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. The city Gallery of Fine Arts is hosted by a secession style synagogue.

The city has a huge park called Sea Garden (Morska gradina) with variety of green species and fantastic view to the Burgas Bay. The garden starts from the central bus and train station. There are small stairs to the sandy beach and in summer the coast id full of many coffees and nightclubs.

Walking in the garden little by little it becomes wilder and you reach the salt-pans. The 'salt-factories' produce many tons of salt every year. A small train runs across the salt-pans, riding it you can see how salt is made and refined.

Bourgas also has two universities and three colleges. The building of the Burgas Free University (private) is located in the city center and is one of the modern city landmarks. The Asen Zlatarov University main buildings are located at the west entrance of the city.

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

Train

The central train station is in the very heart of the city and next its building is bus station South which is the main point to all small summer resorts and villages in the area like Sozopol or Sunny Beach. Tickets are sold in the train station building.

Bus

There are very convenient buses from every city in the country to Burgas. Most of the buses coming to the city have a few stops before reaching the Central bus station - South. There are also many buses coming from Turkey and Greece.

Every operating company has their own reservation system. Some of the companies that run bus lines to the city are Union Ivkoni [1], Enturtrans [2], Kaleya.

Eurolines [3] also run regular international bus lines to/from Burgas.

Air

The Burgas airport (BOJ) [4]is located in Sarafovo district and it accepts numerous flights from all over Europe, especially in summer when the high travel season allows more charter flights.

The local air carrier BulgariaAir offers regular internal flights every day to Sofia as well. There are a few low-cost companies that offer good deals to Bourgas as well. These are WizzAir, SkyEurope, GermanWings, Sterling.

Sea

The Port of Burgas [5] operates mainly industrial ships. There is small marina but the public sea routes to the city are not developed.

Bourgas has well developed public busing system. Buses travel also to all resorts and cities along the coastline. Hitchhiking is also a very popular and successful means of transportation in the region.

Public transport runs regularly from 5 am to 11 pm. There are both buses and trolleys. Tickets are sold in the bus by special collectors and you should pay to them. The price for one ride is 0.80 leva (August 2008).

There are also small mini-buses that run regularly and cover some routes of the city. The cost for the ride is 0.90 leva. You should pay to the driver when you get off the mini-bus.

Taxis are another convenient way to travel around. There are many licensed operating companies. Be careful with scammers and always keep an eye to their tax-counter machine. Normally tariffs vary from 0,80 to 0,90 leva/kilometer (August 2008).

Shopping area is in the center of the town. It consists of two main streets and a few more small ones. The prices are reasonable. Some of the shops offer local brands while other are international (Benetton, etc.)

Gold shops are pretty popular. Most of the gold is imported from Turkey.

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 1 or 2 Euro.

Burgas has many cafés and small bars. On the main streets you will bump into their chairs especially in summer.

Broadway and Silver Club are good places for a cocktail and modern dance and pop music.

In summer the Sea Garden is full of cafeterias and beer-places or small pubs. The sandy line is covered with night-bars and discos playing all kind of music.