While strolling through teh beautiful Sea Garden of Varna you can unbeknwoingly find yourself in close proximity to the monument named ‘’The Pantheon’’ on the Alley of cosmonauts. It was a tradition that the cosmonauts arriving in Bulgaria plant a conifer tree. The first tree planted was made by Yurii Gagarin in 1961. He gave the start to this tradition. The once silver fir had long dried out, however some of the trees planted by other cosmonauts can be seen until this day.

A bust-monument of Yurii Gagarin was also founded with a service in 2011. It’s build from bronze and is 56 centimetres high and weighs 50 kilograms. Together with it’s pedestal its height is 2.30 metres. The sculptopr is Alexey Leonov and all expenses for placing it were paid by the charity foundation “Dialog between cultures – a united world”

Amongst the names and slabs of famous cosmonauts the names of the two Bulgarian astronauts Georgi Ivanov and Alexander Alexandrov can be seen. The rest of the names that can be seen are: I.I. Belyaev, G.T. Beregovoy, Alexey A. Leonov, Valentina V. Tereshkova, Valeriy F. Bikovski, A.G. Nikolaev, A.S. Eliseev, P.R. Popovich, A.A. Gubarev, N.N.Rukavishnikov, Yuriy Gagarin, G.S.Titov followed by the years and spaceships of their expeditions.

If you wish to visit the Alley of cosmonauts you can take advantage of My Rent a Car by getting a car of your choosing anywhere from Varna Airport, the centre itself, Golden Sands, St. St. Constantine and Helena, Sunny day or other points within Varna.