The Anastasia island, Burgas

The monastery of St. Anastasia Pharmacolitria (Healer) is the only island monastery in Bulgaria, part of which has been preserved to this day. The monastery church, bearing the name “Assumption of the Virgin Mary”, is small, but with a solid stone structure, fortified with wooden santraches (belts). The lighthouse on the island was built by a French company in 1889. A pharmacy offering miraculous herbs and potions, a monastery cell from the Middle Ages where you can spend the night, a restaurant with authentic Burgas dishes based on old recipes can be found on the island.