The town of Dobrich is situated almost in the center of the Dobrudzha plateau, 50km to the north of Varna. Some of the sights in Dobrich are the museum of Yordan Yovkov, the ruins of a Middle Ages settlement, the ancient necropolis, and a large number of monuments. The town bore the name of the Soviet Marshal Tolbouhin for several decades during the Communist rule. The name Dobrich was restored with a decree of the President of 19.09.1990.

Now the town of Dobrich is the second largest economic center in Northeastern Bulgaria and one of the ten largest towns in Bulgaria - am important cultural, economic and administrative centre in the northeast economic region of the country.