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Strandja Nature Park

Strandja Nature Park

If you head for the Southeastern part of Bulgaria, to the town of Malko Tarnovo or along the sea shore to the towns of Ahtopol and Sinemoretz soon you will fall in the caressing arms of the wide spread mountain chain of Strandja. An inseparable part of Strandja is the nature park which is named after the mountain. The park was established in 1995, covers a territory of 1,116 square km and has a sea outlet situated between the town of Tzarevo and the village of Rezovo. The territory of the park is strewn with numerous archeological objects, which fascinate with their mysticism and majesty. For thousands of years the Strandja Mountains were the kingdom of the ancient Thracian culture. Scattered all over the territory of the mountains, the ancient beehive tombs, dolmens, sacrificial altar, slab stones and statues are silent witnesses of the ancient Thracian glory. The most spectacular of all of them is the megalith consecrated ground in the vicinity of Mishkova niva, known as the Temple o