Burgas

About Burgas:

Burgas is a city on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. At its heart, the Church of Saint Cyril and Methodius is known for striking stained-glass windows over its main entrance. Nearby, the Ethnographic Museum explores Bulgarian folk culture, with colorful costumes and everyday items. Along Burgas Bay is the Sea Garden, with broad promenades, performances at its Summer Theatre and a viewing platform at the end of its pier. It is a lively, well-kept city with a neat, pedestrianised centre, a long, uncrowded beach, a gorgeous seafront park, and some interesting museums. A clutch of reasonably priced hotels, as well as some of the best restaurants and bars

Hotels/Hostels

Hotel BULAIR:

This is a highly recommended Hotel that boasts excellent rating by visitors including myself. It is located in a National Revival-style building from the 19th century and is just 100 yards away from the centre of Burgas and 350 yards away from the closest beach and the Sea Garden. A tennis court and a park are within 100 yards from the hotel and the main pedestrian street is 350 yards away. A mall can be reached within 5 minutes on foot. The air-conditioned rooms come with free WiFi, cable TV and a minibar. A safety deposit box is available in the rooms at a surcharge.
Guests of Hotel Bulair can use a spa and wellness centre, located a 5-minutes walk away from the hotel, with a discount. In addition, guests can rent a book from the Regional Library next to the hotel or online. Free public parking is possible on site. A 24-hour front desk, car hire, free computer use and dry cleaning are also available. In close proximity to the hotel there are also a non stop supermarket, a bar, a cash machine and a currency exchange. The local railway station is 200 yards away and Yug (South) Bus Station is 200 yards away. Sarafovo Airport is 3.7 miles away and shuttle services from and to the airport can be requested....

Night Life In Burgas

Burgas is full of all kinds of entertainment, day or night – from cultural or live music venues to bars where the wine and whisky menus are more than impressive. ...Below is a list of Top Bars, Restaurants and Clubs in Burgas:

STUDIO Culture Club:

The HashtagSTUDIO focuses on creating a micro-community with common values. The bar’s schedule is full of weekend and weekday events, from stand-up comedians visiting from around the country to craft beer and wine tastings, book presentations, alternative theater performances, and unplugged concerts. The menu offers a choice of fresh homemade food and interesting drinks to enjoy in the chic ambiance.

Ti-Bar:

Ti-Bar is a versatile venue in the center of Burgas where you can spend a whole day, from morning till late night, without getting bored. Its cozy atmosphere with vintage details makes it perfect for your first morning coffee roasted by the first European coffee-roasting company Julius Meinl. Come back for lunch, and then stop by in the evening again for a glass of wine (the choice is hard because there are more than 100 wines from Bulgaria and abroad) or enjoy the company of a friend with a whisky (still not easy to choose with more than 80 varieties on the menu

Karaoke Bar Burgas:

If you haven’t had the chance to sing in front of a lively audience recently, then you need to visit this place. Karaoke Bar Burgas has been part of the entertainment scene of the city for many years, and it is still a favorite Friday or Saturday night venue of both locals and visitors. Besides the perfect service and the rich music choice, the crowd that visits the karaoke bar is what makes it so special..

The Brain:

This industrial-style bar in the center of Burgas is not all about music and cocktails (although the cocktail menu is full of surprises, with “adventure-progressive” combinations as the bar calls them). Its stage hosts theater performances, stand-up comedy shows, live music, and much more, so you can be sure a night at The Brain will be a night to remember.

Papa Peer:

Beer lovers will find a little piece of Beer Heaven in this craft beer shop. Not only will you find craft beers from boutique microbreweries around Europe, but the knowledgeable staff will make the experience even better with stories and background. You can taste Bulgarian craft beers here as well, which are very different from the mainstream brands. The beer shop has a tasting room and a few tables outside in the summer where you can sip your beer with snacks, nuts, or a choice of cheese and cured meat.

Barabar:

Barabar is a party spot in Burgas where the crowd is unpretentious and laid-back, and the atmosphere is friendly. The venue often hosts live music performances, DJ sets, swing dance parties, and what-not. The prices are reasonable, and you can discover your new favorite Bulgarian musician

Bar Bez Ime:

Bar Bez Ime (literally translated as “Bar Without a Name”) was founded in the seaside town of Sozopol but was later relocated in Burgas. Its main feature is a live music venue, so you can expect perfect sound and a program full of interesting performers. It is here where you can listen to some of the best contemporary Bulgarian rock and alternative rock bands as well as young musicians.

Top Things to Do in burgas

Visit Poda:

Poda is a wetland reserve just south of the city. The low-lying setting around Burgas makes for large saline and freshwater lakes, and big swathes of marshland such as Poda, which is between the sea and Lake Mandrensko. People come to catch a glimpse of the rich birdlife that is supported by the wetlands. Despite the park’s relatively small area, some 265 bird species have been sighted at Poda, 46 of which nest here. There are large colonies of all sorts of herons and egrets, as well as spoonbills and gloss ibises.

Ethnographic Museum: :

If you are from western or northern Europe you might be unfamiliar with the Bulgarian cultural traditions so this is a handy way to get up to speed. The museum is housed in a stately home built for the local 19th-century bigwig Dimitar Todorov Brakalov. The original first floor interior has been preserved, so you can get an idea of local design, as well as upmarket women’s fashion thanks to a textiles exhibit. Upstairs are large displays of traditional costumes from every ethnographic group to have populated the region around Burgas, with daily clothing alongside the costumes that were worn for rituals and religious events.

Deultum:

Set on the western shore of Lake Mandrensko is the village of Deabelt, which has Thracian origins but flourished in Roman times. For amateur historians the Deultum excavation site is the big story here. Deultum was a free Roman colony founded in the 1st century by retired legionaries, and over time it became one of the richest towns in the Balkan region, especially after the capital switched from Rome to Constantinople. The most arresting of these ruins are the remnants of the bathing complex, with a large section of the intricate hypocaust heating system visible.

Mosta:

There is a stark beauty to Burgas’ pier, which stretches from the tree-lined edge of the Sea Gardens out into the Black Sea for almost 300 metres. It might be Burgas’ most recognisable structure, not least because of its distinctive T-shape. Locals and holidaymakers of all ages will come to take romantic walks and look back at the view of the coast from the elevated viewing platform at one end. In summer fishermen will cast their lines over the railings and brave young lads will jump off into the water several metres below.

St. Anastasia Island:

In July and August you can catch a boat from Mosta to this island a few kilometes southeast of the city. This is Bulgaria’s largest inhabited island, which isn’t saying a lot as St. Anastasia is very small: There’s only a handful of buildings here including a restaurant, museum , guesthouses and a lighthouse. For much of the 20th century St. Anastasia was an offshore prison, but there had been a convent here since medieval times. This is a place to get a change of airs and a little seclusion: You can even rent a room at one the guesthouses to stay overnight.

St Ivan island:

In the bay off Sozopol is this island named after John the Baptist (Ivan in Slavic languages). What’s really fascinating is that a sarcophagus containing relics were discovered on this uninhabited island in 2010, and they were dated to the 1st century AD and deemed to have belonged to a man who lived in the Middle East. History aside, St. Ivan Island is a blissful nature reserve, a nesting site for more than 70 birds and one of the last habitats for the extremely rare Mediterranean monk seals. Get there by boat from Sozopol in summer.

Nessebar:

Located just 20 miles north along the coast is a UNESCO-listed town that pulls together all the fun of the seaside with sites of immense historical wealth. On the cobblestone streets of old Nessebar you’ll be confronted by a beautiful old church at almost every turn. The most valuable here go back to the 500s: St. Sofia has lain in ruin since the 1700s, but it’s easy to make out the nave and the Byzantine arches of the walls are mostly intact. If you have the energy there are at least ten other ancient and medieval churches to seek out, but you can also see the city fortifications and the emblematic windmill that marks the Nesebar’s entrance.

Burgas Travel Guide