Cape Emine is an ecotourism site in Sunny Beach in Bulgaria with rare beaches. Cape Emine - an ecotourism site in Sunny Beach in Bulgaria with rare beaches Cape Emine Bulgaria

Cape Emine is the easternmost point of the Stara Planina ridge, and is also conventionally considered the border between the north and south of the Black Sea coast. The cape is located 79 km south of Varna, 54 km north of Burgas.

Cape Emine was officially recognized as a natural landmark by order in April 1976. It occupies 50 hectares of land and was created in order to preserve unique objects of geology and botany.

The cape itself is almost sheer cliffs 60 meters high. In the sea around the cape, at a distance of 250 m, many rocks rise above the water surface. Therefore, the coast is considered very dangerous for navigation, and sailors are accustomed to bypassing it. There is a lighthouse on the cape that helps ships navigate better.

Not far from Cape Emine, the ruins of the monastery and fortress of Emona from the Middle Ages have been preserved, and nearby the village of Emona.

This cape is the final point of the European Walking Route number E-Z, which runs from the peak of Kom in Bulgaria to Cape Emine on the eastern side. North of Emine there is a protected area called Irakli. The beach, located between the recreation center in this area and Cape Emine itself, is truly considered one of the most beautiful places Black Sea coast and a favorite place among nature lovers and nudists.

Bulgarian village (with a population of 25 people), located on the easternmost cape Emine, where the Stara Planina mountains (Balkan mountains) crash into the sea. These mountains divide Bulgaria into northern and southern. Balkans or Stara Planina - the longest Mountain chain on the peninsula after which it is named. This chain belongs to the Alps and Carpathians system. It extends from the Serbian border, located near the Timok River, which flows into the Danube, to Cape Emine. The area is wonderful virgin nature

, clean air and magnificent panoramic views of the sea. Just 3-4 km. from Emon there is the cleanest virgin beach of Irakli.

The name of the village comes from the ancient name of the ridge - Aemon, later called Hemus. They say that the Thracian king Res (English Rez, in Greek Resos, in the Latin translation Resus) was born here. who died in the Trojan conflict from Odysseus. There was a fortress and a monastery here, the fortress bore the Greek name Paleokastro (Paleokastro) meaning old fortress

(Old Fortress). From antiquity, only the remains of the monastery remain.

Climate Excursion trips around Bulgaria can be made from May to October, and sunbathing and swimming are best in July-September.

The sea water remains warm enough until

end of September.

Transport

You can only get here by car, bicycle or on foot. The village of Emona is located 8 km from the main road Burgas-Varna. The road is winding, rocky and almost devoid of asphalt, but in dry weather it is passable by car. Sights of Emon: Cape Emine, rising 60 meters above sea level, has a lighthouse on it weather station, the remains of a monastery and a beautiful


panoramic view on the sea. Cape Emine on Black Sea coast Bulgaria is the most

eastern point

The Balkan Mountains, one of the most picturesque natural attractions.


The straight line of the coast bends at a right angle and continues to the west. Emine presents an almost vertical 60-meter wall. When viewed from the sea, the geological profile of the cape is clearly visible - alternating stripes of whitish limestone, red sandstones and bluish marl, which proves that Cape Emine (in Bulgarian - Emine Nose) is a remnant of the crest of the Emin anticlinal fold. The sea around the bow is shallow, with thousands of rocks submerged and protruding from the water, generously scattered over 250 meters around. This is why the coast here is dangerous and sailors prefer to stay away. Rocks are especially scary in a storm. Powerful waves, 4-5 m high, with monstrous force, emitting an ominous roar, rush to bathe the vertical wall and the surrounding rocks. But in clear sunny weather, the cape is amazingly beautiful and majestic. From the top you can see the entire coast, the outlines of bays and rocky capes, and in the north - Cape Galata. At Cape Emine there is a meteorological station and a lighthouse built on the foundation

medieval fortress Emona, because of which this area was later named Paleokastro (Old Fortress). in Bulgaria, Kom-Emine completes the Euroroute section E-3.

A beautiful legend is told about Emin today. What would it be like without her? In any country where there are steep cliffs or at least high tower, there is a similar legend. It’s just not clear why the legend is called beautiful. So, take heed.

Once upon a time, an old sailor, a lighthouse keeper, lived here with his only daughter, naturally incredibly beautiful. She grew up freely - the sea, boating, fishing. The fierce sea made her strong and brave. It couldn't be otherwise.


Once, in a terrible storm, she saved a shipwrecked sailor. A young man fell in love with a girl. What else could he do, since she is beautiful and brave. When parting, he promised to return, but forgot the promise. This happens to sailors.
Although not a fact. Maybe he just crashed again. And this happens to them.

From morning to night, standing on the bow, the young lady waited for her lover. Finally, crazy with despair, she threw herself into the sea. This abyss swallowed her up in one moment, and the waves turned dark purple. And today, at sunrise, the sea waters around the nose are colored red and remind of the girl’s deceived love.

October 26th, 2018 , 03:00 pm

I had already crossed more than half of the country, approaching where the capital, Sofia, seemed to be located separately from the rest of Bulgaria. The territory left behind was known for its cultural heritage, old towns, nice and cozy. Was ahead West Side a country rich in natural attractions, and not just mountains and forests, but first-class caves, crystal clear mountain lakes and alpine meadows, surrounded by snow that had not melted by mid-July.

My short story about Bulgaria will be in the format of a “photo with a caption” without a deep dive into the history and essence of the places that I will show. I publish only one photo out of every twelve selected (!), so it’s easy to imagine how much beauty is left beyond the scope of this material.

Patchwork landscapes along the road from Veliko Tarnovo to Devetashki Cave. Extremely simple, but picturesque.

Endless sunflower fields are one of the symbols of Bulgaria for me. It is not easy to photograph them, since their “heads” are constantly turned away from the sun.

Devetashka Cave.

Devetashka Cave is one of the “places of power”. And for me personally - the strongest impression from Bulgaria. Surprisingly, there is very little information about her. The guidebook "Orange Guide" did not even mention the cave... I accidentally saw a small photo of the cave in the printout of excursions offered in the lobby of my hotel in Golden Sands. From a distance, the entrance to Devetashka looks modest; a kind dog guards it, lying in his booth made from an old metal barrel.

Abandoned cash register house.

Devetashka has a huge hall. In three places the gigantic vault collapsed. The soil that covered it from above, along with all the vegetation, collapsed down, creating three green islands inside the cave. Light breaks through the holes into the cave, illuminating its gigantic size.

Only part of the cave is reserved for inspection, but you can also penetrate into its dark depths - there is no one to prohibit it.

The cave became home to a colony of bats, and there was a place for other creatures as well. But I met surprisingly few people. Even the fact that the second part of “The Expendables” with Stallone, Schwarzenegger and others on the list was filmed here did not increase the number of visitors.

Not far from Devetashki, near the village of Krushuna, you can see a small but pretty waterfall.

From Devetashki to Sofia 170 km. Somewhere in the middle of this segment, I turned along the signs towards the Syeva Dupka cave. It seems to be a cave too, but it hides a completely different meaning, a different story and other impressions. This is a squat, damp "dungeon" consisting of stalactites and stalagmites. A nice place, but no different from hundreds of similar caves around the world (including Prometheus and Sataplia caves in Georgia). You can stop by if time permits.

Sofia.

I entered Sofia with the last rays of the sun. My hotel is located near a small but busy market. Perhaps that's why all the parking spaces on the surrounding streets were occupied. The capital greeted me with dirt unusual for the main city, incomprehensible personalities clinging to the corners, a very nasty number and some kind of unfriendly atmosphere in the air.

I don’t presume to judge my own exaggerations, perhaps I was just unlucky with the area or after the amazing Devetashka I was not ready for something so mundane. In the morning, when the sellers again appeared at the counters and began to lay out the goods they had brought, the market did not seem so gloomy.

I managed to allocate only a few hours for a walk around Sofia. I can’t say that they didn’t give me pleasure, quite the contrary.

Fragment of urban sculpture.

The city center is small, but all the capital's baubles - palaces with guards, squares and cathedrals - are present. The photo shows Independence Square. All three buildings are called the Largo architectural ensemble. The ensemble includes the former Party House (the former headquarters of the now defunct Bulgarian Communist Party), now used as the administrative building of the People's Assembly of Bulgaria, in the center, and two buildings on the sides: one now houses the Central Department Store and the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria, and the other is occupied by the residence of the President, the Balkans Hotel and the Ministry of Education.

The Ministerial Council is one of the buildings of the Largo ensemble.

Among the jumble of monumental buildings and passages, the tiny Church of Paraskeva of Serbia lurks. I don’t know for what reason, but there was pitch darkness inside her. Having made my way to the second floor, I found myself in a small hall, most of which was occupied by a bench.

The Banya Bashi Mosque is one of the oldest in Europe.

Perspective.

Cathedral of the Holy Week - Cathedral Metropolitan of Sofia.

Changing of the guard at the Presidential Palace.

The most recognizable building in Bulgaria, the symbol of Sofia, is the Temple-Monument of St. Alexander Nevsky. Accommodates 5000 people. The author of the project is Russian architect Alexander Pomerantsev. The temple was founded exactly one hundred years before my birth. Very cool place.

Not far from the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Here there is a maximum concentration of compatriots in Sofia.

Nearby for National Gallery There is a park where sculptures of varying degrees of artistic value are placed among centuries-old oak trees.

The most unusual of them is the monument to the Trabant car.

In Bulgaria in general and in Sofia in particular there are quite a few places connected with Russian-Bulgarian relations. Starting from the monument to Tsar Liberator Alexander II (1903), at which Bulgaria was liberated from Ottoman rule in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878.

And ending with the monument to the Soviet Army (1954).

The monument was made very carefully, it is worth noting. However, the question of its dismantling often flares up in Bulgarian society.

Boyana Church.

A few kilometers from Sofia in the village of Boyana there is medieval church, included in the list in 1979 World Heritage UNESCO. The church was founded in the 10th century; frescoes from the 11th-13th centuries have been preserved.

Rila Monastery.

Having finished with Sofia, I headed due south. My final goal was the Bulgarian-Greek border, more precisely the small town of Petriche, where the house of the famous fortuneteller Vanga is located. Plans had to be changed along the way, since Sofia did not leave time for a long trip for ill-conceived impressions. The Rila Monastery, on the contrary, deserved much more than a cursory inspection. Just look at hundreds of square meters of first-class frescoes.

Rila Monastery - the largest stauropegial monastery Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Founded at the end of the 10th century. In 1983 it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

In the tower there is a toilet made according to a medieval model - a hole in the floor of a protruding extension on the top floor. In the distant past, monks were no strangers to worldly things...

View from the tower.

Stunning frescoes.

A few kilometers from the Rila Monastery is the Church of the Assumption of St. John of Rila, built over the cave in which the saint was tied up, as well as over the place where it is believed that his grave was originally located. If you crawl through a narrow hole into a cave, and this is not difficult to do, then, they say, your wish will come true. People are climbing.

Rila hangs over the church - mountain range, with an area of ​​2629 km². On the other side of the mountains - famous lakes. Initially, I intended to leave the car at the monastery and go to hiking to the lakes, but only on the spot it turned out that this one-way journey takes a whole day. With proper planning, this would have been an unforgettable trip, but I had to abandon it. I spent the night in the village of Rila, in a funny hotel at a ridiculous price. The village store only had beer and chips for dinner.

Seven Rila Lakes.

We had to make a circle and approach the Rila mountain range from the opposite side. On a hot weekend day, in addition to numerous tourists, local residents also flocked to the mountains. After standing in line, I sat down in the chair of the cable car and rushed up.

An unexpected meeting at the top.

Upper station cable car seemed to be in a completely different part of the planet. A completely different view, different grass, different color of the sky. And snow! In the middle of July.

But the view from the cable car chair does not end with the visit to the lakes. We have to make a long ascent on foot uphill, the reward for which is stunning views of crystal clear mountain lakes.

The Seven Rila Lakes are a group of lakes of glacial origin. Located at an altitude of 2100 to 2500 meters above sea level. Each of the seven lakes has its own name, associated with its most characteristic feature.

Bachkovo Monastery.

At the foot of the Rhodope Mountains (readers who found Soviet times, probably remember the Rodopi cigarettes, which received their name from mountain system), not far from the city of Plovdiv, is the Bachkovo Monastery - second after Rilsky in importance, size and number of tourists. Famous for its amazing combination of traditions of Byzantine, Georgian and Bulgarian cultures. Its founders were Georgians - brothers Gregory and Abazy Bakuriani (buried in the monastery crypt). Grigory Bakuriani personally wrote the type of the monastery, noting his Georgian origin, signing it at the end in Georgian letters. For many years the monastery was inhabited only by Iberian (Georgian) monks, which was noted in the charter. The service was conducted in Georgian. It seems logical that the nearby city of Plovdiv is twinned with Kutaisi, the second most populous city in Georgia.

Fragment of the painting.

Plovdiv.

Plovdiv is the second most populous city in Bulgaria. Initially, I was going to visit it for the sole purpose of looking at the famous Alyosha. Then it turned out that the city has preserved a network of ancient streets that are a must-see. On the spot, it turned out that Plovdiv was filled with attractions like a table of delicacies on Easter day.

It is believed that Plovdiv is one of the oldest cities in Europe. The first settlements within the borders of modern Plovdiv date back to the Neolithic era and date back to about 6 thousand years BC. At 45 n. e. the city became part of the Roman Empire and became an important stronghold of the Romans: this is evidenced by the numerous ruins of Roman buildings that have survived to this day: a hippodrome, baths and an amphitheater.

More than 200 buildings are now declared historical monuments and taken under protection.

Perspective of modern Plovdiv and the Rhodope Mountains.

The famous monument "Alyosha" was erected on Liberator Hill. The road to it is closed to traffic, but by that time I was in such a hurry that I ignored the rules. There were several more cars at the top... The monument (installed in 1954, opened on November 5, 1957) is an 11.5-meter reinforced concrete sculpture of a Soviet soldier looking east. It can be seen from almost anywhere in the city.

Surprisingly different. A stele to the liberator of Bulgaria, Emperor Alexander II, was installed next to Alyosha. And around the stele there are spruce trees planted by Soviet cosmonauts Gagarin, Titov, Tereshkova and others. An unimaginable neighborhood, but for Bulgaria all this is a page in their history. The photo shows a view from the hill.

Cape Kaliakra.

From Varna I returned to Golden Sands. Before my hasty and premature departure to Batumi, I only managed to visit Cape Kaliakra.

Cape Kaliakra juts out into the sea for approximately two kilometers and is a natural and archaeological reserve, included in the list of the hundred largest tourist attractions in Bulgaria. The bay, protected by a cape from harsh winter winds, is a traditional place of refuge from bad weather sea ​​vessels. Height steep cliffs reaches 70 meters.

Wall of the medieval fortress on Kaliakra.

Monument to Fyodor Ushakov On July 31 (August 11), 1791, during the Russian-Turkish War, a battle took place near the cape in which the Russian fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Fyodor Ushakov defeated Turkish and Algerian ships. The Turkish squadron was stationed here under protection coastal batteries. Ushakov entered the battle on the move, in marching formation, and not lined up in battle formation for shelling, as the naval science of that time prescribed. His squadron appeared from behind Cape Kaliakra so suddenly that the Turks did not have time to raise the anchors and cut the ropes to set sail. The confusion led to ships colliding with each other and breaking masts. In Bulgaria, Ushakov is revered as an Orthodox saint and naval commander who dispelled the myth of the invincibility of the Turkish Armada. It is believed that it was from the Battle of Kaliakra that the movement of the Balkans towards liberation from the Turkish yoke began. (Vicki)

Cape Kaliakra is legendary due to its strategic position on the Black Sea and rocky shores. Most famous legend about this cape about 40 Bulgarian girls who chose to tie their braids and throw themselves into the Black Sea from Cape Kaliakra rather than be captured by the Ottomans. In honor of this legend, an obelisk was erected at the entrance to one of the small bays called “Gate of 40 Maidens”. (Vicki)

The easternmost point of the Stara Planina ridge in Bulgaria is marked by Cape Emine. Locals accustomed to consider it a conditional border that separates the northern and South coast Black Sea.
If you drive south from Varna, then after 79 km you can stumble upon this amazing and enchanting place. Tourists coming to Bulgaria for ecotourism should know that this place can also be reached through the town of Obzor.
The cape is located to the south of it, and also through Burgas, then you will have to go north about 54 km. It would be great to combine comfortable hotels Sunny Beach 5 stars http://www.tourister.ru/world/europe/bulgaria/city/solnechnyjj-bereg/hotels and an excursion to Cape Emine.
Only in 1976 the cape was declared a natural landmark of Bulgaria, which was noted in order No. 1187 of 04/19/1976. This attraction covers land plot 50 hectares in size, and its creation was prompted by the government’s decision to preserve unique geological and botanical objects.

If you look at Cape Emine, it is almost sheer rocks 60 meters high, which are also scattered in the sea at a distance of 250 m and, resembling a palisade, stick out from the water. Sailors consider this coast dangerous for navigation, always avoiding it. To avoid shipwreck, a lighthouse is installed on the cape, which helps sailors navigate dark time days and bad weather. In this area you can contemplate the ruins of a medieval monastery, near which is the Emona fortress, which gave the village its name.
It is at this cape that route E-3 ends,
which originates from the top of Mount Kom on Bulgarian territory and stretches to Cape Emine all the way to the east. If you go north from the cape, you can get to the Irakli area, which is protected by the state. There is a beach here, which is the pearl of the Black Sea; it is also a favorite vacation spot for nudists.

 

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