The town of Dobrich with a population of 95 000 inhabitants is the centre of the district. It lies at a distance of 48 km from Sofia. Dobrich is situated at the eastern part of the Danube Hilly Plain on the Dobrudzha plateau.

The first evidence of the history of the town of Dobrich comes from the discovered archaeological remains from the ancient IV-III c. B.C. and the early Middle Ages. The devastating invasions of the Pachenegi tribe from the beginning of XI c. desolate the interior of Dobrudzha and the life in the settlement for the whole period until the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. In XVI c. a new settlement springs up. Its founder is the traveling merchant Hadzhioglu Pazardzhik. In 1607 the town is written in the Ottoman documents with the name Harman and in 1685 with the name of Menzil Harmanla. According to the memoirs of the Turkish traveler Evlia Chelebi, who has visited the town in 1646-1650, there are more than 1 000 houses, about 100 workshops, 3 inns, 3 hammams, 12 mosques and 12 schools at that time.

In XVII-XIX c. the town develops as a trade and agrarian centre. It becomes well-known for its woven items and the agricultural products such as cheese, yellow cheese, wool etc. The population of the town reaches 12 000 inhabitants by the beginning of XIX c. A large number of the people are immigrants from other parts of the country looking for a better place to stay after the Russian-Turkish Wars. In 1851 a fair is organized which becomes popular all over the country.

The first church "St. Georgi" is built in 1843 and later a school is opened. The modernization of the town begins in 1869 with the building of the town's park, telegraph connections, the post station and the town's hospital.

The town is liberated in 1878. With a decree from the prince from 19 February 1882 the town is given the name of Dobrich after the ruler of the Dobrudzha region Dobrotitza. The political vicissitudes influence the development of the town. In 1913 Dobrich falls in the limits of Romania and in 1940, after the signing of the Krayova's Pact it is a Bulgarian town again.

The tourist sights of the town are: the Revival ethnographic complex "The Old Dobrich", the churches " St. Georgi" (1843), "Sveta Troitza/Holy Trinity/ (1908), the museum of the great Bulgaria writer Yordan Yovkov, the remains of a Roman settlement from III - IV c., the Ethnographic house (1861).

In Dobrich District are located the top-class resort complexes in Bulgaria - "Albena" and "Russalka". On the territory of Dobrich are situated: Cape Kaliakra- an archaeological and natural reserve, the "Blatata" reserve and others. The Shabla and Durankulak Lakes are ornithological sites of international significance. They are included in the Ramsar Convention List.

The best wineries in the region are Dobrich and Kavarna.

Tourist sights

The Old Dobrich is an open architectural-ethnographic museum in the centre of the town. In the active workshops are still demonstrated regional crafts such as pottery, weaving, icon-painting, embroidery and many others.

The Ethnographic House in Dobrich is a Revival period house from 1861. It houses an exhibition representing the lifestyles, traditions and rituals of different ethnographic groups.