The town of Shabla has a population of 4 000 inhabitants and is situated at a distance of 72 km east of Dobrich. The town is the municipal administrative centre of 15 settlements. It is situated on the Black Sea Coast and is a national seaside resort.

Shabla is a Thracian settlement which has had a thriving trade with the Greeks. During the Roman epoch in the vicinities of the settlement is established the Roman town of Karia, known for its port. It continues its existence during the early-Byzantine epoch after which it declines.

The tourist sights of the town are: cape Shabla with the oldest lighthouse in Bulgaria, built in 1856, the remains of an ancient town, the church "St. Haralampii" (1853).

Tourist sights

The "Golemia ostrov"/Big Island/ settlement mound - by the village of Durankulak is a prehistoric mound which has evidence for the whole prehistory and a large part of the ancient and early Middle Ages history. Some of the objects discovered in the mound are kept in the museum collection in the village.