Burgas

Burgas History

Burgas is a successor of the small Roman town of Deultum (later named Develt), founded by Emperor Vespasian as a military colony for veterans. Besides Deultum, the present-day city expands over the area of three other ancient settlements, i.e. Kastiacion, Skafida and Rossokastron. In the middle ages a small fortress called Pirgos was erected in the place and was most probably used as a watchtower. It was only in 17tn century that a town named Ahelo-Burgas grew in the present-day area of the city. This, renamed into Burgas, had only about 3,000 inhabitants at the time of the Liberation. Soon it became the centre of the Southern Black Sea coast, and a city of well developed industry and trade. A number of oil and chemical works producing more than 30 products were gradually built. Salt and iron are also mined here and traded far beyond the borders.

Burgas nowadays

Burgas is the center of tourism industry in the southern Bulgarian Black sea coast. It is also a starting point for visiting the Black sea summer resorts and vacation villages around the city Sunny Beach, Elenite, Dunes, the towns-museums Nessebar and Sozopol, the Ropotamo reserve, Strandja nature park. Burgas and its region are offering a rich variety of opportunities. It will take you only half an hour to go to Sunny Beach - the most famous and biggest summer resort in Bulgaria and the old town of Nessebar -a town-museum. To the south you can find many summer resorts and vacation villages - Chernomorez, Primorsko, Kiten, Lozenez, Tsarevo, Ahtopol, town-museum Sozopol, the vacation village Dunes, the International Youth Centre -Primorsko, the Ropotamo reserve and more.

The transport system is very well developed. The Burgas sea port is the biggest in Bulgaria. The civil and cargo airport is about 15 km. north east from the city and has the best atmospheric conditions on the Balkan Peninsula. It is the only airport in the region to accept ultrasonic airplanes. During the summer it is the main airport for charter flights for international visitors. The auto and railroad systems are also very well developed. The south eastern region of Bulgaria has very good transport connections with the capital Sofia and the neighboring Turkey. The distance between Burags and Sofia is 400 km. on the highway. All the inhabited places in the region are with running water, electricity, telephones and good transport connections between each other.

The region has mobile phones and TV coverage. Most of the cities and villages have cable TV and Internet for a small monthly subscription.

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