Roman and Ottoman thermal baths on the edge of the city.
Twenty minutes out of the centre at Vetren, hot mineral water has been drawing people for three thousand years: Thracians, Romans who built the town of Aquae Calidae around it, and Suleiman the Magnificent, whose bath house still stands over the spring.
The site is presented as Thermopolis, with the restored bath, a visitor centre and the excavated Roman town. It is the single best answer to what Burgas was before Burgas.
- Distance
- About 15 km north-west of the centre, at Vetren
- Drive
- 20 minutes
- Bus
- City buses run to Vetren from the centre
- Hours and tickets
- Published by the Thermopolis visitor centre
- Time needed
- Two hours
Practical
Nearby
Sources
- Aquae Calidae — Thermopolis, Burgas(third-party site)
The Roman and Ottoman bath complex at Vetren and its visitor centre. Checked August 2026.