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Strandzha (Bulgarian: Странджа, also romanized Stranja, Strandja and Strandza) is a low mountain in the south-eastern corner of Bulgaria, straddling the border with Turkey and reaching the Black Sea to the east. On the Bulgarian side, most of it is included in Nature Park Strandzha, the largest protected natural area in the country.
European route E87 leads from Turkey to Burgas before heading north along the coast towards Romania and Ukraine. It crosses the border at the Dereköy/Malko Tarnovo checkpoint.
Read in the guideThe two largest roads in the area are national roads 9 and 99. Road 9 is part of E87 and runs directly north from the border crossing to Burgas, the second largest city on the Bulgarian coast.
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