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Sights

1 Archaeological Museum B3

2 Beach D3

3 Ethnographical Museum B2

4 Maritime Park D2

5 Natural History Museum B3

6 Soviet Army Monument A1

7 Sv Cyril & Methodius Cathedral B2

Sleeping

8 Burgas Hostel C3

9 Fotinov Guest House B3

10 Grand Hotel Primoretz C4

11 Hotel Bulair C4

12 Hotel Luxor C3

Eating

13 BMS B3

14 London Pub & Restaurant C3

15 Roma C3

16 Sorrento C4

Drinking

17 China Tea House A2

Entertainment

18 Burgas Opera House A3

19 Sea Casino Cultural Centre D2

20 Summer Theatre D1

History
Greek colonists from Apollonia (modern-day Sozopol) expanded their territory into the
Burgas region as far back as the 6th century BC. Later, the Romans came along and Em-
peror Vespasian founded a city here, named Deultum, in the 1st century AD. The name
Burgas first appeared on maps in the 17th century, when fisher folk from the wider region
settled here. The city grew quickly after the completion of the railway from Plovdiv