Nesebar

Bulgaria

Nesebar (or Nessebar) is a town in Bulgaria, on the Black Sea coast. The central ancient town is full of medieval churches, and is quite beautiful. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The ruins of St. Sophia church A huge part of the ancient city of Messembria (the old city of Nesebar, located on the ex-island) has sunk under water. When counting the numerous sunken ones, Nesebar becomes the city with most churches per capita in Bulgaria.

The main things to do in Nesebar are to wander around the cobbled streets and visit the churches. In winter museums closed saturday and sunday.

There are numerous shops and stalls selling souvenirs in Nesebar. Most of their stuff is cheap tourist tat, but you can pick up locally produced lace too.

There are loads of restaurants in Nesebar, with a high proportion employing touts to encourage tourists into their premises. These are likely to be more expensive that most restaurants in Bulgaria, and not very good quality. The Tequila Bar is often recommended though.

  • Vegetarian Healthy Menu, Liuben Karavelov Str., Nessebar New Town (at the school's entrance, +359-887-389-031. 11:30-20:00. Marvelous, pure, delicious, cheap vegetarian food to have at the spot and to take away! (Sep 2011) 3-4 lv for a good lunch.

Vegetarian Healthy Menu, Liuben Karavelov Str., Nessebar New Town (at the school's entrance, +359-887-389-031. 11:30-20:00. Marvelous, pure, delicious, cheap vegetarian food to have at the spot and to take away! (Sep 2011) 3-4 lv for a good lunch.

Zagorka is the national lager and is excellent value and tasty. Kamenitza is also a good beer known nationally in Bulgaria. Burgasko is the local beer but have heard rumors that the quality has declined.

Nesebar is extremely safe but you may find that the sellers and shopkeepers are very persistent. A lot of the time a shop keeper will insist on following you around the shop and trying to make you try on jewellery clothes etc. A polite but firm "no" usually suffices.

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