1. The temperature 1. The temperature mattersmatters
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The temperature mattersThe temperature matters
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Average summer temperaturesAverage summer temperatures28-3128-31°C°C
The temperature really matters when you are 40 – the age of success.
Only then do we think of such silly things as skin cancer, blood pressure and heart attach
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2. Mineral waters 2. Mineral waters for medical for medical purposespurposes
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1600 spring 1600 spring sourcessources
Over 500 of them are used for medical purposes
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1600 spring sources1600 spring sources
Acve Calide, the mineral source near Burgas, was described by Philip the Macedonian’s chronists in the IV-th century B.C. as the best source for healing sword wounds. 800 years later Jordanes describes it as “the best source in the whole world for curing ill people”.
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3. 3. The Gold Treasures The Gold Treasures
of Bulgariaof Bulgaria
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The Gold Treasures of The Gold Treasures of BulgariaBulgaria
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Varna TreasureVarna Treasure3200-3000 B.C.
The oldest crafted gold found in Europe
1.09 kg
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Valchetran TreasureValchetran Treasure
1400-1300 B.C.
The oldest Thracian gold
12.5 kg13 pots
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Panagyursko TreasurePanagyursko Treasure
III century B.C.
6.2 kg
9 pots
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Panagyursko TreasurePanagyursko Treasure
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4. Bulgaria – an 4. Bulgaria – an Ancient CountryAncient Country
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St Andrew in BulgariaSt Andrew in BulgariaCultural tourism
St Andrew visited first Ahtopol, later Nessebar and Varna, where he served and baptized