Sozopol

The Black Sea town of Sozopol has received the sixth-best result in the shortlist of the European Best Destinations 2017 ranking.

A total of 44 ship wrecks have been explored by experts of the Centre for Submarine Archaeology in Sozopol in 2016.

The data was presented at the round table Cultural Heritage of Black Sea Strandzha As Perceived By Researchers, which is taking place in Ahtopol.

The research was carried out by special state-of-the-art research ship under an international project.

Bulgarian Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov and Jean-Luc Martinez, director of the Louvre, signed a new five-year cooperation agreement between the culture ministry and the French museum.

This happened in Paris on Thursday during the working visit of Rashidov to France, the culture ministry informs.

A female body was found on the northern beach in the Bulgarian Black Sea town of Chernomorets on Thursday morning.

The body stood about a metre into the water and it was spotted by a man walking along the beach, Focus news agency informs.

After the body was recovered from the water, it was identified as belonging to a 53-year-old woman from Stara Zagora.

It will be up to 30% cheaper to spend a holiday at the southern Black Sea coastline from August 20 until the end of a month, and there will be another 20% decrease in September, hoteliers say.

The Bulgarian Commission on Consumer Protection will be launching mass inspections of clubs along the seaside resorts.

Most prominently, the commission's officers will be checking if the quality of the offered alcoholic beverages is proper.

Another important issue will be if resort clubs offer the necessary accommodations for people with disabilities.

Archaeological excavations in the Bulgarian seaside town of Sozopol on Sunday revealed an interesting find - a leaden bucranium with an eight-ray star, which possibly served as model for the coat of arms of Macedonia.

This was announced by the Director of the National Historical Museum (NIM) Bozhidar Dimitrov in a press release on Monday.

The Bulgarian Black Sea town of Sozopol is among the finalists contending for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards this year, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)'s website.

Tourists can spend their holidays at Bulgarian southern Black Sea coast at prices up to 50% lower, due to the traditional September discounts.

September is the month preferred for vacation mostly by Bulgarians and Western European pensioners, Bulgarian National Radio notes.

Bulgaria's Archaeological Museum in the Black Sea town of Sozopol will exhibit 24 valuable artifacts of the earliest ancient history of the town in the French Louvre Museum.