1. WELCOME TO DOBRICH ….THE BIRTHPLACE OF BULGARIA…

2. Dobrich is the capital of Golden Dobrudzha! Dobrich is a town which, for hundreds of years now, has combined age- old traditions and a dramatic past with a hectic present. This is a town whose destiny is forever linked with the destiny of the country, and will remain a symbol of Bulgaria’s eternal existence. Dobrich

3. Dobrich is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, the administrative center of Dobrich Province. Dobrich is the ninth most populated town in Bulgaria, being the center of the historical region of Southern Dobruzha.It is located 30 km west of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, not far from resorts such as Albena, Balchik and Golden Sands…

4. Architectural and Ethnographic Open Air Museum “The Old Dobrich” The museum shows the architecture, customs, and crafts of Dobrich at the end of XIX and the beginning of XX AD. Its purpose is to preserve and develop the cultural and occupational traditions in the region. The visitors will find out about the production processes of traditional arts and crafts - tailoring, knitting, wood turnery, goldsmith's trade, etc. There is a bakery, a millet-ale (or boza) shop, and an old style café. Visitors can try their hand at pottery, visit the café and taste the famous byalo sladko, boza, and Bulgarian wine.

5. Ethnographic Museum The museum is one of the most interesting houses dating back to the Bulgarian National Revival. It was built in 1860 - 61, and was restored in 1970. The house has been registered as a monument of culture and architecture. Its rooms house the exhibition Customs and Finery from Dobrudzha. The collection contains costumes and textiles which are masterpieces of arts and crafts.

6. T he A rt gallery of Dobrich is over 35 years old and has the status of a city art museum. It features over 3,000 works of art - paintings, sculptures, black and white drawings, figurines and works of plastic arts by artists of various generations. The works are exhibited in one of the stateliest buildings - a monument of architecture built in the 1930s. The art gallery boasts masters such as Mrkviska, Vladimir Dimitrov - Maystora (Vladimir ‘the Master' Dimitrov), Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, Bencho Obreshkov, Alexander Petrov, Vasil Zahariev, Pencho Balkanski, Dechko Uzunov, etc. A number of traveling exhibitions from France, Spain, Poland, Slovakia, Cuba, etc. have been displayed here. The art gallery is a venue for concerts, video presentations, recitations and meetings. Visitors to Dobrich take particular interest in the resident exhibitions ‘Old masters' and ‘Modern artists'. The art gallery organizes the international plein air ‘Paper', and has published the catalogues of the exhibitions held from 1996 to 2003. A catalogue of the gallery is also available

7. Saint George Park The park opened in 1867, and in 1999 it was registered as a monument of landscape design. It offers a number of sports and recreation facilities.

8. Saint George Church The church was opened in 1843, burnt down in the Crimean War (1853 - 1856), and then rebuilt in 1868. It boasts a richly ornamented iconostas. Many of the icons were painted by Kozma Blazhetov of Debar.

9. Nature and Animal Protection Centre The center is the only one of its kind not only in Bulgaria but also in Eastern Europe. Founded under a Bulgarian-Swiss project, it boasts an area of 16 hectares, 30-year-old vegetation (trees and bushes), and a convenient access. The zoo houses over 100 animal species - deer, roe, llamas, mouflons, Przhevalski's horses, goat, pheasants, bison, exotic and water birds, etc. - which live in conditions very close to their natural habitats. A priority for the zoo is the reproduction and re-introduction of endangered animal species.

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