Botanical Garden Balcik
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BGCI Member: No
About the Botanical Garden Balcik
The chief attraction in Balcik is the wonderful Botanical Garden. Its ten hectares surround the small summer palace of the Romanian Queen Marie. (The area was part of Romania between 1913 and 1940). The attractive villa has the unusual addition of a minaret. The gardens are set on a steep hillside, and descend in six terraces to the sea - supposedly one for each of the Queen's children. There are over three thousand varieties of shrubs, roses and flowers, set among streams, waterfalls, and ornamental channels. There is a rock garden, a formal French one with clipped box cones and geometric beds, and an astonishing collection of cacti. Interspersed are stone thrones, seats, pillars and ornaments collected by the Queen.
The Botanical garden forms part of the teaching facilities of the University of Sofia.
Main Address:
Botanical Garden Balcik
P.O. Box 834
1000 SOFIA
Sofia
Bulgaria
Telephone: 0359 579 72 058
Fax: 0359 579 76 338
URL: http://www.uni-sofia.bg/resources/botan/index.html
Primary Email: ubg_sofia@abv.bg