Burgas Free University is a university in Burgas, in the Burgas area. Visitors come here for lectures, exams, conferences and campus meetings, and the surrounding streets put them within a short walk of the Sea Garden, the city's large landscaped park along the coast, which hosts open-air concerts and festivals. The centre around Alexandrovska Street mixes 19th- and 20th-century architecture with the Burgas Regional Historical Museum and the Ethnographic Museum, so a stay near the university keeps shops, restaurants and cultural sites close at hand. Burgas itself has been a crossroads of Thracian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman cultures, and archaeological remains are scattered throughout the area. The city is compact enough to explore on foot, especially around the Sea Garden and the main pedestrian streets, and the annual Sand Sculpture Festival and Burgas International Film Festival add to the summer atmosphere. Hotels near Burgas Free University range from 1-star to 5-star, with many just 1 to 8 minutes on foot from the campus.