The town of Pomorie has a population of 13 500 inhabitants and lies at a distance of 22 km northeast of Burgas. The town is the centre of a municipality with 16 component settlements. The town is situated on the narrow rocky peninsula of the same name jutting out 3,5 km in the Black Sea. The town is surrounded by the sea from the south, east and northeast and from the Salty Lake from the north. The beach line is covered with fine sand which is black on many places because of the rich composition of iron, manganese, aluminum and magnesium. Pomorie is well-known for the healing effects of the Pomorie healing mud extracted from the Salty Lake.

The town is founded in V c. B.C. from the inhabitants of Apolonia /Sozopol/ and has had the name of Anhialo. At that time people extarected salt from the Salty Lake, manufactured and traded with wine. During the period of the Roman Empire the town has had the name of Ulpia and has been a prosperous regional and administrative centre.

Pomorie has been destroyed by the barbarians and is later restored after an order from the Byzantine Empress Irina. During the Middle Ages the town is known under the name of Tuthon. The town is captured by the Turks in 1453.

The tourist sights of the town are: The ancient dome tomb from III c., the churches " Preobrazhenie Gospodne" from XVIII c., the monk monastery " St. Georgi" (1856) and the church "Uspenie Bogorodichno"/The Assumption/ (XIX c.), the Pomorie Lake and the architectural reserve of old Pomorie houses.

Tourist sights