Varna It has pretty much everything a tourist wants. One can choose between its 40 hotels, 3 holiday villages, 64 luxury bungalows and one campsite, situated near the sea in a beautiful park.
There is also a variety of bars and restaurants as well as several folklore places, discos and casino.
In Albena you can enjoy lots of sports as well or spend you time recreationally choosing between water skiing, para-sailing, yachting, surfing, jets, underwater fishing, tennis, mini golf, bowling, riding, beach volleyball, aerobics, hang-gliding and diving school.
For more information about Albena, visit our Albena travel guide
Golden Sands
Golden Sands is reached via Varna airport and is located 17 km from the actual city of Varna, in the north part of the Bulgarian Black Sea Riviera. It has been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag international ecology award lots of times as it features a fine eco-system. It is the best known resort, as it boasts most of the leisure spots and sports facilities in Bulgaria. Golden Sands combines ideally clear and warm sea with forested slopes descending to beaches, perfectly covered with golden sand, and mineral springs.
The healing mineral springs have a flow of 150 m/sec. There you can combine your holidays with care for your health as you can indulge yourself in several spa treatments like mud treatment, hydrotherapy, anti-stress and aromatherapy.
Also apart from the numerous restaurants, bars and night clubs you can visit, you can spend your time doing sports as in Golden Sands you can find yachting, water skiing, surfboarding, motor boats, paddle boats, rowboats, jets, para-gliding, water slides, tennis, riding ground, mini-golf, bicycles, rickshaws on wheels, bowling, fitness centres, indoor and outdoor swimming pools.
There is also a rich cultural programme available that includes: Fair of Authentic and Folk Art, Varna Summer International Folklore Festival, Jazz and Rock Festival, and many others. Visits to monasteries and other cultural places are widely organized as well.
For more information about Albena, visit our Golden Sands travel guide
Sunny Beach
Sunny Beach lies only 35 km away north of the city of Bourgas and is reached via Bourgas airport.
This place is the most famous summer resort of Bulgaria as it has the longest and widest beach strip with great sunshine and hotels spread along the coast line. It has been awarded with the prestigious Blue Flag International prize for established ecological privileges.
Sunny Beach is blessed with 1,700 hours of sunshine from May to October, together with a fresh sea breeze and the sea is wide and warm with gently sloping sand bottom.
There is a wide selection of sports you can choose from like surfing, water skis and parachutes, hang-gliding and banana, sailing, yachts, paddle boats, cutters, scooters, rowboats, tennis courts, beach volleyball, playing grounds, mini-golf, skittle alley, bowling, riding ground, fitness halls and sports tournaments. A varied cultural programme is also available and includes Golden Orpheus International Festival of Bulgarian Pop Songs, folklore and symphony concerts, exhibitions, contests, etc. Nightlife is very vivid and shopping is a wonderful opportunity as you can find lots of goods in fantastic prices.
In Sunny Bach you can also find lots of inland and abroad trips organized.
For more information about Albena, visit our Sunny Beach travel guide
Elenite Holiday Village
Elenite is situated almost 50km from Bourgas airport and is a quiet holiday village sheltered in a picturesque bay, with a great beach and green meadows, for modern eco-style holidays, with lots of sports and entertainment. The old town of Nessebar, situated to the south of Elenite, is worthy of a visit and following is the Emine cape to the north - which together with Kaliakra is the most famous Bulgarian Black Sea cape among tourists and visitors.
|