Nessebar is one of the oldest towns in Europe and the richest in architectural monuments from medieval Bulgaria. The first settlement on the peninsula was established in 3000 BC. There lived the Thracians in the earliest period of the history of Nessebar. They gave the town its original name – Messambria.

It is situated on a small peninsula, Nessebar has more than 40 ancient churches with wonderful facades and interiors. The narrow cobbled roads, the old picturesque houses with wooden windows, the old harbor, the fish restaurants, all that give a unique romantic atmosphere to the town which is as well an open museum and a real shopping paradise.