The Varna Railway Station is one of the oldest railway stations in Bulgaria. Its present building was constructed between 1908 and 1925, and was officially opened by Tsar Boris III. The city itself has had a railway station since as long ago as 1866, when the Varna-Rousse railway line was inaugurated. Today's railway station was significantly renovated in 2004 and 2005. The station's current edifice, which was built in several stages under architects Nikola Kostov and Kiro Marichkov, has a wonderful mix of Art Nouveau style and Neo-Baroque elements. Italian architects participated in the design of the interior and the exterior ornamentation. A clock specially brought from Germany was installed in the station's clock tower in 1929.

The Roman city of Odessus, formerly of the Moesia province, once covered 47 hectares of the present-day downtown Varna. It had prominent public baths, known as Thermae, which were erected in the late 2nd Century AD and are now the largest remnants of Roman culture in Bulgaria. With an original size of 100m wide, 70m long, and 25m high, the baths were the fourth-largest known Roman baths in all of Europe. Major athletic games were held there every five years, possibly attended by Gordian III in 238 AD. Odessus was also an early Christian center, as evidenced by ruins of ten early basilicas.

Named after a well-known stage actor, the Stoyan Bachvarov Dramatic Theatre was founded in 1921. It is a very famous theatre in Bulgaria, where about 200 performances are staged every year. Spread across two halls seating 560 and 450 spectators respectively, the theatre attracts 3,500 people each month. Built by acclaimed architects Dabko Dabkov and Jelyazko Bogdanov, the theatre building itself is an outstanding mix of Baroque and Empirical styles.

While Knyaz Dondukov-Korsakov visited Varna, he decided to build a cathedral for the growing population of Eastern Orthodox Christians. The project was designed by Mass, an architect from Odessa, Ukraine, and took six years to complete. Inaugurated in 1886, the cathedral is the largest and most famous Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral.

Founded in 1888, the Varna Archaeological Museum is housed in a historic building designed in a neo-renaissance style by noted architect Petko Momchilov. Originally built as a girl's school, in 1945 it became state property. Since 1993 the museum has had exclusive use of the whole building -- until then partially occupied since 1895. One of the largest museums in Bulgaria, it has an exhibition area of more than 2,000 square meters with artifacts from the prehistoric, Thracian, Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman periods. There are also exhibits from the times of the medieval Bulgarian and Byzantine Empires, the Ottoman rule and the Bulgarian National Revival.

Anton Novak Square is a wonderful place for enjoying the sea view and watching open-air concerts. It was named after a famous Czech park designer. There are plenty of cafes and bars in the park, as well as great shops on the nearby Slivnitsa Boulevard. Inside the park, near the square front, is a famous Sea Garden.

The Palace of Culture and Sports is Varna's main sporting center. It's got nine different halls with a total of 3,000 seats, plus 10 cafes, a motor show saloon and a dedicated creative center. The Palace is the focal point of top competitions in basketball, volleyball and many other sports. It's also a conference venue for business and scientific events.

The Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy is a center of maritime education. The academy trains officers for the Navy and Merchant Marines. The institution has its roots in the Machine School for the Navy, the first technical school in Bulgaria established in 1881. In 1942 the school was promoted to "His Majesty's Naval Academy" and started to train deck officers with a higher maritime education followed by ship power-plant specialists one year later. In 1949 the academy was renamed as Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy.