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Live tours in Varna

Explore Varna, Bulgaria, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past Roman Thermae, Varna Archaeological Museum and Cathedral of the Assumption on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

11 live tours From 16,00 €

Explore Varna live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Old Town Centre is worth asking about: the grid of streets around the cathedral and the clock tower, rebuilt after the 1880s.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • Roman Thermae The ruins of a Roman bath complex from the 2nd century, among the largest of its kind in the Balkans.
  • Varna Archaeological Museum The museum holding the Varna Necropolis gold, worked around 4,600 BC and considered the oldest processed gold found anywhere.
  • Cathedral of the Assumption Varna's main Orthodox cathedral, built in the 1880s soon after Bulgaria's liberation.
  • Sea Garden A seaside park laid out in the 1860s, one of the oldest continuously planned urban parks in southeastern Europe.
  • Varna Clock Tower A 19th-century tower built by the city's merchant guilds at the edge of the old centre.
  • Varna Beach The sandy stretch running below the Sea Garden along the Black Sea.
  • Central Market Hall A covered produce and fish market built in the early 20th century, still trading daily.
  • Varna Opera House An early 20th-century theatre building that hosts the city's opera and ballet company.

Neighbourhoods

  • Old Town Centre the grid of streets around the cathedral and the clock tower, rebuilt after the 1880s
  • Sea Garden District the park and beachfront strip running the length of the city's coast
  • Chaika a newer residential district on the northern edge of the city, near Aladzha Monastery

Food to know

  • Grilled turbot
  • Shkembe chorba (tripe soup)
  • Snezhanka (cold yoghurt and cucumber salad)
  • Banitsa (filo pastry with cheese)
  • Kavarma (meat and vegetables baked in a clay pot)

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Good to know about Varna

Do I need to be in Varna to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Varna, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.5 and 1.5 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer Bulgarian, English, Russian and German; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.