Why Explore the Region
around
Sinemoretz and the Strandja?
Strandja Nature Park is the biggest protected area in
Bulgaria. It occupies 1.161 km2 – about 1% of the
national territory and 23.5% of the total protected
territory in the country. The park includes the Bulgarian
sector of the Strandja Mountains, bordering Turkey in the
south and the Black Sea on the East.
The Park occupies one of the first places among the
protected territories in Europe in terms of biological
diversity. Over 50% of the Bulgarian flora are represented
there with a big number of endemic, relict, rare and
threatened Red Book species. The Strandja Rhododendron (Rhododendron
ponticum), flowering with fabulously beautiful violet
flowers, is a symbol of the Park.
Sinemoretz is located in a protected zone in the Strandja
reserve and is within an IUCN II National Park (in other words a
protected area managed mainly for ecosystem protection and
recreation). Within a 20 kilometer radius of
Sinemoretz, over 120 breeding species of birds may be found
and, during migration, over 250 species.
Villa
Philadelphia takes a proactive role in the immediate area by
working with local BirdLife Representatives and authorities
by actively promoting the protection of the area's natural
wonders. We work hard by educating the public about
the importance of this unique biosphere.
FLORA species of
high
conservation importance
that can be readily found around Sinemoretz are:
Bromus
lanceolatus (endemic to Sinemoretz),
Orthoptera, Neupteroidea,
Quercus hartwisiana, Fagus orientalis, Rhododendron ponticum
Daphne
pontica, Ilex colchica, Prunus laurocerasus and Vaccinium
arctostaphylos
to name just a
few.
FAUNA with conservation concerns Ciconia nigra,
Neophron percnopterus, Circaetus gallicus,
Aquila pomarina, Aquila chrysaetos, Hieraaetus
pennatus, Bubo bubo, Picus canus,
Dendrocopos medius, Ficedula semitorquata,
Phalacrocorax pygmeus (migratory), Pelecanus
crispus (migratory), Crex crex
