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The Sea Capital of Bulgaria, Varna is
situated 470 km east of Sofia. In the course of more than 7
millennia, the Gulf of Varna has been the cradle of several
significant civilizations - humankind's oldest gold was
excavated in Varna, created by people who inhabited that place
around the 4th millennium BC and long before the Thracians,
Greeks, Bulgarians and Turks. The third largest city, Varna,
after Sofia and Plovdiv is Bulgaria's most animated metropolis
and it rivals Sofia and Plovdiv in providing a wide range of
sights and museums. The outstanding treasures of the
Archeological Museum include the Chalcolithic necropolis with
the oldest examples of gold jewellery ever discovered, and
impressive Greek, Thracian and Bulgarian artifacts. Of
particular interest are the National Revival Museum, the
Ethnographic and City Historical Museum, the Art Gallery, the
Navy Museum and the Aquarium, the Natural History Museum, the
Zoo and the Dolphinarium, the Sea Gardens. Of more historical
value are 17th century Cathedral of the Holy Mother, the Church
of St Atanas, the 2 century Roman thermae. As well as being a
beach resort in its own right, Varna offers access to the
first-class resorts of Sveti Konstantin, Sunny Day, Golden Sands
and Albena, the natural reserve at Kamchiya, the rock monastery
of Aladja. |
