Roman Bulgaria

Highlights

1. 1

   Perperikon

   A city cut down into the rock rather than built on it

   1.5–3 h

   Nenko Lazarov · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
2. 2

   Nicopolis ad Istrum

   A Roman city Trajan founded to mark beating the Dacians

   45 min–1.5 h

   Nk · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
3. 3

   Marcianopolis

   Ancient Roman city in Thracia

   30 min–1.5 h

   Cplakidas · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
4. 4

   Abritus

   A Roman city best known for a battle fought somewhere else

   45 min–1.5 h

   Vladimir Petkov · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
5. 5

   Heraclea Sintica

   A Macedonian city that Rome kept, dug out of a dead volcano near Petrich

   45 min–1.5 h

   CNG - Classical Numismatic Group · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
6. 6

   Mesembria

   Thracian, Greek and Byzantine walls stacked on one another at the neck of the peninsula

   45 min–1.5 h

   IzoeKriv · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
7. 7

   Museum of Mosaics (Devnya)

   Late Roman floor mosaics left exactly where they were laid

   30–50 min

   Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
8. Plan8

   Philippopolis

   The Roman city under Plovdiv: theatre, stadium, forum, all in ten minutes

   3–8 h

   Realsteel007 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
9. 9

   Apollonia Pontica

   The oldest town on this coast, founded around 610 BC and still lying under Sozopol

   45 min–1.5 h

   cgb · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
10. 10

    Cabyle

    Thracian ancient city, archaeological site

    30 min–1.5 h

    Pamporoff · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
11. 11

    Aquae Calidae

    Roman baths, Suleiman the Magnificent's hamam, and 41°C water you can still get into

    1.5–3 h

    Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
12. 12

    Sexaginta Prista

    Archaeological site

    30 min–1.5 h

    Rossen Radev · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
13. 13

    Augusta Traiana

    Ancient city in Thrace, now known as Stara Zagora

    30 min–1.5 h

    Iliya Dimitrov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
14. 14

    Urdoviza

    A fortress on the headland between Kiten's two beaches, dug since 2012

    30 min–1 h

    vitsoft · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
15. 15

    Antheia

    An ancient settlement on the bay between Sozopol and Chernomorets, with nothing to see

    20–45 min

    Alphonse Mucha · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons