Landmarks

Maintained reserve "Sand Lily" - the smallest reserve in Bulgaria. It is located south of Sozopol, in the Kavatsite area. It was declared in 1962 and preserves one of the largest deposits of sand lily - a tertiary relict, listed in the Red Book of Bulgaria as an endangered species. Its roots can penetrate several meters deep into inhospitable sands. It is also called "Queen of Flowers" and "Sea Daffodil";

Protected area "Kolokita" /Korenyata/ - located about 2 km southeast of Sozopol, between Paradise Bay, m. It is located 2 km from the shores of Sozopol and the Black Sea. It was declared in 1970 in order to protect the rocky shores. Despite its protected status, many buildings in all possible architectural styles are perched on the rocky shore;

Protected area "St. St. Ivan and Peter" - it was declared in 1993 to preserve natural habitats of protected and rare bird species;

Natural Landmark "Sand Dunes Kavatsite" - located about 3 km south of Sozopol. The dune formations reach 5-6 meters in height and are overgrown with sand-loving plants;

Ropotamo Complex - includes the Ropotamo Biosphere Reserve (CORINE site), St. Thomas Island ("Snake Island", famous for the cactus-puncture growing there and the Gunther's vole colony), Alepu Swamp Natural Landmark (CORINE biotopes site), Stamopolu Protected Area, Arcutino Wetland, a Ramsar site, Butter Cape Natural Landmark.
In "Ropotamo" reserve is offered a boat trip from the bridge of the main road Burgas - Rezovo to the mouth of the river. Ropotamo.

Seaside route town. Sozopol - R. Ropotopol. Ropotamo - town of Sozopol. Primorsko
Duration - 7 hours (20 km)

From the New Town district of Sozopol you go south and in about 30 minutes (2 km) you reach the locality of Bozhaka (Budzhaka), where on a peninsula with Cape Kolokita there is a protected area "Kolokita". On an area of about 650 km2 there are interesting rock formations and small coves, which are scientifically incorrectly called "fjords". On Cape St. There is a small chapel.

Then there is the large Kavatsite bay, where the campsites "Veselie" and "Kavatsite" are located, the maintained reserve "Sand Lily" /the smallest in Bulgaria/ and the natural landmark "Kavatsite Sand Dunes".

After about 2 km in a southerly direction you reach Cape Agalina, at the end of the Kukuv Bair ridge. To preserve the unique rock formations and the specific seaside vegetation and animal life, the area was declared a natural landmark in 1980.

About a kilometre to the south is the holiday village of "Dunes", which is famous for having the best beach in the area. Immediately after Duni, the coastal road passes a marshy area with the lagoon Alepu, which translated into Bulgarian means 'fox marsh'. It is situated parallel to the bay of the same name between Cape Dalyana and Cape Khumata. Here are the protected areas "Alepu Marsh" and "Alepu Sand Dunes". The marsh is inhabited by dozens of species of aquatic animals and over 100 species of algae. Dozens of bird species nest here. The lagoon sediments and the muds that form them have a healing effect. The sandy spit of the lagoon is the second longest on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.

After crossing Andreea Bayr, one enters the area of the lagoon "Arcutino", which means "bear swamp". A sandy spit separates it from the sea. The lagoon is a swamp with white lilies and other epiphytic vegetation, situated in a longleaf forest. Marked wooden paths lead to the water lily beds. A botanical garden was started in 2006 to preserve these unique plant communities.

Opposite the Arcutino Lagoon and Cape Humata is the island of St. The island of St. Thomas (Snake Island). According to legend, the island was a haunt of sea robbers who built here a chapel of St. Thomas. Thomas.  The inhabitants of the island fed on fish and fish scales and bones often glistened near the chapel. Therefore, local people decided that a dragon lived on the island and began to call it Snake Island.

At the foot of Mt. Burhama, west of Arcutino, almost suddenly "springs up a sea" of huge stone boulders, which closely resemble the Vitosha "moraines".  They have the same origin and are the result of the so-called spherical weathering of the syenite rocks developed everywhere in the area.

The road passes through a small saddle and enters the valley of the r. Ropotamo. In 1992 it was declared a nature reserve under the so-called Ramsar Convention. It includes within its boundaries the previously existing nature park "Ropotamo" (Water Lilies Reserve) and the reserves "Snake Island", "Arcutino" and "Sea Wormwood". The beautiful rocky promontories of Koryaka, St.. Parashkev and Maslen Cape, separated by small and cozy coves. On one of the maps of the Egyptian geographer Ptolemy, the town of Tonzos on the Ponta is indicated at this place, and 50 m above sea level are the remains of the old settlement of Chenge. A marked path through a sparse oak forest leads after about 500 m to a lovely sunny meadow, where several enormous chunks of rock rise majestically. The place, known as the Thracian sanctuary Beglik Tash, was first described by Karel Skorpil.

To the south of this mystical place, in one of the most beautiful bays on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, is the camping site "Perla" - a rapidly developing recreational complex. Here the beach, developed on a sandy spit, turns into a dense green massif and into the swamp "Stomopolu". After about 1.5 km the town of Primorsko is reached.