Landmarks
The old town holds dozens of Revival-era houses, mediaeval churches, fortress walls and the Archaeological Museum.
Landmarks
The old town holds dozens of Revival-era houses, mediaeval churches, fortress walls and the Archaeological Museum.
Church of St. Mary
Built partly below ground at the end of the 15th century — under Ottoman rule churches could not be taller than mosques — with an exceptional 19th-century carved wooden iconostasis.
Archaeological Museum
The collection traces the history of Apollonia/Sozopolis — Greek ceramics, Roman sarcophagi, mediaeval icons and finds from St. Ivan Island.
Southern fortress wall and tower
A restored section of the late-antique and mediaeval fortress — with a panoramic view of the harbour and bay.
St. Ivan Island
Bulgaria's largest island, 1 km from Sozopol, with the excavations of the mediaeval St. John the Forerunner monastery and the country's largest pelican and gull reserve.
Revival-era houses
Dozens of 18th–19th-century houses with stone ground floors and wooden upper floors shape the look of the old town. Many now serve as galleries, taverns and small hotels.
Apollonia Art Gallery
The municipal gallery in the old town exhibits work by Bulgarian artists inspired by Sozopol and the Black Sea. The heart of the September Apollonia festival.