Sveti Georgi Church, which dates back 1,600 years, and the crypt in the Alexander Nevski Cathedral are important sites. St. Sofia, which dates from the 6th century, is the city's most famous church. Some highlights Plovdiv is a thousand years older than Sofia and is Bulgaria's second-largest city. B.C. Thracian wall paintings, the Roman amphitheater, Byzantine and medieval fortifications and 15th-century Ottoman mosques. Built on two steep hills above the Yantra river, a fortress gate provides the only access to the summit.
Frescoes adorn the massive walls and towers.
Here also are the medieval district of Asenov, the tower of the Crusader Baldwin of Flanders and the 14th-century Preobrazensky Monastery. Melnik is set amidst sandstone pyramids in the southern mountain country and is known for its underground cellars, its wine and its churches and murals. Nessebur , one of the oldest settlements in the Balkans, is situated on a rocky Black Sea peninsula. Black Sea resorts run along 130 miles of coastline and include Albena, Golden Sands, Drouzhba and Sunny Beach. You'll find health spas, resorts, deluxe hotels.