Beglik Tash, Primorsko, Bulgaria

Beglik Tash is a prehistoric rock sanctuary situated a few kilometers north of the city of Primorsko. It was re-used by the Thracian tribes in the Iron Age.

Most of the megaliths have traces of carvings for the purposes of Thracian rituals. There are also the remains of a labyrinth that visitors can pass through. A Thracian sun-clock is formed from huge stones. There is also a 150-ton rock that rests on the ground in only two places, and a 'womb-cave'.

Archaeologists have found ceramic artefacts from the Early Iron Age (10th–6th century BC), classical antiquity, and the Middle Ages, as well as a man-made stone altar at the end of the natural cave which proves that it was used as a place of worship. Every day at noon, a ray of sunlight enters the narrow entrance of the cave, and projects itself on the back of cave. According to the Bulgarian archaeologist Alexander Fol some of the Thracian womb-caves had the property of letting the sunlight in only at certain times of the day, a natural phenomenon seen by the Thracians as acts of symbolic fertilization of the Earth womb or the Mother Goddess by the sun phallus of the Sun God.

The site is an open-air museum maintained by the Burgas Historical Society. Beglik Tash is located in the vicinity of two other Thracian sites: the city of Ranuli and the fortress of Pharmakida in the Strandzha Mountains.

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Teodora Yoneva (8 months ago)
Lovely tracian temple. Visited on full moon at night with tibetian gong meditation.

Martin (9 months ago)
Great historical place! You can feel the energy shift as you walk in there.

Geiger Meister (9 months ago)
A cool place with lots of hiking trails around. There is a bit of walk till you get to the main entrance and there are a lot of bugs along the way but the place is nice clean, there is plenty of information however a lot to be desired in terms of sources of that information but still a cool place and I recommend it for a combined trip to the Primorsko Beach

Vessela Traykova (11 months ago)
Beautiful nature attraction, nice walking through a forest. Is also accessible by car, unfortunately cars and people have to use one and the same way.

Monika Monique (2 years ago)
You can walk on foot from Primorsko. We have started from Primorsko Bus Station and the walk along the sea and then up a winding road about 2 hours. Once you get to the car park, there's another 1km walk to the ticket kiosk. Tickets are very affordable, 4bgn adult and 2 bgn child. There you can enjoy looking at, touching and climbing the stones. It's much better than Stonehenge, you can get close as much as you wish, squeeze between the stones, walk on them. The site is amazing! Each rock has got info in English. It was a total highlight of our stay! Whats more, you can take one of the 4 routes to get to the scenic views of the coast. Don't miss Beglik Tash, it's a gem!?

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