The Best Beach Resorts in Bulgaria

The Bulgarian Black sea coast is about 400 kilometerstemperate climate and boasts a wide sandy beach.
long with large and small resorts. Sun-seekers have aWater sports, a children’s amusement park, and
wealth of choices for accommodation. Most of themany fine restaurants complete the picture.
hotels are privately run and maintain WesternOn the southern Black Sea coast, Sunny Beach has
standards of health and safety. Among the mostmore than 100 hotels, 2 campsites, over 130
popular resorts is the northern Black Sea coast resortrestaurants, taverns with folklore shows, bars with
of Golden Sands, which has 61 hotels, many recentlyfloor shows, night clubs, casino, discos and cafes.
fully renovated.Sozopol, about 30 km south of Bourgas, has a smaller
The resort, 17 km north of Varna, is an attractiverange of hotels, with about 1,800 beds between them.
combination of a calm and warm sea, forested slopesSozopol is one of the oldest of Bulgaria's coastal
near the beach, mineral springs and a tempting choicetowns. It is founded in 610 BC by Miletian Greeks.
of good quality restaurants. The area is famous forToday, this charming place is a popular tourist resort
the purest sand on the Black Sea coast.best known for its casual ambience, sandy beaches
Also on the northern Black Sea coast, very close toand distinctive nineteenth-century stone and wood
Golden Sands, Riviera Holiday Club has six hotelshouses.
located on the beach in a nice and quite park.Nessebur, named a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage
Sunny Day tourist complex, 10 km north of Varna, hassite in 1983, draws about a million visitors annually, and
four hotels ranging from five stars to two. The resortits narrow, historically venerable streets, are often
also has two well-equipped spa health centres, withchoked in mid-summer with tourists sampling its
treatments from mud baths to laser therapy toculinary delights and shopping for memorabilia. The
aromatherapy available.town, which dates back about 9,000 years and is
Thirty km from Varna, Albena has a total of 14 900famed for its beautiful medieval churches, has a
beds in 43 hotels, ranging from two to four stars.competitive range of hotels and private
Nestled in a picturesque bay, the resort has aaccommodation.