Nesebar

Nesebar is one of the oldest towns in Europe, very well known about its ancient monuments - the Antiquity; also the magnificent architecture of the Middle Ages and the National Revival period. The town is located on a small rocky peninsula in the North part of the Bourgas bay. In 1956 Nesebar was declaired an archaeological and architectural reserve and in 1983 the cultural monuments of the town were included in the list of UNESCO.

The area of Nessebar covers about 25 ha. It is linked with the new part of the town by a narrow 300 metres long strip. In the Sunny Beach there are about 150 hotels, 4 villa settlements and 2 camp-sites; more than 120 restaurants, night clubs, bars and discos.
The average temperature of the air during the summer is 30ºC and of the water 25ºC. The beach is 8 km long. Some of the many ways of entertainment are yachting, surfing, water skis, tennis-clubs, horse riding, bowling, open and covered swimming pools, etc.

Old Town of Nesebar

What Nessebar is best known for is the old town ( which is about 9000 years) on the peninsula. Most of the buildings which are best known date back from 11th to 14th centuries almost all of which are exclusively churchies in the so called "picturesque" style.

“Christ Pantokrator” church (10th - 11th c.) is a must-see when visiting Nessebar. Some of the churches have strikingly beautiful facades and interiors and are among the best preserved ones in the Balkan Peninsula. The oldest church here is the “Sveti Ioan Krastitel” (St.John the Baptist) 10th -11th century. Today the old part of Nessebar has regained its original romantic and authentic atmosphere: narrow cobblestone lanes, tiny squares, two-storey houses with stone ground levels and wooden upper floors protruding above the streets and external staircases, taverns and lovely flower gardens.