When the name of Balchik is mentioned most of the people associate it with the palace of the Romanian Queen and the gorgeous botanical garden there. But Balchik is far more that those two. What fascinate the visitor are the white limestone rocks, the Tartar quarter with the pebbled streets and the myth that the goddess Aphrodite was born there out of the sea. Balchik is a sea town in Dobrich District and is just 42 km away from Varna. History tells that ancient Greeks and in the Medieval Ages ... read more