scenic viewpoint
Cape Kaliakra
A narrow red-cliff headland thrusting 2km into the Black Sea, with fortress ruins and nesting cormorants.
20 km · about 25 min drive
Dobrich, Bulgaria · Europe
Shabla is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Balgarevo, 20km from Cape Kaliakra.
Shabla is a town located in Dobrich, Bulgaria. With a population of 3,901, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Shabla sits in Bulgaria, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Sofia time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Shabla to your route.
Shabla (Bulgarian: Шабла [ˈʃabɫɐ]) is a town and seaside resort in northeastern Bulgaria, administrative centre of the Shabla Municipality part of Dobrich Province. Shabla municipality includes the following villages: Bojanovo, Chernomortsi, Durankulak, Ezerets, Gorichane, Gorun, Granichar, Krapets, Prolez, Smin,Read more
Staevtsi, Tvarditsa, Tyulenovo, Vaklino, and Zahari Stoyanovo. As of December 2009, the town itself had a population of 3,586 inhabitants. It is situated on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the vicinity of the salt-water Lake Shabla and Bulgaria's easternmost point, Cape Shabla.
Shabla has an extensive white sand beach and was a popular destination for Eastern Bloc tourism until the fall of Communism. The beach itself is located some 5 km from the town (shuttle service in summer) via a road constructed under the EU Phare programme
On the main town beach there is a large car park and many old bungalows next to a large restaurant that serves today's tourists in the summer months. The beaches, and generally the seaside in the municipality, are famous for the untouched nature and virgin beaches.
Another route leads you to the coastal road and past Shabla's lighthouse which is the tallest, oldest and easternmost one on the Bulgarian coast. Set among the ruins of the 4th-century fortress, it was built in its modern appearance during the Crimean War and opened on 15 July 1856, though it is in fact a reconstructed older lighthouse built between 1756 and 1786. Its tower is 28.23 m-tall.
The next village along this route and moving South is Tyulenovo and the start of the rocky coast and high cliffs that stretch through Kamen Bryag to the small bay of Kavarna.
Shabla in antiquity was an ancient Thracian settlement founded 6th to 5th century BC and known by the Greek name of Karon Limen (Carian Bay) that grew into a Black Sea port in Roman times. The town flourished in the early years of the Byzantine Empire, a fortress still being preserved from the period (4th century). During Ottoman rule it was known as Karamanly
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Shabla is located in Dobrich, Bulgaria, Europe. The coordinates are 43.5398 latitude, 28.5343 longitude.
Shabla has a population of approximately 3,901 people, making it a town in Bulgaria.
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A narrow red-cliff headland thrusting 2km into the Black Sea, with fortress ruins and nesting cormorants.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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