The Varna City Guides answer the questions every visitor to this port city ends up asking: where to eat crisp fried sprats by the water without paying resort prices, why the big museums should go on a weekday, how bus 409 gets you up the coast to Golden Sands for a fraction of a taxi fare, which beaches stay shallow enough for toddlers and where to taste Mavrud and Dimyat by the glass. Each guide is a short, honest list that tells you why a place earns its spot, what to order or look at and one practical tip, and it opens in your browser the moment you have paid.
About the Varna City Guides
- 122 places
- 6 guides
- 6 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Varna guides
Food guide
20 places
Grill taverns in the centre, fried sprats and mussels on the beach, the central market, Bulgarian wine bars, banitsa for breakfast and fish restaurants up the coast.
Things to do guide
20 places
The oldest worked gold on earth, Roman baths, the cathedral and opera, Sea Garden walks, a monastery cut into a cliff and the coast north to Golden Sands.
Family guide
21 places
An aquarium and a planetarium in the Sea Garden, puppet shows, warm thermal pools for wet days, a water park and gently shelving beaches up to Kranevo.
Nightlife guide
23 places
Wine bars and cocktails in the old centre, craft beer near the port, a sing-along piano bar, beach clubs under the Sea Garden, the Golden Sands strip and a 3am doner.
Day trips guide
18 places
Beaches you reach by bus, the red cliffs of Kaliakra, Balchik’s palace garden, the old churches of Nessebar, the Stone Forest and the Madara Horseman.
Budget guide
20 places
Free viewpoints and beaches, low-cost museums with the Necropolis gold, kebabs and bakery breakfasts, a market picnic and the cheap bus up the coast.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Ribarska Shatra
Kraybrezhna alley, Fishermen’s beach
A no-frills fish tent on the beach promenade: plastic chairs, the sea a few steps away and plates of crisp tsatsa, safrid and mussels at low prices. Nobody comes for the décor; order a few plates and share. From the food guide.
Evksinograd Palace
Coast road, 8 km north of the centre
Bulgaria’s former royal summer palace, built in the 1880s like a French château, with gardens that run down to the sea. The state still uses it, so the only way in is a guided tour of the ground floor and the park. From the things to do guide.
Cape Kaliakra
Near Kavarna, about 1h15 by car
A thin finger of red cliffs, some 70 metres high, reaches into the Black Sea, with fortress ruins along its back, a museum inside a cave and a small chapel at the very tip. Bring cash for the gate. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Varna
Day one, ideally Tuesday to Saturday: see the Necropolis gold in the Archaeological Museum, walk through the Roman Thermae and the cathedral, then stroll the Sea Garden down to the beach and finish with fried tsatsa at Fishermen’s beach and a glass of Bulgarian wine in the centre. Day two: ride bus 409 north to Aladzha Monastery and the sand at Golden Sands, or hire a car for the loop to Balchik and Cape Kaliakra. For a rainy or slow day, start with banitsa from a bakery, spend the morning in the Retro Museum, soak in the thermal pools at St Constantine and end the evening at a craft beer bar.
Questions about the Varna guides
What do the Varna City Guides include?
Six guides covering 122 places: food, things to do, family, nightlife, day trips and budget. Each entry tells you why it is worth going, where it is, opening notes and one tip you can actually use.
How do I get the guides after paying?
The links appear on your order confirmation page and in the email that follows. They open in the browser of any phone, tablet or laptop, with no app to install and no account to create.
Can I use the Varna guides without internet?
Yes. Open each guide once while you are online and it works offline from then on, ticks and notes included. Sending a place to maps needs mobile data.
Which languages are the Varna guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Dutch, Greek and Polish. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the guides cost?
One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99, four are €15.99 and the full set of six is €19.99.
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