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Ahtopol
The town of
Ahtopol
(population:
1364) is
situated on a
sharply jutted
cape 87 km
south-east of
Bourgas and 477
km south-east of
Sofia. The town
is perched on
the rocky
peninsula at the
place of a
Thracian
settlement. It
was probably
colonised in 6th
century BC. Its
name dates back
to ancient
times. The
Romans called it
Peron-ti-cus.
The Byzantine
leader Agaton
restored the
town after the
barbarian
invasions and
gave it his own
name Agatopolis.
The Byzantine
and the
Bulgarians took
it in turns. |
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Albena
The resort of
Albena is
situated 32 km
north and
north-east of
Varna, 502 km
north-east of
Sofia and 12 km
south-west of
Balchik. It is
located on a
long sand
stretch in the
open northern
part of Varna
Bay. |
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Balchike
Town of Balchik
(population: 13
766) is 31 km
north and
north-east of
Varna, 501 km
away from Sofia,
and is situated
on the coast
itself. There is
a big harbour
used for medium-
size passenger
and trade
vessels. |
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Bourgas
is smaller and
less crowded
than Varna
(population
210,260). It is
Bulgaria's
largest port and
this is the
primary focus of
the city. Burgas
has a relaxed
atmosphere with
good shopping
and an abundance
of restaurants
and outdoor
cafes. |
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Dyuni
The Dyuni Resort
is situated some
12 km north of
Primorsko and
40km south of
Bourgas. It was
completed in
1987 as a
Bulgarian-Austrian
project and is
situated in a
large bay on the
shore of the
sea. It offers
lots of luxury
hotels, villas
and bungalows. |
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Elenite
Elenite is a
resort situated
east of Slunchev
Bryag (Sunny
Beach) at the
beginning of an
eight-kilometre
long no through
road. It is 50
km north of
Bourgas and 442
km east of
Sofia. |
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Golden Sands
The resort of
Golden Sands (Zlatni
Pyasutsi) is the
largest one on
the northern
Black Sea coast
(more than 1800
hectares). It is
situated 18 km
north-east of
Varna, 488 km
east of Sofia;
it is bounded on
the north by
Kranevo and on
the south by
Chaika Villa
Area, and merges
with the St. St.
Konstantin and
Elena Resort. |
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Kamchia
The mouth of the
Kamchia River is
one of the most
beautiful sights
along Bulgarian
Black Sea coast.
It is situated
34 km south of
Varna and 504 km
east of Sofia.
The region is
typical with its
spacious
beaches,
starting from
the area called
Paletsa (The
Thumb) in the
north and ending
to Cape Black
near the village
of Shkorpilovtsi
in the south. |
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Kavarna
Kavarna
(population: 12
225) is situated
48 km north of
Varna, 518 km
north-east of
Sofia and 12 km
away from Cape
Kaliakra. It is
a Black Sea port
for passenger
and cargo
vessels of
medium type. |
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Kiten
The village of
Kiten
(population:
528) is situated
at the south end
of Primorsko
Bay, 56 km south
of Bourgas and
446 south-east
of Sofia. The
village is the
successor of the
Urdoviza
Fortress
situated on the
cape itself. The
Romans called
the settlement
Oroudiza. |
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Nessebar
The town of
Nessebar (9437
inhabitants) is
situated on a
small peninsula
and on the land
jutted out into
the sea, 37 km
north-east of
Bourgas and 429
km east of
Sofia. Its beach
is considered to
be the best
along the Black
Sea coast. The
big sandy strip
of land between
the town and the
village of Ravda
is covered with
extremely fine
and abundant
clean golden
sand. There are
marvellous dunes
next to the
coast. The green
copses by the
sandy strips
provide a cool
breath of air
during the hot
days. |
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Obzor
The town of
Obzor
(population:
over 2000
inhabitants) is
situated 65 km
south of Varna,
73 km north of
Bourgas and 530
km east of
Sofia. It lies
on the ridges of
the Stara
Planina Mountain
that slope
towards the sea
and along the
Dvoynitsa River.
The ancient name
of the town was
Navlohos in
Hellenic times,
then it was
given the name
of Heliopolis
(Town of the
Sun) and in
Roman times it
was Templum
Jovis (Jupiter’s
Temple). |
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Pomorie
The town of
Pomorie
(population: 14
560) is situated
on a peninsula
projecting 5 km
into the sea.
The peninsula is
18 km north-east
of Bourgas, and
408 km east of
Sofia. Before
entering the
town one passes
through a long
and narrow
causeway between
the sea and the
firth. The firth
of Pomorie
borders the
peninsula and
this gives the
impression of
jutting out into
it. |
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Primorsko
The town of
Primorsko
(population:
2459) is a
climate resort
and a centre for
youth tourism.
It is situated
52 km south of
Bourgas and 442
km south-east of
Sofia. It lies
on a cape
jutting out
between the
Stamopolo Bay
and the
Dyavolski
(Devil’s) Bay.
The old Turkish
village bore the
name of Chenger,
and later on
that of Kyupria. |
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Roussalka
The resort of
Roussalka was
established in
1968 in the
famous
Taoukliman (Bay
of the birds).
This is a
typical bird’s
colony in a
pretty rocky
area near the
sea. It is 14 km
east of the town
of Kavarna, 59
km north-east of
Varna, 529 km
north-east of
Sofia and 1 km
away from the
small village
called St.
Nikola. |
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Sozopol
The town of
Sozopol
(population: 4
987) is situated
31 km south-east
of Bourgas, and
421 km
south-east of
Sofia. The town
lies on a small
rocky peninsula
in the farthest
southern part of
the Bourgas Bay.
A one hundred-metre
long strip of
land connects it
to the mainland.
After 1925 the
town started to
grow in the
direction of
Harmanite Area
and today it
occupies
considerably
larger territory
on the mainland. |
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St Konst And
Elena
The oldest
resort on the
Bulgarian Black
Sea coast is
only 9 km
north-east of
Varna and 479 km
east of Sofia.
Its construction
began in 1908 in
the vicinity of
St. St.
Konstantin and
Elena Monastery
and the purpose
was to receive
patients ill of
tuberculosis.
The church
itself was built
at the beginning
of 18th century.
Today the
building of the
monastery is a
hotel and a
restaurant of
high category. |
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Sunny Beach
Sunny Beach (Slunchev
Bryag) is
situated 42 km
north of Bourgas
and 434 km east
of Sofia. Its
construction
began in 1958.
Practically, the
resort is
located on the
whole territory
between the land
of the village
of Vlas to the
north and the
town of Nessebur
to the south. |
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Tzarevo
The town of
Tsarevo
(population:
6184) is 72 km
south of Bourgas
and 462 km
south-east of
Sofia. It is
situated at the
foot of
Strandzha
Mountain where
it slopes to the
sea. Mt. Papiya
raises more than
five hundred
metres above the
town. There are
three spacious
beaches in the
vicinity. |
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Varna
The city of
Varna
(population 314
539) is situated
at the Bay of
Varna, 470 km
east of Sofia.
Varna is the
biggest city at
the Bulgarian
Black-sea coast.
It is situated
at the same
latitude with
Cannes, Nice,
Monaco and
Livorno. It is
nestled in the
deep valley
between the
Frengen Plareau
and the Avren
Plateau, where
two lakes were
formed during
the polyotsen -
the Beloslav
Lake is to the
west of the city
and the other -
Varna Lake is
within the
limits of the
city itself. |
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