What are the most famous cities in Bulgaria?

Plovdiv: the ancient cultural capital of Bulgaria and the second largest city after the capital Sofia. Located on the upper reaches of Maritsa River. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia in the fourth century BC and an important administrative and military center in the fourteenth century. After the Russo-Turkish War in 1878, it became the capital of Eastern Rummenia. In the 1880s, after the Edirne-Istanbul railway was completed, it became an important trade center on the passage from Central Europe to Asia Minor. The city is located in a prosperous agricultural area in the south-central part. The Maritsa River divides the city into two parts, with the main industrial area on the north bank. Since 1933, Plovdiv has held the International Expo of Daily Necessities and Industrial Supplies twice every year in spring and autumn. On a hill on the outskirts of the city, an ancient Roman outdoor amphitheater dating back more than 1,500 years ago was excavated. It has been restored and is a semi-cylindrical Greek classical building. The stage is 3.1 meters high and has 3,500 marble seats.

Varna: It is a coastal city in Bulgaria and the largest seaport in the country. It is located on the northern shore of the Varna Gulf of the Black Sea in northeastern Bulgaria. As early as the 6th century BC, the Greeks settled here and named it "Odessos". In the second half of the 6th century AD, Slavs poured in in large numbers from the north and changed its name to "Varna". It has long been a commercial center and naval base. The urban area stretches from south to north in an "S" shape. The bottom of the "S" shape is the old city part. The architectural style is rigorous and neat, the streets are wide and the latitude and longitude are distinct. Located on the edge of the city is a long and narrow seaside park covered with various tropical and subtropical plants. The upper half of the "S" shape is located near the mountains and the sea. Most of them are hotels. There are more than 100 hotels with more than 300 seats. Varna has a mild climate, four distinct seasons, long sunshine hours, and an average summer temperature of around 26 degrees Celsius. The sea is calm, the beach is shallow and vast, and it is known as the "Pearl of the Black Sea".

Varna Beach is more than 10 kilometers long. From south to north, there are several beautiful and unique summer resorts and health resorts with different characteristics, such as "Constantine and Elena", "Golden Beach", and "Albena". Among them, the "Golden Beach" is 4 kilometers long. The sand here is fine and soft, the shallow sea area is wide, and the seabed is flat and clean. It is an ideal bathing beach. There is a fascinating grotto monastery near Varna, named "Alajja Monastery", because of the various grotto walls. Archaeologists have also unearthed a series of Bronze Age cemeteries in Varna that contained hundreds of gold artifacts, including gold bracelets and the monarch's golden staff. .