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Burgas

Burgas, sometimes transliterated as Bourgas, is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a population of 210,382 inhabitants, and 225,945 in its urban area.

Plan a trip to Burgas From Varna

It is the capital of Burgas Province and an important industrial, transport, cultural and tourist centre.

Get in

Getting to Burgas

Buses and trains from different destinations in Bulgaria arrive several times per day.

  1. 01
    Burgas Central
  2. 02
    Vladimir Pavlov Station

    This station might be a more feasible option, depending where you start in the city.

  3. 03
    West Bus Station

    For north and northwest bound connections.

  4. 04
    South Bus Station

    For all south bound connections along the coast.

See

Worth seeing

The city of Burgas developed after the beginning of the 20th century and most of the buildings in the city centre date from this time. At the center is Troika Square. The city's Gallery of Fine Arts is hosted in a secession style synagogue.

  1. 01
    Ethnographic Museum

    Includes various ethno exhibitions in its program, offers summer school of Arts, Crafts and Dances.

  2. 02
    Archaeological Museum

    Variety of exhibitions, ancient Roman, Byzantine and Greek antiques.

  3. 03
    Historical Museum

    Tells both local and national history, various guest exhibitions from other museums and countries.

  4. 04
    Natural History Museum

    Covers flora, fauna, subjects of medicine, physics, various thematic exhibitions.

Do

Things to do

In summer you can go surfing and kite-surfing in the bay. There are a few surf and sea sports schools, which you can find on the North Beach. You can also book diving. St. Anastasia island (formerly known as Bolshevik island) is visible from any point from the Burgas beach. Boats to St. Anastasia island leave from the Bridge. Offered in July and August, leaving at 10:00, 12:00 and 14:00. Bourgas Sand Fest,.

  1. 01
    Bulgarian Dead Sea
  2. 02
    Burgas Mineral Baths
Eat

Where to eat

Burgas has an abundance of eating establishments. There are many pizza places, pubs serving international food, Chinese restaurants. On the main streets there are kebabs, pancakes, hot dogs and hamburgers for about 2–4 лв. In summer many open air restaurants and pubs pop up by the sea. The area with the largest number of seaside restaurants and pubs is called Kapanite and it is on the North Beach in the Sea Garden.

  1. 01
    Kapana Seafront Fish Shack

    Very authenic and inexpensive (but not fancy) restaurant at the northern part of the eastern sea promenade.

  2. 02
    Pizzaria Venice
  3. 03
    The Crazy Family
  4. 04
    Fish
  5. 05
    Wake Up
How locals move

Getting around Burgas the local way

  • Get inSeasonal: In addition during the summer season from May until September charter companies offer flights from UK, Ireland, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, etc.
  • Get inA ferry operates weekly between Burgas and Batumi, Georgia, operated by PBM.
  • Get aroundHitchhiking is also a very popular and successful means of transportation in the region.

From Wikivoyage: Burgas, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.