Old Nessebar Guide
Interests
Activities
Shop for bulgarian handcrafts
Along the cobbled streets of Old Nessebar you’ll see women in shawls crafting traditional lace tablecloths in front of open-air stalls and men with sun-worn faces selling handmade wooden toys. If you stop to barter for one of the handcrafted rugs here, you’ll be plied with tea for your efforts.
Spend a day on South Beach
At South Beach you’ve got fine sand that gently shelves into the sea, so the kids will be happy splashing about here. You can watch the yachts come and go from Nessebar Yacht Club – that’s if you don’t fancy hiring one out. And when you need a cold beer, you can head to the ship-shaped bar where tables and chairs are set out right in the
Eat Seafood in Old Town
In Nessebar’s old town, restaurants serve up mouth-watering menus with ringside views of the sea. You’ll find some of the best places on the northern side of the peninsula, surrounded by fig trees and grape vines. Tuck into the grilled seabass or try the seafood platter – it comes dished up with dips and a squeeze of lemon.
Sip a cocktail in Old Nessebar
When the sun goes down, holidaymakers stream to Nessebar’s peninsula where there are plenty of bars tucked into its cat’s cradle of alleyways. One is set in an underground cave with floor-to-ceiling stalagmites, another on a floating barge. And as the evening wears on there’s always the option of moving on to joints like Club 66 where dan
Visit MICHAEL’S ECO-BAR in Old Town
It’s easy to miss the little wooden entrance to this quirky bar, but it’s a bit of a top find. It’s a cave-like place with floor-to-ceiling stalagmites. When you’ve ordered a Canadian Meadow cocktail, head to the garden out back. While you’re sipping your drink, you can sit on seats carved out of rock and watch turtles swimming in the poo
Shop for Haggle over handcrafts in Old Town
With hand-worked silver jewellery, pottery, souvenir T-shirts, and much more, you’ve got plenty of opportunities to spend your Bulgarian lev in old Nessebar. Many of the best shops are in the interior of the peninsula where the top floors of traditional houses overhang the cobbled lanes. For something that’ll make you nostalgic for your t
Tips
National currency is the only means to pay for purchases and services in the city. Tourists can exchange currency in one of the local banks or private exchange offices. Large supermarkets, shopping centers, restaurants and hotels accept international credit cards.
Banks and other governmental institutions start working from 8:30 and serve customers till 15:00 – 16:00. The premises of all bank departments and large shopping centers are equipped with cash machines operating 24/7.
The best season for visiting Nesebar is considered to be from April till June, however the weather is rather favorable in September and the first part of October. The hottest months of the year are considered to be July and August, however for the beach recreation fans this summer heat will be rather favorable.
The optimum means of transportation to cruise the city is a bus. It cruises not only the territory of the city but as well lets tourists reach the city suburbs. The cost of a trip to the nearest health resort Sunny Beach will be approximately 1 USD.
Taxi service in Nesebar is rather cheap. The most profitable way to explore the city is to take a taxi by a big company of travelers. A car should better be called in advance by phone as conventional stopping a car in the street is rather a challenging affair.
During a city cruise tourists may meet beggars. These people are rather persistent and intrusive. Tourists are not recommended to give them any change. To get rid of street beggars one should just raise one’s voice at them. Such a behavior will be rather appropriate there.
