer events

The yacht port Marina Dinevi is located to the north of Nessebar and to the south of Sveti Vlas. The port has dockage for 300 yachts, including 50 boats of over 25 meters in length. The boats are moored on 6 floating walkways. Facilities available at each mooring space include power, water, mobile re-fueling facilities (petrol and diesel), Internet, cable TV, telephone and fa. The marina is under close guard 24 hour security and security camera system. Every year Marina Dinevi hosts a number of business, sports and entertainment events. Some of them are Epose of Yachts, Marina Dinevi, International Regatta Victoria, International Regatta Evolution Cup, Regatta Port Burgas and the first edition of Naval High Schools of Bulgaria.

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June Sun, joy, beauty, International Children’s Festival This year about 2 000 children from Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Finland, Latvia, Poland, Serbia, and Macedonia will take part in the I International competition. Within the framework of the festival the following competitions will be carried out: folk songs, classical music, folk dances, classical, modern and jazz ballet, sports dances. August Nessebar’s holidays, Nessebar’s panorama International Festival of Bee Honey September Pop-Rock festival Festival of Ethnic Communities Balkans Festival of Children’s Cinema

Tourist Information Centre City Tourist Information Centre B-4, ul. Mesambria 10, tel.+359 554 42 611, visitnessebar@abv.bg, www.visitnessebar.org. This tourist information centre provides vocal and written information in various languages from helpful staff, plus tickets, accommodation, guidebooks, maps and more. Open 09:00-17:30 (May-October).

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Nessebar History of Nessebar The old town of Nessebar, populated already at the end of the Bronze Age, is located on a rocky peninsula. It is a small piece of land just 850m long and 350m wide, embraced by the sea. It is tied to the continent with a narrow strip of land. During the ages the old town has lost from the sea 1/3 of its territory. Sank into the water are about 80m of its coastline which still hold the remains of the fortress walls. According to the legends, during its eistence Nessebar had about 40 churches, of which there is data for 26 of them. Today the old town is an attractive place with its narrow cobblestone streets, archeological and cultural findings, restaurants, cafés and souvenir shops.

Nessebar years the settlement was again a field of military operations between Bulgarians and Byzantines. August 917 Bulgarian troops led by Tsar Simeon defeated Byzantium completely near the river Aheloy and again included Nessebar as part of the Bulgarian Kingdom. During the Second Bulgarian Kingdom under the rule of tsars Ivan Aleandar, Ivan Assen II and Todor Svetoslav, Nessebar reached the peak of its prosperity. 12th - 13th centuries The town developed active trade relations with the lands of the Mediterranean and Adriatic, as well as with the principalities situated to the north of Danube River. The churches Sveti Stefan (St. Stefan) -11th century and Sveti Yoan Krustitel (St. John the Baptist) - 12th century,

were built and painted with murals. 1366 Nessebar was conquered and plundered by the knights of count Amedej VI of Savoya, a year later the town was given to the Byzantine Emperor. 1396 The town was conquered by the Ottomans and in 1453 it fell completely under the Ottoman rule, together with the capital Constantinople. The economic and spiritual life continued. Lots of new churches were constructed, murals and icons were painted. Some monasteries carried out active intellectual work. The port continued to be a main trade center on the Black Sea coast. 17th-19th centuries Some of the Nessebar’s monasteries and their scriptoria were still operating. During the epoch

of the Bulgarian Renaissance (National Revival period) in Nessebar many houses were built, typical representatives of the Black-Sea houses and windmills, public bath and fountains for drinking water. At the end of the 19th century Nessebar was a small town developing viticulture and fishing. 1959 The resort comple Slunchev Bryag (Sunny Beach) was built and international tourism started developing also in the town of Nessebar. 1983 On the 7th session of the World Heritage Cities in Florence, Italy, the old town of Nessebar was added to the World Heritage List and received a certificate from UNESCO

Antiquity Nessebar was first populated more than three thousand years ago by Thracian tribes who called it Melsambria - “the town of Melsa”, named after its legendary founder. The settlement had two harbours which still hold remains of ancient ships and equipment. 6th century BC The first Greek colonizers, the Dorians, settled in Mesambria, forming a classical polis with structure, administration, temples, gymnasium, theatre, and of course, fortress walls. 440 BC The town started minting its own coins 3rd -2nd centuries BC the town reached its economic boom. The city built its own ships, had many craftsmen and busy trade relations with other towns, even as far as the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean. The town started to mint gold coins. 72 BC the town was conquered by the Romans and shortly after included in the Roman Empire. Mesembria, at this time, preserved its commercial importance and high cultural development. They kept on founding bronze coins and statues and producing marble embossments and inscriptions. 313 Emperor Constantine issues the Edict of Milan, legalizing Christianity in the Roman Empire. Mesembria, a Christian town now, started building its own Christian temples called basilicas, the biggest being called St. Sofia as in Constantinople. Leading architects from the Roman Empire started building water supply system, thermal roman baths and reinforced the fortress walls. 395 The Roman Empire divides into Eastern and Western, now Messemvria, remains in the Byzantium. The town become even of greater importance as a strategic, economic and cultural centre. Buildings were built with bricks sealed with the name of Constantine and Justinian and were decorated with marble foundations, columns and capitols of various kinds. 681 Emperor Constantine IV engaged in a battle near Ongula (the delta of the river Danube) with the Bulgarian Khan Asparuh. The emperor was seized by an attack of gout and being in much pain, sailed off to the city of Mesemvria for treatment after giving orders to the officers and soldiers to keep on investing the fort. A rumour spread that the emperor had fled, and being on this account thrown into confusion they fled headlong. 7th century With the establishment of the Bulgarian State in 681, where Byzantium even agreed to pay an annual ta guaranteeing its borders, Messemvria turned into a significant military fortress of the Byzantine Empire against her new neighbour. 705 The future Byzantine emperor Leo the Syrian, traveling to Constantinople, meets in Mesemvria the Bulgarian Khan Tervel and his army. 812 The town was finally conquered by the Bulgarian Khan Krum after a two week siege and included within the First Bulgarian Kingdom. Slavs and Bulgarians populated the settlement. 863 Byzantines again conquered Nessebar. In the following

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Nessebar Hotels Arsena B-3, South Beach, tel. +359 554 46 590, fa

+359 554 46 551, hotelarsena@abv.bg, www.arsenahotel.com. The elegant green building of the hotel comple is located at the South Beach in Nessebar and provides a magnificent view of the old town. The first thing that attracts one’s attention is the stylish lobby bar and reception in black and white. The hotel offers free WiFi, good conference facilities, and pleasant rooms with satellite television, well stocked mini bars and bathrooms. You can also enjoy the modern fitness hall and relaing treatments in the spa centre. Q68 rooms (60 doubles €75, 3 apartments €128, 2 Presidential Suite €210, 3 Junior Suite €107). PTHARUFLG� BKDCW hhhh

Festa Panorama B-2, ul. Khan Krum, tel. +359 554 29 700/+359 554 29 729, marketing@festapanoramabg.com, www.festahotels.com. This modern hotel is located 150m from the beautiful sand of Sunny Beach and 2 km from the ancient town of Nessebar. Most of the rooms are facing the sea, there are 3 rooms available for disabled people. The four-star hotel disposes of a great variety of recreational facilities and services which will help you enjoy your stay in the hotel. The rooms are spacious, equipped with TV-sets, minibars, hair driers, showers and bath tubs. The hotel is famous for its SPA centre and fitness facilities, steam room and sauna. At the outdoor swimming pool you can take and enjoy your drink from the pool bar. The entertainment team is a plus with some nice shows during the early evening. Q241 rooms (228 doubles €47 - 100, 13 apartments €70 - 153). PTYJHARUFLEGBKDCW hhhh

Gerdjika B-2, ul. Mladost 32, tel. +359 554 42 606/+359 554 42 607, www.gerdjika.narod.ru. A small and rather charming hotel near Nessebar municipality. The rooms are all light wood in colour and have air conditioning, fridge and TV. The family who runs the place is hospitable and obliging people and can eplain everything about their town and sightseeing. Q22 rooms (8 doubles €30, 7 triples €46, 4 quads €61, 3 apartments €62). PJALNBK hhh

Hotel-Restaurant Stankoff B-4, ul. Chimbuleva 8,

tel. +359 554 44 495/+359 (0) 887 246 486, fa +359 554 44 496, stankoffhotel@mail.bg, www.hotelstankoff. com. This is a very cosy and chic hotel in the old town of Nessebar with views to the sea and Sunny Beach. The building built in old Bulgarian style. The rooms and apartments are not big, but are comfortable and practical. They are in a beige colour scheme. The furniture is a combination of wood and patterned damask in navy blue. The beds are low and the bathrooms are with showers or bathtubs. Pets are allowed but at an etra charge. The owner is very friendly, has many interesting stories to tell and carries the spirit of Francophone Bulgarian times. The hotel has a very chic restaurant with a big terrace and garden (read more in our restaurant section on p.....). Everything in this hotel brings the feeling of style and grace. Q6 rooms (3 doubles €46, 3 apartments €67). PAGBKW hhh

Marieta Palace B-2, ul. Lyuben Karavelov 15, tel. +359 554 44 111/+359 (0) 885 804 578, fa +359 554 46 800, marieta_palace@yahoo.com, www.marietapalace. com. This modern hotel is located in the centre of the new part of Nessebar, very close to the main commercial district. All rooms come with telephone, satellite television, free internet and well stocked mini bars. Little etras include all the usual provisions such as room service and laundry. Everything Burgas In Your Pocket

Nessebar is spotlessly clean, and the numerous perks include good conference facilities, relaation centre with sauna and solarium, fitness centre, swimming pool, pleasant restaurant, cocktail bar. An added bonus is the availability of different recreation facilities such as billiard tables, snooker and bowling hall. Q104 rooms (16 singles €34 - 54, 72 doubles €41 - 72, 16 apartments €62 - 108). PJHAR6UFB� KDCW hhhh

Marina Palace B-2, ul. Ivan Vazov 7, tel. +359 554 20 600/+359 (0) 885 811 118, fa +359 554 20 601, marinapalace@pirgos.com, www.marinapalacebg.com. This four stars hotel is located between the old and new part of Nessebar and is built on si levels and offers luurious accommodation in 122 double rooms and 3 apartments. It’s clean, crisp and fresh. Rooms are comfortably decorated with blue and green colors and are well appointed with air conditioning, fire alarm system, TV set with satellite programs, permanent access to Internet, mini bar and individual safe bo. The restaurant of the hotel offers a rich menu of traditional and eotic dishes. It has perfect conference facilities and ultra modern spa center equipped with the state of the art technology. Q129 rooms (125 singles €59 - 82, doubles €99 - 74, 4 apartments €66 - 97). PHAUFLGBKDCW hhhh Nessebar Royal Palace B-5, ul. Mitropolitska 19, tel. +359 554 46 490/+359 (0) 886 601 908, fa +359 554 46 491, reserve@nessebarpalace.com, www. nessebarpalace.com. The hotel is right net to the church of St. John the Baptist and the Early Byzantine Terms. Quite an elegant eperience combined with the spirit of the ancient. It is designed in a lovely combination of stone and wood. The building is stylized Bulgarian revival house, with wooden pillars, while the restaurant and the lobby are appointed with columns, stone elements and decorations and garden chairs from wrought iron in the garden. The rooms are furnished with stylish craft work, combining the old looking furniture and the contemporary comfort. Enjoy! Q25 rooms (1 single €43 - 56, 14 doubles €43 - 74, 1 apartment €105 - 148, 10 Studio: €50 - 86). PJHAUGBKW hhh Oasis B-2, ul. Ivan Vazov 5, tel. +359 554 50 000, fa

+359 554 43 264, info@oasishotels.net, www.oasishotels.net. Found in the new part of Nessebar in a wonderful green park and close to the South Beach this three-star offers you a lovely combination of the sea and calm greenery with the hubbub of the pool area and busy street on the other side of the hotel. The park is 10 000 m2 and hosts over 100 species of trees and flowers and over 20 species of birds which reside there during the summer turning it into symphony hall under the skies. A true Oasis for families kids and couples alike. They have a wonderful view to the sea and the Old town from their South side. The rooms are not big, but comfortable. They offer safe, money echange, room service, ironing and dry cleaning, billiards and electronic games. The recreational area offers fitness, massage, sauna, and solarium. They have a pool with a bar, a restaurant with a winter garden and lovely summer terrace and a bistro with Italian specialties.

Q72 rooms (45 doubles €39 - 72, 20 apartments €45 - 81, 7 Apartment de lu: €64 - 100). (6-12Lv). PTAIFLB� KDCSW hhh Oscar B-1, ul. Otets Paisiy 25A, tel. +359 554 42 828, fa

+359 554 46 336, oskar_hotel@abv.bg, www.oscar.seahotels-bg.com. Only 200m from the beach, on the central quiet street, offering easy access to practically everything. Very comfortable and well kept, and the staff are etremely friendly. The rooms are clean and decent, the apartments

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are nicely furnished with kitchen, guest-room, big bedroom and nice bathroom. Hotel guests receive 20% discount in the restaurant Chevermeto Nessebar. Q23 rooms (22 doubles €35, 1 apartment €60). PJALB hhh

Petrov mestnost Kokalu, tel. +359 554 46 690/+359

(0) 888 425 427, kantora_petrov@abv.bg, www.hotelpetrov.com. The hotel is found southward of the new town of Nessebar, in the cove of the sunken ship, the area of Kokalu, right on the beach. It is a white and red semi-circular building on three stories, with a small greenery area, lounge terraces and an outdoor Jacuzzi. The rooms are comfortable with double or single beds and leather armchairs. The colour scheme is in light blue and white, with wooden beds, bedside tables and wardrobes. The flooring is a glaring bluish-green carpet. The apartments are a better choice. They accommodate a living room area with wooden table and chairs, kitchen facilities with bar plot and the floor is in wooden colour. The bathrooms are in beige colours with hairdryers and shower cabins. The hotel facilities include refrigerator, cable TV, internet and the restaurant holds an open air barbeque. Q21 rooms (doubles €25 - 40, triples €35 - 60, quads €40 - 70, apartments €45 - 75). PILNGBKW hhh

Sea Residence Trinity B-5, ul. Venera 8, tel. +359

554 46 700/+359 (0) 897 964 946, info@trinitynessebar.com, www.trinity-nessebar.com. It was built in 2005 in the old town of Nessebar. The lobby holds a bar, comfortable seating in green and brown colours with glass tables and even a stylish stand chess board and figures for those with a passion for the game. The rooms are cosy and in beige colour. The bathrooms are with showers. There is a restaurant with a good selection of seafood. There is a parking lot and an elevator. Q15 rooms (singles €51 - 66, doubles €70 - 87, suites €76 - 102, apartments €118 - 138). PALGBKW hhh

SOL Nessebar Bay C-1, bul. Aurelia 7, tel. +359 554

21 100, fa +359 554 21 101, reservations@nessebar. solmelia-bg.com, www.solmelia.com. Sol Nessebar Bay is one of the hotels in the Sol Nessebar Resort. The hotel is very luurious and the staff are polite and welcoming. The hotel contains 287 double rooms, all well equipped with TVsets, minibars, safes, etc. The outside panorama lift offers you a great view to the sea. The big restaurant of above 300 seats is a non-smoking facility and you can enjoy your meals prepared by the chefs just in front of you. There are three bars - a night club (with a different show every night), a lobby bar and an outside pool bar. The use of the SPA and fitness centre is included in the package price, which is quoted per guest. One major disadvantage is the distance to the city centre but the public transport can take you there in 10 minutes. All inclusive. Q287 rooms (singles €56 - 144, doubles €84 - 258, Family rooms €199 - 462). PTHAUFLEGBKDCW hhhh

SOL Nessebar Mare C-1, bul. Aurelia 7, tel. +359 554 21 200/+359 554 21 101, reservations@nessebar. solmelia-bg.com, www.solmelia.com. Sol Nessebar Mare is the second 4-star hotel in the Sol Nesebar Resort and is like a mirror of Sol Nessebar Bay hotel. It has 246 double rooms and 92 family rooms (connected double rooms). All rooms are equipped with telephone, satellite/cable TV, fridge and bathtub. The restaurant offers the main meals in a buffet form. Here you can eperience the variety of the Bulgarian cuisine with tasty fish and meat dishes. International cuisine is also an option. The hotel offers children’s day-and-nightcare services for those who want to enjoy the show in the night club. All inclusive. burgas.inyourpocket.com

Q342 rooms (singles €56 - 144, doubles €84 - 258, Family rooms €199 - 462). PTHAUFLEGBKDCW hhhh SOL Nessebar Palace C-1, bul. Aurelia 7, tel. +359 554 21 300, fa +359 554 21 101, reservations@ nessebar.solmelia-bg.com, www.solmelia.com. The Sol Nessebar Palace Hotel is the most elegant hotel in the Sol Nessebar Resort and is proudly referred to as the Pearl of the Crown. It looks like a castle. The hotel offers everything for your fun and enjoyment. It is located between the town of Nessebar and the village of Ravda. The hotel is one of the few 5-star hotels with an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, lobby bar and a night club. The 8-storey building has 333 rooms equipped with luury facilities and the package price includes everything (all inclusive packages). The restaurant is for more than 300 guests and is also available for parties. There is also children’s nursery. Q333 rooms (singles €64 - 157, doubles €103 - 214, Junior suite €137 - 322, Family rooms €206 - 504). PTHAUFLEGBKDCW hhhhh St. George B-5, ul Sadala 10 (Kraybrezhna), tel. +359

554 44 045, hotel@saintgeorge.bg, www.saintgeorge. bg. This small hotel with the name of the patron saint of the shepherds and possibly the most celebrated name day in Bulgaria (Gergyovden - 6th of May) holds a wonderful view to the sea and Sunny Beach. It is located in the old town of Nessebar and offers a stylish lobby and comfortable rooms. The modern furniture is leatherette in blue and yellow, the rooms are spacious, carpeted, with refrigerators, balconies and cable TV. The bathrooms are with showers. Q (doubles €25 - 40, suites €35 - 60, double with sea view €30 - 50). PAGBW hhh

St. Nikola B-4, ul. Kraybrezhna 2 (Zhana Chimbuleva

2), tel. +359 554 46 685/+359 554 46 688, fa +359 554 46 686, st.nikola@abv.bg, www.hotel-st-nikola. com. This four floor hotel is located on the northern side of the old town of Nessebar with a view to Sunny Beach and the new town of Nessebar. The new building is panelled in wood and stone and accommodates rooms, a restaurant and a parking lot. The rooms are cosy and combine comfort in a modern style. They are designed in wood and delicate orange and light green colours for the seating. The rooms hold two beds and an etending armchair. The apartments hold a bedroom, a living-room with kitchen nook, an etending sofa for two and balcony. The bathrooms are with a shower cabin and hair drier in white or brown colours. The services include cable TV, central air conditioning, room service, mini bar, safe, laundry, dry cleaning, ironing, internet and business services. The hotel also has a restaurant with 60 seats indoors and 24 outdoors. The cuisine is Bulgarian, European and English. Q13 rooms (1 single €21 - 32, 8 doubles €32 - 50, 4 apartments €47 - 75). P6NBK hhh

St. Stefan C-4, ul Ribarska 11, tel. +359 554 43 603,

fa +359 554 43 604, st_stefan@hotels-bg.eu, www. hotel-st-stefan.com. This three-star hotel is maybe one of the most modern in the old town of Nessebar. It is hosted in a new building in an Old Bulgarian style and fits quite well the surroundings. Very close to the hotel is the ancient amphitheatre, which during the summer holds performances. Each room has a balcony and view to the sea, the rocky beach, the I c. “St. Stefan Church” (read more in our cultural section on p.....) or the harbour. They are furnished with comfortable furniture including sofa and hairdresser. The décor is in blue and white colours and wood. Each room has an LCD tv, a minibar, telephone, radio, Vingcard access system and bathroom with bathtub. The double bedrooms are with single or king-size

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beds. There are fitness, sauna, jacuzzi and spa centre with aroma camera and massage facilities.The restaurant of the hotel offers rich fish menu, Bulgarian and international cuisine, eotic dishes and cocktails.This is a preferred location for holding corporate events. Q19 rooms (doubles €53, apartments €72). PA6UFLGBKDW hhh

with bathtubs. Room service. Q31 rooms (singles €23 31, 29 doubles €31 - 52, 2 apartments €52 - 82). (4-16Lv). P6LKSW hhh

The White House B-4, ul. Tsar Simeon 2, tel. +359

Stariat Kesten B-2, ul. Ivan Vazov 31, tel. +359 554

554 42 488/+359 (0) 898 656 011, white_house_ns@ yahoo.com, www.white-house-13.8k.com. This small hotel is situated in the center of the old town of Nessebar, just net to the post office. White House has 5 rooms and 2 big apartments. The furniture is luurious and well-arranged in style. The apartments are with leather sofa and fauteuils in dark brown or patterned damasks, wooden cabinets, dining table and modern kitchenette with bar plot, stove, dishwashing machine and refrigerator. Two of the bathrooms hold a two-seater Jacuzzi. The bedrooms are arranged in white, leaving you with a celestial feeling. There are two big terraces to the rooms, one of which is big enough to throw a party. They have seating area and/or a swing. The lobby of the hotel invites you to rest in the sitting area with white leather sofas and glass tables. All floors are from white marble. There are a lobby bar, fitness room and Internet café. The place feels and looks like a Barbie house. Q7 rooms (singles €26, doubles €46, apartments €77). PJ6FLNGBW hhh

Toni B-5, ul. Kraybrezhna 20, tel. +359 554 42

403/+359 (0) 899 268 004. This family-run guest house is found in the old town of Nessebar with a view to Sunny beach. It’s behind a high gate and you reach your room by walking through a small yard with greenery and sitting area. The interior is simple in bright yellow colours. The rooms have a cable TV, a balcony and bathroom in blue with shower. There is a refrigerator on each floor, which you can share with other guests. The hosts are very friendly and if you would like to spend your holiday in a simple family type of dwelling this is a good choice.Q (6 doubles €21 - 31). PJNGB hhh

Vigo B-2, ul. Ivan Vazov 9, tel. +359 554 43 282/+359 554 46 737, reservation_hotelvigo@abv.bg, www.hotelvigo.com. Close to perfect, this newly-constructed modern building is very close to the ancient town of Nessebar. The hotel offers luury accommodation in 116 double rooms, 8 suites (4 of them with facilities for disabled) and 8 apartments with unique view to the sea. The hotel comple has 3 outdoor swimming pools and 1 indoor heated swimming pool, also a spa centre, an internet hall, billiards, children’s study hall and ecellent conference facilities. Each room has a balcony, LCD, cable TV, mini-bar, an individual safety deposit bo, internet access, bathroom with a shower booth and a fire alarm system. Q132 rooms (116 doubles €46 - 92, 8 suites €51 - 92, 8 apartments €66 - 153). PTHAU� FLGKDCW hhhh Zlatna Ribka (Gold Fish) C-1, ul. Ivan Vazov (inter-

section with Otets Paisiy), tel. +359 554 45 225/+359 554 42 605, fa +359 554 45 226, hotel_golden_fish@ abv.bg, www.hotel-golden-fish.com. Located on the new part, close to the South Beach and with a view to the sea from some of the rooms, this family hotel hosts one of the most visited restaurants in Nessebar all-year-round. They combine International and Bulgarian cuisine and quite some marine dishes. The place is small, elegant and arranged with wooden tables and benches with cushions. The bartender is a character by himself, with an attitude and resembles Kojak, but you will have no encounter as the friendly waiters will attend to you. Worth a visit also during the low season. The hotel offers standard 3-star amenities. The rooms have cable TV, fridge, telephone and some of the bathrooms are

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Guesthouses 42 937/+359 (0) 895 765 671, stariatkesten@abv. bg. This guesthouse has a good location, very close to the center of the city and to the old part of Nessebar. A nice combination of a homey atmosphere with some creative decorations. It looks like a good choice for quiet weekends or longer-term stays. Q13 rooms (4 suites €41, 9 apartments €51). PJAKW

Restaurants & Cafes Ambrozia B-2, ul. Ivan Vazov 27, tel. +359 554 45 998.

Emona B-4, ul. Mesambria 41, tel. +359 554 42 022/+359 (0) 898 667 713. This nice restaurant is located directly over the cliffs in the furthest innermost part of the old town of Nessebar. It is an open-air garden restaurant, a summer favourite for years, with the kitchen barbeque in view. The cuisine is Bulgarian, with sea delicacies and great desserts. QOpen 10:30 - 24:00. (8-40Lv). AINGB Forrest Nook C-4, South Peer, Old Town, tel. +359 (0) 897 808 207/+359 (0) 894 703 139. All-year-round place with about 80 seats. It is decorated in typical Bulgarian style. The seating is with wooden tables and benches. During the summer months choose the outside seating which is quite windy and will keep you cool. The cuisine is mainly marine and there are all kinds of fish. There is also a kid’s menu. This is a family owned restaurant and the food is prepared with love by the female owner. Bring this issue of Burgas In Your Pocket with you and you will receive a 20% discount, especially for our readers. QOpen 09:00 - 24:00. (6-28Lv). JABS

This is a cheap pub restaurant viewing the street. 40 indoor and 50 outdoor seats. English speaking staff and English menu are available. Prices are low. The staff are patient, kind and good humoured. The menu contains some traditional meals as well as fish and grilled dishes. The food was ecellent ecept for the crème caramel. The place despite being busy generally has very efficient service. Quiet music. Pets are allowed outside. QOpen 07:00 - 24:00. PNGBKS

Gerdzika B-2, ul. Mladost 32, tel. +359 56 42 606/+359 56 42 607. A favourite for the locals because of its etremely competitive prices and massive portions of salads. Gerdjika is popular for its fish dishes, its low-key atmosphere and nicely prepared typical Bulgarian meals including homemade soups, fresh mushrooms, pork and chicken dishes. The menu is both in Bulgarian and English and the staff speak various languages. QOpen 08:00 - 23:00. JILNB

Aqua Grill C-4, South Peer, tel. +359 (0) 898 691

Hawaii B-4, Northwest peer, tel. +359 878 555

841/+359 885 860 032, aquagrill@abv.bg, www.restaurant.bg/aquagrill. Located right on the pier, this place is open all year round. It is spacious, appointed in crème colours, arranged with big tables and leather seating and decorated with strange chandeliers. There is quite an etensive menu with all kinds of food to satisfy every taste and it is in English, Russian, German and Bulgarian. There is a good selection of wines and nice chill out music to go along with it. There are TV screens so you will not miss any game. It has about 100 seats. Bring this issue of Burgas In Your Pocket with you and you will receive a free glass of wine or beer with your main course, between 11 and 19 o’clock, especially for our readers. QOpen 09:00 - 24:00. PJBSW

615/+359 (0) 878 555 614, stesim@mail.bg. With a view to Sunny Beach on the Northwest pier of the Old town this place is a combination of good views and inepensive food. Bulgarian cuisine and pizza and seating of wooden tables and benches outside and socialist type, but comfortable and preserved seating inside. The inside is decorated with folklore motifs. There are 200 places and a party atmosphere

and you will not miss a game, as the flat TV screens are tuned to sports’ channels. QOpen 09:00 - 02:00. (7-22Lv). PJA6IBSW

Chevermeto B-3, South beach (Yuzhen plazh), tel. +359 (0) 886 191 919, fa +359 554 46 336, www. chevermeto-nessebar.com. This place is etremely popular among locals and tourists for its nice typical Bulgarian atmosphere, well-prepared food and folklore program. There is a big choice of huge salads, grilled pork and lamb dishes, a nice selection of rakia, Rhodopi dishes, meals roasted on fire and fish. During summer the restaurant offers a nice folklore program with orchestra performances and fire dancers. Be careful with all objects around you - there is a special price list for broken glasses (2Lv), mugs (5Lv), plates (5Lv), ash-trays (3Lv). QOpen 10:30 - 04:00. (20Lv). ENB

Icecream saloon Clio Archaeological museum, tel.

+359 (0) 878 908 355/+359 (0) 897 834 055. The ice cream saloon Clio is the ice cream paradise of Nessebar old town. Located in the Archaeological Museum, net to the entrance, it offers 40 different kinds of ice cream, 50 different kinds of melbas, ice cream cakes, ice cream spaghetti, ice cream cocktails and other ice cream drinks. The place is a nice cool escape from the melting sunrays during hot days. QOpen 9:0024:00. (4-10Lv). PAGBW

Kapitanska Sreshta (Captain’s Meeting) B-4, ul.

Mena 22, tel. +359 554 42 124, www.kapitanska-sreshta.sea-hotels-bg.com. The house of captain Pavel in which the restaurant resides was built in 1760 in the old Bulgarian style and is declared a National cultural monument under the protection of UNESCO. The open-air part of the restaurant is amongst authentic ruins and richly decorated arches. The restaurant is developed on several levels of terrace, halls and VIP. The place is designed in a unique style like a marine museum, as design elements are used boats, parts of boats anchors,

Boulevard cafe B-2, ul. Ivan Vazov 14, tel. +359 56 45 554. Here you can enjoy one of the best cups of coffee in Nessebar. The interior of this modern styled cafe provides an enjoyable atmosphere to sit and chat with a friend. Pancakes, sandwiches, pizzas, ice-creams and delicious cakes are on the menu. On the second floor some lovely pictures can bring the customers into the history of the world of coffee. QOpen 7:30 - 24:00. PNGB Captain Nemo B-5, ul. Kraybrezhna 18A, tel. +359 (0)

878 688 333. This open-air restaurant is located over the North cliffs of the old town of Nessebar overlooking the sea and Sunny Beach bay. It has a garden and terrace space. The uniqueness of this restaurant is in its kitchen. The owner is a fisherman and each fish served there comes fresh, straight from the morning or evening catch. The main cook is the owner’s wife and her skill is such that you will be sure to lick your fingers after you are done. Everything is prepared fresh on the spot, ecept for a few Bulgarian national specialties which are prepared in the morning, as they need quite some preparation. These include Wine Kebab, Chumlek, Kavurma and the best fish soup you’ve ever tasted. The restaurant has unusual working hours from 12:00-15:00 and from 18:0024:00. QOpen 12:00 - 24:00. (7-20Lv). JNGB

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Nessebar helms, fishing nets, life-belts, amphoras, pottery, dried fishes, motorbike and a car. One table is set with dummies arranged like 3 captains having dinner and drinks. The live music orchestra joins the captains’ table, from where they perform their tunes of Greek and popular Bulgarian music with partiality to Lily Ivanova’s songs. The outside seating, partially under a trellis vine is directly overlooking the Port (Morskata gara) of the old town of Nessebar. The tables and chairs are wooden and some are arranged amongst the ruins. The menu is abundantly rich and offers numerous sea delicacies (including some rare fishes) and Bulgarian national cuisine. This place is one of the old Nessebar symbols and is a must to visit. Q ENGB

Messambria Cocktail Bar B-4, net to the Post Office,

tel. +359 (0) 888 805 325, radev_71@mail.bg. Right on the central square in the old town of Nessebar, net to the Post Office, this cosy place is nicely arranged with white leather seating and round tables with yellow and red chairs. There are 3 adult swings with leather cushions which are quite inviting and lend a charm to the place. Should you feel that romantic, you can surprise your loved one with a nice song from the Karaoke. As well as the ecellent cocktails you can also snack here. There are pizzas, sandwiches, toasts and salads. They also have an entertainment hall with darts, table football and hockey and billiards. There are 50 places inside and 120 outside. Q A6W

Neptun ul. Neptun 1, tel. +359 (0) 896 704 405. This

is a fish restaurant located on the furthest outermost part of the peninsula of the old town of Nessebar. Seating is in an open-air garden setting with tables dressed in red and white tablecloths. It offers a good selection of fishes and fish delicacies. The cuisine is European fish cuisine, including some Bulgarian traditional dishes. QOpen 10:00 - 24:00. (10-20Lv). AGB

Plovdiv B-4, Pristanishte Yug, tel. +359 (0) 885 906

648. The restaurant is located just at the beginning of the Peninsula, right behind the South Port of the old town of Nessebar. Part of it is covered by a roof and the other part by umbrellas. It offers vegetarian specialties, pizza, spaghetti, fish and steaks (the restaurant has its steak house right net to it). They claim the food is prepared only from organic products. QOpen 10:00 - 24:00. (6-20Lv). NGB

Stankoff B-4, ul. Chimbuleva 8, tel. +359 554 44

495/+359 (0) 887 246 486, fa +359 554 44 496, stankoff@hotel.bg, www.hotelstankoff.com. This very chic restaurant is located in the old town of Nessebar with a view to the sea and Sunny beach bay. It is in the building of the Hotel-Restaurant Stankoff, built in 2002 in Old Bulgarian style. The inside seating for 35 represents red leather chairs and wooden dining tables. The interior is very classy and decorated in style. The restaurant offers a 30 seat terrace with chairs and tables of wrought iron. There is also an open-air garden with 55 seats. The cuisine is Mediterranean with vegetarian and fish delicacies. Try out the duck fillet with orange sauce or the Norwegian style trout. Q (7-20Lv). PAGB

Starata Kotva (The Old Anchor) B-4, South Peer, tel.

+359(0) 878 312 456. This is a huge open-air place right on the South Pier of the Old Town. It has 300 seats arranged with wooden tables and benches, along the pier and on a sea-floating platform. It is decorated with fish, nets and a big aquarium; there is a fireplace, live music and fish cuisine. They work till there are clients and if you are a group of 20, bring this issue of Burgas In Your Pocket with you and they will give you a

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Nessebar special 20% discount, especially for our readers. QOpen 09:00 - 24:00. (3-20Lv). J6UIEBS

Bars, Clubs & Discos Cocktail bar Classic B-2, ul. Hristo Kudev 5, tel. +359

554 46 111. A tiny charming place with yellow furniture, calm atmosphere and disco music. It’s a good place to start with your morning coffee particularly if you have an intention to visit The Old Town of Nessebar. QOpen 07:30 - 23:30. PJNBW

Marina Palace Day Bar B-2, ul. Ivan Vazov 7, tel.

+359 (0) 888 867 086. Feel the fresh caress of the sea breeze in Marina Palace Day Bar. Eotic cocktails, music for all tastes, unusual vision and pleasant mood. Karaoke night is organized here every Friday. QOpen 08:00 - 1:00. PTJA6ULGBW

Marina Palace Sky Bar B-2, ul. Ivan Vazov 7, tel.

+359 (0) 888 867 086. This charming place is located in Marina Palace Hotel. Here you can enjoy a breath taking view, perfect service, good drinks and pleasant music. Q PJALGW

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and English language titles, maps, guidebooks & souvenirs.

King Ivan Aleander. During the Ottoman rule the fortified walls lost their importance and gradually fell into ruin.

Vassmar shoe shop B-4, ul. Mesambria 8, tel. +359

Chimbulev’s house (Chimbulevata kashta) B-4,

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B-4, It was built in the second part of the 19th century. The wooden ceilings of the rooms on the second floor have rich geometric decoration.

(0) 898 936 251, fa +359 554 42 456. The shop is found in the centre of the old town of Nessebar. They offer male and female shoes and bags from leather and leatherette. QOpen 9:00 - 24:00. (35-100Lv.). PJA

The archaeological studies of the Nessebar peninsula performed during the last four decades reveal rich collections of significant cultural monuments. They illustrate the history of ancient Messambria and medieval Nessebar. A large part of them are at present ehibits in the museums in Nessebar. In 1983 the old town of Nessebar was registered in the world cultural heritage list of UNESCO and the certificate of the registration can be seen in the foyer of the Archaeological museum.

Apsis of the church St. Clement (Apsidata na tsarkva Sveti Kliment) B-4, The church of St. Clement is found on the central street of the old town of Nessebar, ul. Messambria. It is dated 17th century and is richly painted. The

Car rental Budget Car and Van Rental B-4, Euroins Building,

Messamvria Square, tel. +359 554 99 970 007, www. budget.bg. QOpen , Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 9:00 - 17:30. Closed Sat, Sun.

Health & lifestyle Health house (Zdravna kushta) B-2, ul. Ivan Vazov

11, tel. +359 554 43 155. Consultation, diagnosis, and treatment of different diseases in both adults and children. General practitioners and specialists in ophthalmology, dermatology, gynecology. There are also -ray, laboratory, 3 dental surgeries and physical therapy. QOpen 7:15 - 19:00. PJ

Dentists D-r Donchev ul. Struma 23, tel. +359 554 43 544. QOpen 09:00 - 12:30, 15:00-19:00, Sat, Sun 09:00 -

19:00.

D-r Gonsalvesh ul. Ivan Vazov, tel. +359 554 43 605.

Real Estate Geomir Real Estate B-4, ploshtad Messembria, old town Nessebar, tel. +359 554 42 522/+359 888 445 710.

Georgi Kostov Ltd. A-1, ul. Khan Asparuh 5, tel. +359

554 43 084/+359 887 244 336, kostovestate@mail. bg, kostovestate@yahoo.com.

Kantora Petrov B-1, ul. Edelvays 8, tel. +359 554 42 615, kantora_petrov@abv.bg, www.kantora-petrov-bg.com.

Shopping Bookstore B-1, ul. Otets Paisiy. Browser-friendl y bookstore on one floor with a good selection of Bulgarian

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central apse and the table in the altar are well preserved.

[9]Early Byzantine thermal springs (Vizantiyski termi) B-4, Situated in the lowest part of the western coast of the peninsula, the thermal spring baths were built in the 5th-6th centuries. The entrance, central hall and pools are preserved. They were supplied by underground sewer; the walls are covered by marble slabs. Four massive columns supported a cruciform dome above the central hall. In 681 the Emperor Constantine IV took treatment here. In 812 Khan Krum destroyed the baths as such and used their floor for growing crops, but still large parts of them remain.

[1]Fortress walls (Krepostni steni) B-4, The entrance of the old town Nessebar and the South harbour. The fortress walls - Hellenistic from 6th-3rd centuries BC and Byzantine walls and towers from 5th-6th century were discovered after some ecavations in the past decades. They were built during the Hellenistic colonization in the 6th century BC from big stone blocks, with polished front side and placed in line without any solder. The inner part of the wall was filled with broken stones and soil. In some places the walls are overlapped by the later ones from the Byzantine times. Later, during the 5th century, a new fortified wall was built in opus micstrum - alternation of stones and bricks. The gate of the fortress has two square towers and above them a row of panoramic brick arches. At the end of the 9th century the wall was put down by Khan Krum, but was later reconstructed by

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A typical model of Nessebar’s revival period architecture. The façade is indented and the second floor is jetted and paneled with planks.

Ivan Markov’s house (Kashtata na Ivan Markov)

[2]The Archaeological Museum (Arheologicheski muzey) B-4, ul. Mesambria 2, tel. +359 554 46 019/+359 554 46 012, clio_nes@abv.bg, www.ancientnessebar.com. The Archaeological museum is found right at the entry to the old town of Nessebar. The museum ehibition area includes a foyer and four halls. The first hall is called “Messambria and the Thracians” and ehibits remains from that epoch. There are ehibits of big stone anchors from 12th-9th centuries BC, proving the rich marine life in Messambria during that time. There are gray-black ceramic pots with embossed ornaments from 9th-6th centuries BC, inscription decree from 3th century BC, silver treasure of coins and much more.The second hall is called “The Pontea Polis Messambria” and there are lots of decree inscriptions, unique memorial plaques from marble, sculptures, bronze pots, clay statuettes, statues, golden jewelry, coins from gold and silver, amphora, seals lamps and much more. The third hall is called “Messambria in the boundaries of Rome, Byzantium and Bulgaria” presenting ehibits of ceramic pottery, tombstones, statues, marble bases, columns, pedestals, capitols, altar separators, bricks sealed with the name of emperors Constantine and Justinian and other. The fourth hall is called “Icons” and presents a collection of icons and iconostasis from the 18th-19th centuries.Ecavations keep going on, even during the time we visited the museum, and new treasures and new discoveries are found daily. These are immediately eposed after restoration. QOpen 09:00 19:00, Sat, Sun 9:30 - 18:30. Addmission: 4Lv, discounts for children, pupils and students 2 Lv, groups (21) 3Lv and for children, pupil and student groups (21) 1.50Lv Combined tickets: 1. Archaeological museum and St. Stefan: 7Lv, children 3Lv 2. Archaelogical museum, St. Stefan and St. Spas: 9Lv, children 4Lv Guided tours in Russian or German languages: 1. Lecture - 20 Lv; groups (21) 1Lv/person 2. Viewing tour - 20Lv; groups (21) 1Lv/person (if you present a ticket from any of the museum sites) 3. Lecture and viewing tour - 30Lv; groups (21) 1.50Lv (if you present a ticket from any of the museum sites) 4. Viewing tour 1 hour - 50Lv; groups (21) 2.5 Lv.

[11]The Basilica St. Sofia (Bazilika Sveta Sofia)

B-4, The church St. Sofia known also as the Old Metropolitan (Starata Metropolia) is situated in the old center of the town. It is a three-nave basilica with a semicircular apse, a three-part narthe and an atrium built in 5th-6th centuries. Its central nave is separated from the two aisles with orthogonal stone columns and brick arches, above which is the second arcade. There are three arch windows over the apse, which can be seen today. Inside the church is plastered with frescoes. The church was an important part of the Nessebar bishop’s residence.

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Nessebar [14]The Basilica Virgin Eleusa (Bazilika Bogoroditsa Eleusa) B-4, The basilica Virgin Eleusa (ten-

derness) was built in the North side of the peninsula, dated to the 5th-6th centuries. It is a three-nave church with three more apses and a narthe. The two aisles have two smaller apses pointing respectively to the North and to the South. It was found in 1920 when ecavations started in this part of the old town of Nessebar.

The house of Captain Pavel (Kashtata na kapitan Pavel) B-4, The house of captain Pavel was built in 1760 and is richly decorated. It has an arched entry gate. More you can read in our restaurant section on p..... in Captian’s Meeting.

The house of Moskoyani (Kashtata na Moskoyani)

B-4, Built in 1840 Moskoyani’s house is remarkable. The living floor is spread out over the cellar. It has a rectangular dinning room with carved ceiling and four other rooms. During the winter the rooms used to be warmed with fireplaces. Nowadays Moskoyani house shelters the Nessebar Ethnographical museum. Here you can see different Bulgarian costumes and jewelry that people from this region used to wear. Unfortunately this summer the museum will be closed.

The house of Zhelyo Bogdanov (Kashtata na

Zhelyo Bogdanov) B-4, It was built in the second part of the 19th century and faces the sea. Most of the architectural elements of the building are in baroque style. The consoles, gracefully made in S-form are thick and the balconies are curved. The curved ceiling in the dining room is a joy to the eye.

The church Archangels Michael and Gavril (Tsar-

kva Arhangel Mihail i Gavrail) B-4, This is a single nave cruciform building, dated 13th-14th centuries. Its Easter side has three small tripartite apses. The façade is arched and the cornice line is dominated by the dome construction. Niches, wall-piers and longitudinal walls reach complete harmony of functionality and decorations. [5]The church Christ Pantokrator (Tsarkva Hristos Pantokrator) B-4, This church Christ Pantokrator (the

powerful) is dated to 13th-14th centuries. It has an equisite construction and picturesque decoration of the façade. The church is rectangular and has two entrances. The east side has small richly profiled apses. There are highly walled arches and three rows of decorative saucers with flowers. Above the apses there are brick friezes of swastikas - the solar cult symbol. The richly decorated drum of the dome has eight windows. The narthe is small and under the floor there is a medieval tomb. Traces of the original murals are found on the inner walls.

[12] The church St. Demetrius (Tsarkva Sveti Dimitar) B-4 [4]The church St. Johan Aliturgetos (Tsarkva

Sveti Yoan Aliturgetos) B-4, Built in the 14th century the white limestone church St. Johan Aliturgetos (undedicated) is a symbol of the medieval Bulgaria period. The church survived a big earthquake in 1913. The eastern apses are polyhedral. There are four pairs of columns supporting the dome. The decoration, the arches, the niche consoles, ceramic and stone decorations are genius masterpieces. All the ornaments in the drums are unique. The ornamentation along the consoles is of various sculptures of animals and birds in heraldic position, acanthus and palmettos. Only a small number of the frescoes are preserved.

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[6]The church St. John the Baptist (Tsarkva Sveti Ivan Krastitel) B-4, It was built in the 9th century

from stone and mortar. It is in the style of the early Christian basilicas and a transition to the medieval cruciform churches. The church has a cylindrical drum, above the central part and ends with a hemispherical dome. To the East there are three semicircular apses, but no narthe. It has high arches and represents the architectural prototype of the Nessebar churches from the following period.

[10]The church St. Paraskeva, (Tsarkva Sveta Paraskeva) B-4, The church was built in the 13th-14th

centuries with a single nave and narthe. A pentagonal apse is jutting out to the East. It is built from hewn stone and bricks. The façades and arches are richly ornamented. The cruciform roof of the church is with two slopes as a result of a later reconstruction. The central part holds a drum with dome. Over the narthe there used to be a bell-tower with stairway leading to it.

[7]The church St. Spas (Tsarkva Sveti Spas) B-4,

Built in 17th century the small single nave and single apse building has a commemorative inscription which informs the church has been built and mural painted during the time of the Bishop Kiprian (1609). The walls of the church are covered by frescoes. On the inside are painted figures of saints and scenes from the Gospel. In the church is found the tombstone of a Byzantine princess Mataisa Kantakuzina, buried in St. Sofia church in 1441 and later moved by the Nessebar Bishop. QOpen 09:30 - 16:00, Sat, Sun 09:00 - 14:00. Addmission: 3Lv, Children, pupils and students: 1.50Lv, discounts for groups (21): 2.50Lv.

[3]The church St. Stefan (Tsarkva Sveti Stefan)

B-4, It was built at the end of 11th century and twice reconstructed in the 16th and 18th centuries when the narthe was added. St. Stefan is also called The New Metropolitan (Novata Metropolia) and is a significant medieval architectural monument. It is built from stone and bricks and has threenave basilica. The nave is separated by marble columns and rectangular pillars. The roof is built in slopes. The church holds 700 sq. m. of 258 murals and more than 1000 figures. The compositions are from the life of the Virgin Mary, the last judgment day, the apostles, St. John the Baptist and Jesus Christ. The styles of the murals show three different artists’ styles. The wooden iconostas, dated VI c., is decorated in oriental style known as the tulip. QOpen 09:00 - 19:00, Sat, Sun 9:30 - 18:30. Addmission: 5Lv, Children, pupils and students: 2Lv discounts for groups (21): 4Lv.

[13]The church St. Theodore (Tsarkva Sveti Todor) B-4, This is a single nave church built in the 13th

century and enlarged in the late Middle Ages. The earlier walls were made of rows of white limestone blocks, bricks and stones. The façade is diversified with decorative arches and ornamented with staggered patterns.

The Lambrinov’s house (Lambrinovata kashta)

B-4, It was built in the middle of the 19th century near the coast. Its corner position allowed the building of the jetties and consoles made in woodcarvings.

[15]The Windmills (Melnitsite)B-4

Sunny Beach is the all inclusive paradise. Just 35 km from Burgas this beach spread resort has more than 100 hotels and 150 restaurants, bars, discos, cafes and casinos. This is a preferred destination for young families, couples and out-on-the-hunt singles. The beach is fine golden sand, 30-60 m wide and was awarded the Blue Flag International prize for proven ecological advantages. There are numerous attractions on the beach like wind-surfing, water skiing, motor-launch cruises, Para-sailing, hang-gliding, yachting, slides, carting, Rolba water slide, inflatable trampoline, children pools, 24-hour kindergartens. There are also the Golden Orpheus International Festival of Bulgarian Pop Songs, folk and symphony concerts, ehibitions, Miss Sunny Beach contest, etc. If you are looking for socializing with numerous people from all over the world and a nonstop party mood this is the place to go. Those looking for a quiet escape and peaceful moonlit nights are advised to skip this destination.

this twelve-storey hotel is one of the oldest in Sunny Beach. Coming from the socialist era it is now renovated. The lobby is designed with leather and wooden seating and has Wi-fi (no internet in the rooms). There is a restaurant for 80 inside and 50 outside, a poolside bar, a fitness, a sauna, a beauty salon and a shop. There is a kid’s area with a pool. The rooms are with double and twin beds, nightstands with radio, comfortable fauteuils, bureau, cable TV, telephone and balconies with plastic tables and chairs. All rooms are with either north or south view to the sea, tiles on the floor and douche in the bathrooms. There are 3 elevators, a conference room for 150 and free chaise longue with umbrella at the poolside. For additional 7 EUR they will include dinner to your stay. Dogs are allowed as long as their documents are in order and against additional payment. The price of breakfast is quite affordable. And for an additional bed you get 30% discount for adults and 50% for kids. Q156 rooms (13 singles €11 - 26, 143 doubles €15 - 37). PTJH6UFGBKDCSW hhh

Hotels

Iberostar Sunny Beach Resort Hotel D-2, Sunny

Atol D-1, Sunny Beach Centre, hotel Kuban, tel. +359 554 25 750/+359 (0) 887 695 392, fa +359 554 25 713, h_zora@mail.bg, atol-hotel.restaurant.bg. The hotel is located in the centre of Sunny Beach, 150 m from the beach. This three storey building is surrounded by streets on all sides and is very close to the central market. So, if you dream of a quiet and calm stay you should probably stay elsewhere. It’s designed practically to offer decent rooms and apartments furnished in dark red and white. The rooms have a mini bar, TV and telephone. The bathrooms are with shower cabins. Most of the rooms have balconies which are ideal if you enjoy listening to groups of toursits mumbling whilst wandering aimlessly. The hotel also provides and echange office, souvenir stall, safe and an 80-seat restaurant. Q31 rooms (28 doubles €24 - 48, 3 apartments €41 - 82). PJARENBKW hhh Dune C-2, Sunny Beach, tel. +359 554 23 061/+359

554 23 062, fa +359 554 23 062, hoteldune@hoteldune.com, www.hoteldune.com. This is a boutique hotel and a wonderful place to rela. It’s located to the north of the central beach right on the sea coast. This pink three storey pile is designed and furnished in Japanese modernism style in black, white, yellow and red. Obviously luury is what you’re going to get there - spacious rooms, as the luurious are even larger, all with balconies, equipped with double bed, telephone, air-conditioning, mini bar and cable internet. The bathrooms are spacious and have a bath tub and some also bidet. The hotel etras include a private beach, jacuzzi on the roof, a 70 person restaurant with a 40 person terrace, a lobby bar, a sky bar, an outdoor swimming pool and an internet hall. Q70 rooms (6 singles €65 - 147, 50 doubles €77 - 202, 3 apartments €108 - 252, 7 Studio Standard €90 - 216, 4 Studio Japaneese €108 - 252). PTAR� ULGBKCW hhhh

Europa E-2, between hotel Nessebar Beach and Pomo-

rie, tel. +359 554 22 729/+359 554 22 630, fa +359 554 22 752, hotel.europa@abv.bg, www.hoteleuropa. bg. Found right on the beach and with Olympic size pool,

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Beach Center, tel. +359 554 90 00 50/+359 554 90 01 00, fa +359 554 90 00 00, hotel@ibssunnybeachresort. com, www.iberostar.com. About 100m from the beach, this modern two building hotel comple with a tunnel walkway linking the buildings, holds two outdoor identical swimming pools, as well as an indoor pool and fitness center, wellness area, sauna, solarium, massage, four children’s pools, children’s club (4-12), kids disco in the evening, snack bar and entertainment stage. Sun loungers and parasols are free of charge and a deposit is left for the towels. The hotel contains a currency echange desk, non-smoker restaurant with show-cooking or half board buffets, pastry salon Wiener Café, hairdresser, conference room and internet. The rooms are in beige, light rose with a light blue carpet. They have balconies, and bath or showers; some are with sea view, safe for hire, satellite TV, telephone, mini bar, hairdryer. There are double rooms, standard and family suits for four. Q636 rooms (520 doubles €52 - 91, 64 suites €86 - 147, 34 Family rooms €104 - 177). PTJHAUFLGBKDCW hhhh

LTI- Neptun Beach Hotel D-2, the beach, close to Kuban, tel. +359 554 26 605, fa +359 554 22 011, ltineptun@yahoo.com, www.neptunbeach.com. Newly built hotel right on the beach in the heart of Sunny Beach, close to hotel Kuban. The rooms are spacious with twin or double beds, night stands, bureau, and fauteuil with a table, Sat TV, telephone, mini bar, terrace with plastic seating. Some of the rooms are with huge terraces with chaise lounges. They have main restaurant, garden restaurant with live music and thematic evenings, karaoke bar, pool bar, lobby bar, outdoor swimming pool with jacuzzi and children’s pool, chaise lounges and parasols, indoor swimming pool, kid’s club, doctor’s cabinet, fitness, sauna, steam bath, massage, beauty salon, internet and game club, games hall with billiard, arcade games, flipper and table tennis, shop, newspaper kiosk, laundry service, baby cot, change, safe boes and two elevators. Q277 rooms (singles €20 - 50, 218 doubles €36 - 92, 4 Apartment 4 beds: €87 - 194, 13 Apartment 3 beds: €77 - 153, 42 Studio: €59 - 143). PTJAUFLEGBKDC hhhh Maria Revas Residence H-2, Main Street, South Part, tel. +359 554 25 525/+359 (0) 886 696 310, fa +359 554 25 528, maria_revas@abv.bg, maria-revas.com. The hotel is situated to the southwest of the resort, about 150 m from the beach. The hotel has good transport links and is located on the international motorway Burgas-NessebarVarna, 20 min from Burgas International Airport. Maria Revas Residence is a boutique hotel with good interior design and comfortable furniture. Each room has a TV, a

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SUNNY BEACH direct telephone line, a mini bar and an Internet connection. The apartments and the studios are equipped with modern kitchenette corner in the living room. The rooms are decorated in red, and beige or light pink and beige colours. The Residence has a lift, fitness centre, sauna and massage and a small swimming pool for children and adults. The hotel also has a 50 seat restaurant and a 20 person VIP hall. It also holds a 50 -65 person conference hall. If you intend to use the free parking be sure to make a reservation in advance. Q27 rooms (4 doubles €40 - 80, 13 apartments €60 - 120, 5 Studio €50 - 100, 1 Apartment VIP €100 - 200, 4 Apartment L €80 - 150). PHAFLGBKDCW hhhh

Meridian F-2, Sunny Beach, tel. +359 554 22 710, fa +359 554 22 807, info@meridian-tours.com, www. meridian-tours.com. This eleven-storey modern hotel is situated in the central part of the resort, just 250 meters from the golden sand beach. The view of the sea is only from the top floors, but the panoramic a-la-carte restaurant, with semi-circular structure, offers a view on every side or you can just ride the see-through elevator up and down and spy on the action going on in the interior. The hotel has also three apartments holding a two seat jacuzzi in a space with about 130 degree view you will definitely enjoy. The rooms are spacious, comfortable and furnished in orange, brown and white colours, min ibar and cable TV. The bathrooms offer shower cabin and no bathtubs. There is a big outdoor swimming pool with children’s section and a poolside bar. The hotel offers a SPA centre, Irish pub, pizza restaurant, billiards, hairdresser, shops, photo-shop, medical consulting service, computer games for children, echange desk and 4 elevators. There is no internet in the rooms, but for an etra charge you can use

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Nobel H-3, net to hotel Kotva, tel. +359 554 25 335,

fa +359 554 25 336, hotel_nobel@abv.bg, www.nobel. directlinkbg.com. A newly built hotel, right on the beach, in the South part of Sunny beach. The rooms are elegant, with satellite TV, mini bar, telephone and bathroom with bathtub. The hotel has a lobby bar, an outdoor and indoor swimming pools with a kid’s section, a pool bar, table tennis and billiard, an echange desk, a safe, a supermarket, a hairdresser’s salon, a medical centre, a conference hall, a fitness, a sauna, a steam bath and a solarium. There is a main restaurant and a smaller one offering Serbian cuisine. Both have sea-view terraces. All-year-round. Also suitable for congresses and seminars. Q160 rooms (singles €33 - 60, 119 doubles €39 - 72, 1 suite €95 - 136, 20 apartments €71 - 110, 20 Studio: €55 - 93). PHAUIFLEBKDCSW hhhh

Planeta E-2, central part of Sunny Beach near Hri-

zantema Hotel, tel. +359 554 28 200, fa +359 554 28 201, hotelplaneta@mail.bg, www.hotelplaneta.com. The five star Planeta hotel with a lobby of gold, marble and crystal chandeliers definitely offers high class comfort and style, screaming luury from every corner. It is situated in the busy centre of Sunny Beach on the second line just 70 meters from the beach. The rooms are decorated in tender pink and white colours which combine cosiness and comfort. Each room has a mini-bar, safe, satellite TV, telephone and air conditioner. The hotel houses a SPA and fitness centre with

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sauna, jacuzzi, Roman bath and various massage and other relaation procedures. The outdoor swimming pool has a 100 seat snack bar and children’s area. There’s a fish restaurant, the main 850 seat restaurant, a panorama Sky Bar with sea view and a night club. You won’t get bored as the hotel also offers daytime and evening entertainment activities like bingo, billiards, table tennis, water-polo, theatre and photo competitions, dancing and daytime nursery with games along the pool or inside the hall.The hotel also has three conference halls with the biggest being 350 seats. This is definitely the choice for a luurious stay. Q538 rooms (374 doubles €43 - 109, Junior apartments: €57 - 130, Family apartments: €80 - 185). PTJHAUFLGBKDCW hhhhh

Slavyanski Sunny Beach, tel. +359 554 26 937/+359

554 22 468, contact@hotelslavyanski.com, www. hotelslavyanski.com. Hotel Slayanski is one of the big old concrete piles built to welcome crowds of tourists. It’s located in the most northern part of the resort comple and it’s just 50 m from the sea coast. The hotel offers 255 double and single rooms and apartments - all plainly furnished but spotlessly clean. There’s a new section intended for VIP guests. The rooms include TV, telephone and fridge and there’s an outdoor swimming pool with a bar, a restaurant and a lobby bar at the hotel. Right net to Slavyanski is the bus stop for the town of Nessebar and opposite the hotels’ entrance is one of the stops of the train that goes to the south part of the resort. Q268 rooms (singles €18 - 40, 255 doubles €25 - 65, 13 apartments €43 - 98). PTJHARULGBKCW hhh

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Restaurants & Cafes Bistro Brothers D-2, net to hotel Alba, tel. +359 (0)

888 928 547/+359 (0) 887 524 111, jelev78@yahoo. com. Net to hotel Alba and Kuban, in the busy centre of Sunny Beach, under a huge tentage, this outdoor restaurant composes of 220 places arranged with blue chairs, colourful tables and green carpet. The cuisine is Bulgarian and traditional English. The music is oldies, evergreens, Italian and pop. They work as long as there are clients. Q T6BS

Bistro Djanny D-1, bazar Palma, near Kuban Hotel, tel. +359 (0) 896 888 577/+359 (0) 897 884 530, fa +359 554 2 30 20, rest.djanny@gmail.com, www.djanny.com. A pleasant crowded place with a good location, near Kuban Hotel. Food options range from soups and big salads to fish dishes and oriental cuisine. Bright and clean atmosphere and refreshingly friendly service.QOpen 00:00 - 24:00. (4-30Lv). P6GBSW Chanovete Sunny Beach, opposite Hotel Globus, tel.

+359 554 88 51 69 15/+359 554 78 65 46 78. The large Bulgarian traditional style ‘mehana’ (tavern) offers cheverme, local dishes and plenty of spirit (in more ways than one). An evening at this eloquently named place (Chanove means flocks and herds’ bells) will familiarise you with the Bulgarian way of spending your evening - chatting over a fresh salad, grilled pork, chicken or seafood and the constantly refilling your rakia glass. Bulgarian folk music makes the authentic eperience complete. QOpen 10:00 - 24:00. (10-30Lv.). PENGBK

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SUNNY BEACH Staropramen Sunny Beach, at Hotel Juli, net to Disco

Club Iceberg, tel. +359 897 921 246. This bistro offers nice shady tables to escape from the burning sun. A pint of cool beer of the same name or any of the Czech dishes served will bring you back to reality with another sunny smile. QOpen 09:00 - 24:00. (10-20Lv.). JALEBKW

The House E-2, between Lotos and Lazur, tel. +359 887 673 434. This place offers a miture of Chinese cuisine with international, pizza and barbecue. On the side of the restaurant they offer fast food and kebabs. It is arranged with wooden tables and seating, heavy stone floor to keep you cool, outside places and an open-air floor at the top. There are 200 places. They have a kid’s menu with a toy and family menu. They claim to have the best karaoke with 70 000 songs, work non-stop and if you bring this issue of Burgas In Your Pocket you will get free drink with your dinner. QOpen 00:00 - 24:00. (10-26Lv). T6NBSW Wild West BBQ & Bar “Chilli Peppers” Sunny Beach,

at the sea promenade, net to Hotel Alba, tel. +359 897 986 299/+359 885 006 426, sunnybeach-nightlife.net. On your way to the beach in the morning (or the afternoon) you can’t miss the Chilli Peppers. The restaurant offers breakfast and dinner from the American, English and Bulgarian cuisines. QOpen 08:00 - 24:00. (5-15Lv.). PT6EGBKSW Bars, Clubs & Discos

Amigo 1 and Koyote Ugly G-2, Sunny Beach, opposite

Hotel Belleview, opposite hotel Glarus, tel. +359 (0) 895 606 320, amigo_bar@abv.bg. Amigo 1, 2 and 3 are beach bars and discos where most of Sunny Beach’s nightlife takes place. An old style pink Cadillac and a Marilyn Monroe statue welcome you to the interior of the bar. However the music is levels up - modern hits, house and dance, soul and R’n’B, 80’s, 90’s music as well as retro and oldies … and the parties go till dawn. QOpen 08:00 - 04:00. PTRULNBW

Amigo 2 D-2, Sunny Beach, opposite hotel Globus,

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Mix Club Habibi D-2, Royal Beach Barcelo Mall

Summer time Dance Eplosion Solar 09 The row of parties will start on 25th of July with main guest Pete Tong on Cacao Beach. The Bulgarian DJs Juan Alvarez and Liubo Ursini will heat up the fans.

(50 m from Kuban), tel. +359 (0) 888 140 133, alebesedin@abv.bg. The only gay club in the Burgas region. Modern hits, house, dance, R&B, 80’s and 90’s. Happy hour between 18:00-19:00QOpen 15:00 - 04:00. PLB

floors and young ladies, dressed to impress, swaying their hips to the beat of chalga hits. A real ‘chalga’ eperience. Q Open 23:00 - 07:00. Entrance fee (3Lv.). PGB

Car rental Her t z Iberostar Sunny Beach Hotel, tel.

+359 (0) 899 855 036, sunnyb each@her t z.bg, w w w.her t z.bg. Q Open 09:00 - 17:00. A

Casinos Casino Hrisantema E-2, , tel. +359 554 24 190/+359

(0) 885 229 290, fa +359 554 24 185, casino_hrisantema@abv.bg, www.casino-hrisantema.com. slot machines, roulette, Black Jack, Casino hold’em, Teas hold’em and Carribean Stud pocker, tournaments, Variette program, live music. Drinks are inclusive for players. QOpen 00:00 24:00. POJA

Casino Kuban E-2, hotel Kuban, tel. +359 554 22

031/+359 (0) 878 603 519, fa +359 554 22 032, casino_kuban@abv.bg, www.casino-kuban.com. slot machines, roulette, Black Jack, Casino hold’em, Teas hold’em and Carribean Stud pocker, tournaments, Variette program, live music. Drinks are inclusive for players. QOpen 00:00 24:00. POJA

tel. +359 (0) 886 888 454/+359 (0) 895 606 320, amigo_bar@abv.bg. Amigo 2 is a beach bar where an old style pink Cadillac and a dull Marilyn Monroe statue welcome you to try over 200 cocktails, 5 litre cocktails and good bartender show. The music - modern hits, house and dance, soul and R’n’B, 80’s, 90’s music as well as retro and oldies … and the parties go till dawn. QOpen 10:00 - 05:00. PTJRULNGBW

Casino Variete E-2, opposite hotel Planeta and net to Coliseum, tel. +359 (0) 878 60 32 99, casino_variete@ abv.bg, www.casino-variete.com. slot machines, roulette, Black Jack, Casino hold’em, Teas hold’em and Carribean Stud pocker, tournaments, Variette program, live music. Drinks are inclusive for players. QOpen 00:00 - 24:00. POJA

Cacao Beach Club Sunny Beach, the South beach,

Balli Supermarket Opposite to Gramada Hotel and Diamond Hotel, bansko-superballi.com. A non-stop super market close to the centre of Sunny Beach. Parking is not available. Besides the foodstuffs, cosmetics and newspapers all kinds of beverages are offered there - it is a supermarket after all. Taking this eciting establishment to the net level is the “hot spot” where fried chicken, steaks and grilled meat are available. Prices are normal. Pets are forbidden. QOpen Non - stop. PAGB

tel. +359 (0) 897 950 086, support@cacaobeach.cc, www.cacaobeach.cc. Cacao club is the kind of place that people travel 500 km just for one night of partying. Over the past five years this club has turned into one of the main sea coast stages for guest DJs and Ibiza style parties. Its white linen furniture, shadow tents, plain square shapes and dark brown colonnades and flooring help create its style. Beautiful women, DJ sets, plenty of alcohol and dancing space is what will keep you there for the morning bathe. Check the website for upcoming events with the resident DJ Gagalove and friends. Finally there‘s a new road to the place, with street lights, pavements and even a bike alley so whether you travel on wheels, high heels or hands and knees you’ll find your way in and out. There might be an entrance fee. QOpen 00:00 24:00. 6EGBW

Dance Club Mania Sunny Beach Centre, tel. +359 (0) 889 038 292/+359 (0) 888 616 209, dtuhchiev@ danceclubmania.com, www.danceclubmania.com. 100% chalga (Bulgarian pop-folk) venue in the heart of Sunny Beach. It’s classic - red and yellow lights, dance Burgas In Your Pocket

02.08 DJ Tiesto, Cacao Beach, Sunny Beach The most famous trance DJ will eplode the whole of Sunny Beach and even Nessebar with his magic music. DJ Tiesto succeeded in changing the notion of the house and Trans music. He is the only DJ in the world, chosen 3 times for “The Best DJ on Earth” by the prestigious “DJ Magazine”. He is also the first DJ to play live on a ceremony for opening of the Olympic Games (Athens 2004) and was nominated for a Grammy award for his album “Elements of Life” in 2008.

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25.07 Pete Tong, Cacao Beach, Sunny Beach His incredible feel for hit sound made him the favourite of thousands of fans around all continents. His shows on “BBC Radio 1” - “Essential Mi” and “Essential Selection”, became legendary because of the production of his own label - “FFRR Records”. His famous sets on international festivals and the blowing parties in club Pacha in Ibisa, where he lived for years, will always be remembered. 31.07 Robbie Rivera, Bedroom, Sunny Beach Robbie will flood club Bedroom with his electro house sounds. He remied some of the hits of the world famous ar tists as Faithless, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Ricky Martin, Santana, Pink and others. The pick of his career is the label Juicy Music known by the productions of high quality house, progressive and electronic music. His parties Juicy Miami and Juicy Ibiza are a real magnet to the fans of electronic music. Net to being a DJ and producer Robbie made also 3 radio shows.

Eurooptic C-2, Royal Beach Mall, tel. +359 554 23 604,

Eurooptic6@mbo.contact.bg, www.eurooptik.com. Shop also in Iceberg Shopping Centre tel. 0554/23 082. QOpen 10:00 - 22:00. A

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08.08 Victor Calderone, Cacao Beach, Sunny beach The New York house legend Victor Calderone will be a guest on the festival for a second time. As a producer and DJ he differentiates from his colleagues with his constant strive to go beyond the boundaries of the genre. He became a star after his hits “Give It Up”, “Beat Me Harder” and “Resonate”. He will enchant you with his sey style, inspired performance and sets which combine the old and the new in tribal and minimal techno beats.

15.08 DJ Mark Knight and DJ Martijn Ten Velden, Cacao Beach, Sunny Beach On the 15th of August will be the closing party of Summertime Dance Eplosion Solar ’09 and the night is reserved for 2 stars – DJ Mark Knight and DJ Martijn Ten Velden. They are unique as a team and repeatedly have brought the Bulgarian public to ecstasy. The last time they have been in Bulgaria was on New Year’s Eve in the Yalta Club. They arrive here as the representatives of the leading world label for electronic music Toolroom Records, established in 2004 from Mark Knight. In 2008 the eplosive carrier of Mark gets him to the 42nd place in the Top 100 of DJ Mag. Their energizing performance is a guarantee to get the party spirits going and to be remembered till net summer.

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Index Street Inde Baba Ganka D3 Burgaska Komuna D2 Pravda E2 Sv. Sv. Kiril I Metodiy D3 Svoboda D3 Trapezitsa B1 Troykata C2, D2 Tsaritsa Yoanna E3 Aleko Bogoridi D3, D4 Demokratsia A2, B2, B3, C3, C4, D4 Ivan Vazov E1, E2, E3 Maria Luiza D1, E1 San Stefano B2, B3, C1, C2 Stefan Stambolov A1, A2, B2, C2, C3, D3 Struga A1, B1 Todor Aleksandrov B1, C1 6-Ti Septemvri E3, E4 Aboba B3, C3, C4 Adam Mitskevich C3, C4 Agop Melkonyan D4 Aleko Konstantinov D3 Aleksandar Stamboliyski D1, D2 Aleksandar Veliki D1, D2 Aleksandrovska C2, D2, D3, E3 Antim I D3, E3 Anushka Dragieva C2 Apostol Karamitev D2

Batak A2, A3, B3 Bitolya B1, B2 Bolyarska C3 Bulair D4, E3, E4 D-R Nider D3, D4, E3 Debelt C1, D1, E1 Dimitar Brakalov D2 Dimitar Dimov A2, A3, A4, B4, C4 Drama C1, C2 Drin B1, B2 Dunav B2 Ekzarh Yosif D3, D4 Elin Pelin E1, E2 Emile De Laveleye D3, E3 Ferdinandova D2, D3, E1, E2 Filip Kutev E3, E4 Gen. Gurko C2, C3, D2 Gen. Skobelev D3 Geo Milev E3 Georgi Baev B3, C3 Georgi Kirkov D3 Georgi Kondolov E3 Georgi S. Rakovski D1, D2 Georgi ShagunoV E3, E4 Gladstone B1, C1, D1, D2, E2 Graf Ignatiev E3 Hadzhi Dimitar C3 Han Asparuh C3, D2, D3 Han Krum E2, E3 Hristo Botev C2, D2 Hristo Fotev C1, C2

Inde Adonis 18 Alibi Club 22 Ambrozia 46 Amigo 1 54 Amigo 2 and 3 54 Amstel 18 Arsena 44 Bacardi 22 Beach Club Barcode 23 Bistro Djanny 54 BMS - Bulgarian Kitchen 20 Bohem retro club 22 Boulevard cafe 46 Broadway 22 Bulair 16 Byala Roza 17 Cacao Beach Club 54 Captain Nemo 46 Casino Eldorado 22 Casino Etoal 22 Casino Magic Coin 22 Casino Vega 22 Cazzanova 39 Chadara 19 Chanovete 54 Chevermeto 47 Cocktail bar Classic 48 Cocktails & Dreams 22 Dance Club Cult 39 Delight 19 Drama 17 Edelweiss 37 Emona 37, 46 Energy House Club 39 Erotic bar Place Pigalle 54 Face 21 Felice 54 Foket bar 21

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Ilarion Makariopolski E3 Iskar B2, C2 Ivan Bogorov B3, B4, C3 Ivan Rilski B2, B3 Ivaylo C1, D1, D2, E2 Kalofer A2, B3 Kamchia B2 Karlovo A2, B2, B3 Kavala B1, C1 Knyaz Aleksandar Batenberg D4, E3, E4 Knyaz Boris I D1, D2 Konstantin Fotinov D3, E3 Konstantin Velichkov B3, C2, C3 Kont Androvanti D3, E2, E3 Koprivshtitsa A3, B2, B3 Krali Marko E4 Lermontov D3, E3 Lyuben Karavelov C1, C2, D1 Makedonia C1, C2 Mara Gidik D2 Maritsa B1, B2 Mesta B1, B2, B3, B4 Mihail Gerdzhikov C3, C4 Milin Kamak E2, E3 Mitropolit Simeon D3 Momina Salza E3 Morska D3, D4, E4 Nevrokop D4 Oborishte C2, C3, D3, D4 Odrin B1, B2, C2

Gerdjika 44 Golden Fork 19 Grolsch 23 Guest House Fotinov 17 Guest House National 17 Habibi 54 Happy Bar & Grill 19 Hawaii Sunrise 22 Hotel Aqua 16 Hotel Atol 51 Hotel Baikal 51 Hotel Bulgaria 16 Hotel Burgas 16 Hotel Cedar (Kedara) 17 Hotel Chiplakoff 16 Hotel Chuchulev 37 Hotel Coral 37 Hotel Diamanti 37 Hotel Dune 51 Hotel Fors 17 Hotel Green Hills 37 Hotel house Hetodon 37 Hotel Lazuren Bryag 17 Hotel Lola 37 Hotel Maria Revas Residence 51 Hotel Meridian 51 Hotel Mirana 17 Hotel Paradise 52 Hotel Petrov 44 Hotel Planeta 52 Hotel-Restaurant Rusalka 37 Hotel-Restaurant Stankoff 44 Hotel Shipka 52 Hotel Slavyanski 52 Hotel Toni 44 Hotel Zora 53 Iberostar Festa Panorama 44 Iberostar Sunny Beach Resort

Ohrid D3 Otets Paisiy D3 Panayot Hitov B2, B3 Panayot Volov A2, A3 Perushtitsa A2, A3, B3 Petko Karavelov D3, D4 Peyo Yavorov D4 Pirin C1 Pirotska C2, C3 Pomorie B4, C3, C4 Pop Georgi D3 Pop Gruyu B3, C2, C3 Probuda C1, C2, D1 Prof. D-R Asen Zlatarov C3, C4, D4 Rayna Knyaginya D3, E3 Rilska C4, D3, D4 Rodopi B2 Saedinenie D3 Saglasie D2, E2 Serdika D2 Shar Planina A1, A2, B2 Sheynovo C2, D2, E2 Shipka D3 Silistra D3 Slavyanska D3, D4, E4 Slivnitsa D1, D2 Sofia B1, B2 Sofroniy D3, D4 Sredna Gora C3, C4, D3 Stara Planina B2, C2 Stefan Karadzha D3

Hotel 53 Icecream saloon Clio 47 Incognito 21 Janny 19 Jelezniat Svetilnik 18 Kaptianska sreshta 47 Karamel Whisky Bar 22 Kirik 39 Laguna Beach Resort & SPA Sozopol 38 Laleya 38 La Perle Noir 18 Lotos fast food 20 Luor 16, 19 Magnetic 38 Malibu 22 Mania Pop-Folk Club 54 Maracas bistro 20 Marieta Palace 44 Marina Palace 44 Marina Palace Day Bar 48 Marina Palace Sky Bar 48 Maskata 20 Mirage 16 More 38 Na keya 20 Nataly`s 22 Okean I 23 Orion 38 Oscar 44 Party Club Live 22 Piano Bar Burgas 22 Plaza 16 Plaza - Living Room 21 Premier 21 Pri Shopa 18 Red Fo 1 20 Residency Trinity 44 Restaurant Chiplakoff 19

Strahil C3, D3 Strandzha B2, B3, C3 Struma B1, B2 Sv. Kliment Ohridski D1, D2 Sv. Patriarh Evtimiy C1, C2, D2, E2 Sv. Sv. Kiril I Metodiy C3, C4, D2, D3 Todor Kableshkov A2 Trakiyska D3 Trapezitsa E3 Trayko Kitanchev C3, D3 Tsar Asen D2, D3, E1, E2 Tsar Ivan Shishman E1, E2 Tsar Kaloyan B1, C1, D1, E1 Tsar Petar D2, E2, E3 Tsar Samuil C1, C2 Tsar Simeon I C2, C3, D3, D4, E4 Tsarigradska D1, D2, E1 Tutrakan D3 Uspenska E3 Vancho Mihaylov B1, B2 Vardar B1, B2, B3 Vasil Aprilov D2 Vasil Levski C2, D1, D2 Vasil Petleshkov A2, B3, B4 Vazrazhdane D3 Veliko Tarnovo B3, B4 Vola D3 Voynishka D4 Yuriy Venelin B3, B4, C3

Restaurant Coral 39 Restaurant Gerdjika 47 Restaurant Natsional 18 Restaurant Neptun 47 Restaurant Plovdiv 47 Restaurant Stankoff 48 Restaurant Versia 39 Restaurant Windmill 39 Sands Holiday Apartments comple 53 Santa Marina Holliday Village 38 Sapphire 54 Sea Star Hotel (Morska zvezda Hotel) 17 Selena Beach 38 Silver club 22 Sofi 38 SOL Nessebar Bay 44 SOL Nessebar Mare 45 SOL Nessebar Palace 45 Stariat Kesten 48 Stariat Kesten Guesthouse 46 Stariyat Kapitan 39 Stariyat Moryak 39 Staropramen 54 St. George 45 St. Nikola 45 Strandzha Shato Rosenovo 18 St. Stefan 46 The London Pub 23 The White House 46 Tria 21 Tricky's 54 Tropikana 18 Unison 21 Vigo 46 Vodenitsata (The Water Mill) 18 Wild West BBQ & Bar â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chilli Peppersâ&#x20AC;? 54

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