Tag: Bulgaria

Burgas Day 4

Today we went out exploring. We drove 45 minutes up the coast to the old town of Nessebar. The following is taken from the UNESCO World Heritage Site web page.

the more than 3,000-year-old site of Nessebar was originally a Thracian settlement (Menebria). At the beginning of the 6th century BC, the city became a Greek colony.

We walked all around the town, went to the Archaeological Museum, and stopped for coffee.

There are several Byzantine churches in Nessebar. This one was built in the 13th century.
Another one of the old churches
Inside the Archaeological Museum. This pottery is from the 5th millennium BC
Our coffee break

For dinner we went back to Restaurant Ziatna Ribka. Duke had Rapana and I had mussels. It wasn’t until after we ordered that we figured out that Rapana is a kind of invasive sea snail. It was all very good.

Dinner

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Burgas Day 3

Sun! We had a lovely sunny day today. The high temperature was only 56° but the blue skies and sun made it a very pleasant day. This morning we went for a walk along the coast of the Black Sea.

Out for a walk
We walked out on the pier
Pantheon of the Fallen Antifascists

This afternoon we went back and had another pastry at the pastry shop we went to yesterday.

Our pastry

For dinner we went to a nearby restaurant called Tony Gigi Burgas.

Duke’s main course
Prawns, steak, asparagus and mashed potatoes

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Malomirova to Burgas

This morning we left our hotel, EcoCenter RumiKa and drove about an hour and a half west to the town of Burgas on the coast of the Black Sea.

About half way through our drive. Spring doesn’t appear to have started at all here.

The hotel we are staying at in Burgas, the Primoretz Grand Hotel, is beautiful. It’s one of nicest we have stayed at so far on this trip

The garden at our hotel. Just beyond the trees is the Black Sea.

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Alexandroupoli, Greece to Malomirovo, Bulgaria

Today we left Greece and headed north back into Bulgaria. The drive ended up being about four and a half hours. For much of the drive we were within view of the Turkish border. At one point as we crossed a road going east into Turkey we passed a very long line of semi trucks on the shoulder of the toll road. The line was about seven miles long. I think they were all waiting to get into Turkey.

Semis lined up to get into Turkey
The wall along the Turkey Greece border

Tonight we are at a rural hotel, EcoCenter RumiKa. It is quite basic but very clean and comfortable. I don’t think there are any restaurants around here. When we checked in, the one staff person we have seen showed us the dinner menu. She spoke no English but we managed to show her what we wanted by pointing.

Dinner

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Velingrad, Bulgaria to Kato Poroia, Greece

This morning before leaving the Hotel Arte SPA & Park we took advantage of the Spa one more time.

We used the sauna, steam room, and “Experience Shower”!!

From Velingrad we headed south towards Greece and the Mediterranean. The drive was only about 140 miles but the route through the mountains took almost 4 hours.

Our route today
Entering Greece

Tonight we are staying in the little town of Kato Poroia not far from the Greek – Bulgarian border. There is only one other room occupied in our hotel.

Hotel Epavlis

For dinner we went down into the village and ate at a little restaurant called The Kiosk – To Κιόδκι. I think we were his only customers tonight. We had a great meal.

The restaurant
Our Greek salad.
We had ouzo to go with our dinner.

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