Museum town - part of the World cultural heritage
 ( UNESCO object )

Bird view of Nessebar
Situated on a small peninsula,
linked with the mainland by a
400 m long isthmus, it is 35 km
north from the regional centre
the town of Bourgas and 3 km
south from the biggest Bulga-
rian resort Sunny Beach. There
are more than 40 preserved
medieval churches here. The beaches north and south
of the town are lovely offering
fine sand, natural dunes and
warm sea.

HISTORY    
    Nessebar is best known for the old town (about 9000 years) on the peninsula. No one can say
for sure whether the isthmus is natural or man-made. The largest number and best known buildings
date from 11th to 14th centuries almost all of them churchies in the so called "picturesque" style:
walls intersected by pilasters and lunettes, with stone, brick and ceramic ornaments and arches
along the cornice.
Christ Pantokrator
church (10th - 11th c.)   		Some of the churches have stunningly beauti-
ful facades and interiors and are among the
best preserved ones in the Balkan Peninsula.
The oldest one is the Sveti Ioan Krastitel (St.
John the Baptist, 10th -11th century.
The Old Nessebar
TODAY 

   Today the old part of the town has regained its
original romantic atmosphere: narrow cobblestone
lanes, tiny squares, two-storeyed period houses
with stone-built ground levels and wooden upper
floors jutting above the streets and external
staircases, gift shops, pubs, tavern and lovely
flower gardens.


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