Kavatzite

Kavatzite is the name of a big gulf, located some 3 km south of the popular Black Sea coastal town Sozopol. The name of the gulf comes from the enormous poplar-trees, growing around these places (the Turkish word for poplar is “kavak”, and from there – “kavatzite” pl.). Kavatzite is protected from the northern and western winds by two capes, and the weather there is always calm and quiet. Therefore, in the past the bay gulf was a popular refuge for ships sailing down the Black Sea. Even today, the bed of the gulf is still strewn with rock, lead and iron anchors, as well as ceramic vessels (or parts of them) from the prehistoric, antique and medieval ages. Kavatzite is the only place in Bulgaria, where the sand lily, an extremely rare plant, grows. All attempts to move the plant into other parts of the Black Sea coastal area made so far have failed. In the western part of the beach, a number of mineral springs are squirting.