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 Balcik - Bulgaria
Balchik is a Black Sea coastal town in the Southern Dobruja area of northeastern Bulgaria. It is located in Dobrich Oblast and is 42 km northeast of Varna. The town sprawls scenically along hilly terraces descending from the Dobruja plateau to the sea. During Romania's administration, the Balchik Palace was the favourite summer residence of Queen Marie of Romania and her immediate family. The town is the site of Marie's Oriental villa, the place where her heart was kept, in accordance with her last wishes, until 1940 (when the Treaty of Craiova awarded the region back to Bulgaria). It was then moved to Romania. Today, the Balchik Palace and the adjacent Balchik Botanical Garden are the town's most popular landmarks. Currently, two 18-hole golf courses are being developed north of town.
Short History
The ancient Greek colony of Krounoi (also known as Dionysopolis, after Dionysus), later a Greek-Byzantine fortress, stood on the site of an older Thracian settlement. In the First Bulgarian Empire in 7th century AD, the place's name changed from Krounoi to Karvuna; in the Second Bulgarian Empire, it became an important administrative centre of its Karvunska Hora district, and was marked on Italian portolans as a port with the Italianized name of Carbona. In the 14th century, it briefly became capital of the spinoff Dobrujansko despotstvo (Principality of Karvuna). Under the Ottoman Empire, the town came to be known with its present name, which perhaps derived from a Gagauz word meaning "small town"
Touristic Points
Balcik is not a so called sea resort. It is rather a quiet little town, where one can have fun without much animation.
The Lotos Restaurant offers live ukrain music, karaoke, dance and beach disco.
The main attraction of Balcik are the Botanical Garden and the Palace of Queen Mary.
The Palace has several beautiful pictures and paintings. At the groundfloor there is a turkish pastry shop.
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Castelul Reginei Maria - Gradina Botanica - Balcik
Balcik este un orasel situat pe tarmul Marii Negre, in Bulgaria, la circa 60 km de Vama Veche. Statiunea se afla in partea de nord a litoralului bulgar, intre Albena si Roussalka. In 1940 Balcikul a fost redobandit de Bulgaria. Balchik este o asezare foarte veche (pe locul vechii fortarete greco-bizantine Dionysopolis) si este unul dintre cele mai pitoresti locuri. Este un oras bulgaresc mic, plin de romantism, reprezentand o incredibila combinatie intre o statiune cu stil modern si vestigiile istorice. Portul Balchik este printre primele trei porturi ca marime ale Bulgariei la Marea Neagra. Daca sunteti interesati de plimbari - veti observa Tatar Quarter cu drumuri pavate si case de piatra, veti vedea vechiul palat construit intre 1924 si 1931 la cererea Reginei Maria a Romaniei. Gradina botanica gazduieste o mare varietate de specii de copaci, numeroase flori si specii de plante exotice si rare. La 6 km nord se afla Touzlata, recunoscut pentru namolul cu calitati curative.
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Balcik - Castelul Reginei Maria a Romaniei
In 1878, Balcicul intra in componenta pricipatului autonom Bulgaria, principat care in 1906 isi castiga independenta. Dupa al doilea razboi balcanic din 1913, Balcicul este castigat, impreuna cu restul Cadrilaterului, de Regatul Romaniei. In 1924, Regina Maria descopera orasul si isi cumpara aici un domeniu pe care construieste Castelul, Capela Stella Maris, diverse alte cladiri precum si gradina botanica. In perioada interbelica, Balcicul a fost o adevarata Mecca a artistilor. Se pare ca descoperitorul Balcicului, ca alegere a peisajelor pentru pictura, a fost Alexandru Satmari. In acea perioada cam toti pictorii importanti au venit aici sa picteze, in special vara: Petrascu, Tonitza, Grigorescu, Darascu, Pallady, Ressu. De fapt, aproape intreaga boema bucuresteana se reunea in Balcic vara.
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Harta Balcik-ului
In 1926, se infiinteaza aici o universitate - Universitatea Libera Coasta de Argint, unde au venit sa conferentieze in anii urmatori nume mari ale intelectualitatii romane: Nae Ionescu, Ion Marin Sadoveanu, Cezar Petrescu, Pamfil Seicaru, Ion Pillat, Mihail Jora, Jean Bart, Tudor Vianu, Gala Galaction, Nicolae Iorga. Universitatea va edita si revista “Coasta de argint”, in trei limbi: romana, bulgara si turca. In Balcic se deschide in aceeasi perioada si primul muzeu al Dobrogei. Si tot atunci primaria a improprietarit o serie de oameni de cultura, pentru ca acestia sa isi poata construi case in zona. Multe dintre casele construite de acestia poarta semnatura arhitectei Delavrancea Gibori, sora Cellei Delavrancea. Chiar si Lucian Blaga, in 1931, a solicitat primariei Balcic un astfel de loc pentru casa. In 1940, Cadrilaterul, inclusiv Balcicul, a fost redobandit de Bulgaria.
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Balcik pe harta Bulgariei
Balcikul nu este o statiune propriu-zisa. Este un orasel linistit, unde te poti distra, dar fara multa agitatie.
Restaurantul Lotos ofera muzica cu formatii de ucrainieni, cu solist, karaoke, dans si discoteca pe plaja.
Principala atractie a Balcikului o constituie Gradina Botanica si Palatul Reginei Maria.
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