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Pomorie
Pomorie (Bulgarian: Поморие [poˈmɔriɛ]), historically known as Anchialos (Bulgarian: Анхиало, Greek: Αγχίαλος), is a town and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, located on a narrow rocky peninsula in Burgas Bay on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
It is situated in Burgas Province, 20,5 km away from the city of Burgas and 18 km from the Sunny Beach resort. The ultrasaline lagoon Lake Pomorie, the northernmost of the Burgas Lakes, lies in the immediate proximity. The town is the administrative centre of the eponymous Pomorie Municipality.
Pomorie is an ancient city and today is an important tourist destination. As of 2020, it had a population of 13,926.
The modern city of Pomorie is located on a narrow peninsula of the same name, extending 3.5 km into the Black Sea, on the northwest coast of the Burgas Bay. From the south, east and northeast, the city is surrounded by the sea, from the north - by Lake Pomorie, and only from the west-northwest it is connected to the Pomorie field, which is part of the Burgas lowland.
The sea coast is low, sandy, with an open horizon to the east and west, protected to the north by Stara Planina. Pomorie Bay has 18,700 sq.m. of beaches. The seabed is shallow, with a gentle slope, without reefs and cold sea currents, and is safe for swimming.
Under the Köppen climate classification, Pomorie has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa). The summertime in Pomorie lasts about five months from mid-May until late September. Average temperatures during high season is 24 °C (75 °F). Summertime sea temperatures stay around 23–24 °C (73–75 °F) at sunrise and go up to 29–30 °C (84–86 °F) at dawn, averaging 26 °C (79 °F). Winters are milder compared with the inland part of the country, with average temperatures of 4–5 °C (39–41 °F) and below 0 °C (32 °F) during the night. Snow is possible in December, January, February and rarely in March; however, it can quickly melt. The highest temperature was recorded in June 2007, at 42.8 °C (109 °F) and the lowest at −21.6 °C (−7 °F) in January 1942.
Pomorie was founded by the Ancient Greeks under the name Anchialos (Ancient Greek: Ἀγχίαλος), deriving from Ancient Greek "anchi-" ("near, close to") and "hals-" ("sea"). In Latin, this was rendered as Anchialus. The Bulgars called the town Tuthon, though its more common name in Bulgarian was Анхиало, Anhialo based on the Greek name. During the Ottoman rule, the town was called Ahyolu. In 1934 the town was renamed to Pomorie, from the Bulgarian "po-" (in this context "by, next to") and "more" ("sea"), corresponding to the etymology of the original Greek name.
Possibly founded in the 5th or 4th century BC as a colony of Apollonia (today Sozopol), Anchialos was mentioned in Strabo's Geographica as a small town. It was briefly captured by Messembria (Nesebar) in the 2nd century BC, but reconquered by Apollonia and its fortified walls destroyed.
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Pomorie
Pomorie (Bulgarian: Поморие [poˈmɔriɛ]), historically known as Anchialos (Bulgarian: Анхиало, Greek: Αγχίαλος), is a town and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, located on a narrow rocky peninsula in Burgas Bay on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
It is situated in Burgas Province, 20,5 km away from the city of Burgas and 18 km from the Sunny Beach resort. The ultrasaline lagoon Lake Pomorie, the northernmost of the Burgas Lakes, lies in the immediate proximity. The town is the administrative centre of the eponymous Pomorie Municipality.
Pomorie is an ancient city and today is an important tourist destination. As of 2020, it had a population of 13,926.
The modern city of Pomorie is located on a narrow peninsula of the same name, extending 3.5 km into the Black Sea, on the northwest coast of the Burgas Bay. From the south, east and northeast, the city is surrounded by the sea, from the north - by Lake Pomorie, and only from the west-northwest it is connected to the Pomorie field, which is part of the Burgas lowland.
The sea coast is low, sandy, with an open horizon to the east and west, protected to the north by Stara Planina. Pomorie Bay has 18,700 sq.m. of beaches. The seabed is shallow, with a gentle slope, without reefs and cold sea currents, and is safe for swimming.
Under the Köppen climate classification, Pomorie has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa). The summertime in Pomorie lasts about five months from mid-May until late September. Average temperatures during high season is 24 °C (75 °F). Summertime sea temperatures stay around 23–24 °C (73–75 °F) at sunrise and go up to 29–30 °C (84–86 °F) at dawn, averaging 26 °C (79 °F). Winters are milder compared with the inland part of the country, with average temperatures of 4–5 °C (39–41 °F) and below 0 °C (32 °F) during the night. Snow is possible in December, January, February and rarely in March; however, it can quickly melt. The highest temperature was recorded in June 2007, at 42.8 °C (109 °F) and the lowest at −21.6 °C (−7 °F) in January 1942.
Pomorie was founded by the Ancient Greeks under the name Anchialos (Ancient Greek: Ἀγχίαλος), deriving from Ancient Greek "anchi-" ("near, close to") and "hals-" ("sea"). In Latin, this was rendered as Anchialus. The Bulgars called the town Tuthon, though its more common name in Bulgarian was Анхиало, Anhialo based on the Greek name. During the Ottoman rule, the town was called Ahyolu. In 1934 the town was renamed to Pomorie, from the Bulgarian "po-" (in this context "by, next to") and "more" ("sea"), corresponding to the etymology of the original Greek name.
Possibly founded in the 5th or 4th century BC as a colony of Apollonia (today Sozopol), Anchialos was mentioned in Strabo's Geographica as a small town. It was briefly captured by Messembria (Nesebar) in the 2nd century BC, but reconquered by Apollonia and its fortified walls destroyed.