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Balchik (Bulgarian: Балчик; Turkish: Balçık; Greek: Κρουνοι, Krounoi, Διονυσοπολις, Dionysopolis; Romanian: Balcic) is a Black Sea coastal town and seaside resort in the Southern Dobruja area of northeastern Bulgaria. It is located in Dobrich Oblast and is 42 km northeast of Varna. The town sprawls scenically along hilly terraces descending from the Dobruja plateau to the sea.
The ancient Greek colony of Krounoi (also known as Dionysopolis, after Dionysus), later a Greek-Byzantine fortress, stood on the site of an older Thracian settlement. Under the Ottoman Empire, the town came to be known with its present name, which perhaps derived from a Gagauz word meaning "small town" (as opposed to the "large town" of Varna). Another opinion is that its actual name derived from Balik's name.
After the liberation of Bulgaria, Balchik developed as centre of a rich agricultural region, wheat-exporting port, and district (okoliya) town, and later, as a major tourist destination with the beachfront resort of Albena to its south. The ethnic composition gradually changed from mostly Gagauz and Tatar/Turkish to predominantly Bulgarian. However, the town retains a sizable Turkish minority, and a Ottoman mosque remains to serve the muslim minority. Between 1913-1916 and 1919-1940, Balchik was part of Romania.
During Romania's administration, the Balchik Palace was the favourite summer residence of Queen Marie of Romania and her immediate family. The town is the site of Marie's Oriental villa, the place where her heart was kept, in accordance with her last wishes, until 1940 (when the Treaty of Craiova awarded the region back to Bulgaria). It was then moved to Romania. Today, the Balchik Palace and the adjacent Balchik Botanical Garden are the town's most popular landmarks. Currently, three 18-hole golf courses are being developed around town, two designed by Gary Player and one by Ian Woosnam.
Balchik Palace
The coast of Balchik
The baths of Balchik Palace
Balchik Dobrich Dobrichka General Toshevo Kavarna Krushari Shabla Tervel
Albena Alen Mak Balchik Balchishka Tuzla Balgarevo Bolata Bozhurets Dobruja Kaliakra Kamen Briag Karvuna Kavarna Kosmos Kranevo Krapets Rogachevo Rusalka Shabla Topola Tyulenovo Yaylata
Asparuhovo Briz Byala Chaika Chernomorets Golden Sands Emona (Burgas Province) Euxinograd Fichoza Galata Irakli (Burgas Province) Kabakum Kamchia (resort) Kara Dere Luna Obzor (Burgas Province) Pasha Dere Prostor Rakitnika Rai Riviera Romantika Constantine and Helena Shkorpilovtsi Sunny Day Trakata Varna
Agalina Alepu Aheloy Ahtopol Arapia Arkutino Atia Begliktash Burgas Chernomorets Chervenka Dyuni Evropa Gradina Kavatsite Kiten Kolokita Koral Kosharitsa Kraimorie Lazurno More Lozenets Nesebar Nestinarka Perla Pomorie Primorsko Raiski Zaliv Ravda Rezovo Robinzon Ropotamo Sarafovo Silistar Sinemorets Smokinya Sozopol Sunny Beach St. Anastasia Island St. Cyricus Island St. Ivan Island Stomoplo St. Peter Island St. Thomas Island Sveti Vlas Tsarevo Veselie Varvara Zlatna Ribka
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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