Revolution Square (Piața Revoluției) in Bucharest was the site of brutal dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu’s infamous final speech on December 21, 1989, during the Romanian Revolution.
Grand Square (Piaţa Mare) is the best place to start exploring Sibiu’s historic city center. It’s the largest and most important square in town.
Nessebar is a UNESCO World Heritage site because it contains a wealth of medieval churches in the historic city. A few were built by the Byzantines and others are in the Byzantine style built by the Bulgarians.
Burgas doesn’t have many intriguing sights in the city center, but what it lacks in attractions it makes up for with charm.
Kavarna (Каварна) is a small Black Sea resort town in northeastern Bulgaria. Although I didn’t make it as far as the beach, I stopped and took a quick look at the town on my way to visit nearby Cape Kaliakra.
The city center of Varna is full of beautiful architecture along pedestrianized streets. It’s easy to walk this part of a city in a loop.
In 1981, the Communist regime in Bulgaria built a gigantic monument on top of a ridge overlooking the city of Shumen, 450 meters above sea level.
The Pammakaristos Church (Θεοτόκος ἡ Παμμακάριστος) was one of the most important Byzantine churches in Constantinople. It’s located on the edge of the Çarşamba neighborhood in the Fatih district of Istanbul.
The Ihlara Valley (Ihlara Vadisi) is a canyon in the southwest part of Cappadocia in Turkey. It contains a wealth of rock-cut churches.