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Balchik is a small seaside town in Northern Bulgaria which combines the romance of its steep streets with the beauty of the sea. For a long time it has been known as the White Town for the mainly white colour of its lime rocks. Balchik has a 21 centuries history and has preserved traces of many cultures. All that can be seen in the Historical museum situated in the town centre. 

The nearest big towns are Varna (40 km) and Dobrich (35 km). Albena, one of the biggest Bulgarian resorts is only 10 km away. There is regular bus transport to them. On the north (35 km) the furthest eastern point of Bulgaria - cape Kaliakra juts out deep into the sea.

Balchik is one of the oldest European towns. It was founded more than 2600 years ago by lonian colonists on the ruins of quite earlier settlement known under the name of Krouni. The old town is situated amphitheatrically on the slopes of an ancient fault. The old houses and cobblestone lanes are the "trade mark”, the brand of the White Town. The remarkable location of Balchik-on terraces - above the picturesque bay, the bright white heights, sculptured by weather and wind, which surrounded it from all sides, the romantic, buried in greenery an dashed meanderingly at the seashore - all this fairy site - scene of stone, sun, meerschaum and flowers create the magic atmosphere of this oasis of piece.

Botanic garden - Collections of plant species from all over the worlds are grown on an area of about 16 acres. One of the biggest attractions is the collection of large sized cacti species grown in an open area. It is the second one of its kinds in Europe after the one in Monaco.

In the garden you can see some exotic plants such as: candy tree, paper tree, ancient Ginkgo biloba, the resurrected Metasequoia glyptostroboides, sand lily, olives and many others. You will enter a world of bright colors, blooms, trees and bushes. More than 3000 plant species are grown in the garden. They belong to 35 families and 800 genera demonstrating an incredible diversity of varieties and forms .