Sofia Airport → Nessebar

Nessebar's Old Town occupies a narrow rocky peninsula joined to the mainland by a slim causeway, and has been continuously inhabited for over three thousand years — first as the Thracian settlement of Menebria, then a Greek colony, a Roman port and a major Byzantine and Bulgarian trading town. That long layered history is why UNESCO listed the whole peninsula as a World Heritage Site: cobbled lanes wind past more than forty historic churches (many now atmospheric ruins), Roman baths, a restored windmill, and wooden houses with upper floors that jut out over the street below.

Because it sits only minutes from Sunny Beach, Nessebar works perfectly as an easy half-day add-on to a beach holiday, or as a destination in its own right if you'd rather stay somewhere quieter with sea views on both sides of the peninsula. Come in the early morning or evening to see the old town without the day-trip crowds, and stay for fresh fish at one of the harbour-front tavernas.