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Your guide to Bulgaria
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ROMANIA
Ruse Razgrad
Dobrich
Albena Golden Sands St Konstantin
"Offering Blue Flag beaches, lush countryside and cities crammed with history, Bulgaria sets the summer holiday bar high."
Shumen
Veliko Turnovo
1536 2376 1054
Varna
Obzor Elenite Sunny Beach Nessebar Pomorie Duni Primorsko Tsarevo
Sliven Bourgas
Stara Zagora
Bulgaria
TURKEY
BULGARIA
Kurdzhali
40 km
© TUI 2005
Bulgaria's 378-kilometre coastline is laced with world-class beaches. With eight kilometres of Blue Flag accredited sand to its name, Sunny Beach is the country's most popular resort. The seaside here is complemented with more than 600 cafés, restaurants and bars. Albena follows hot on its heels in the popularity stakes. Known as the country's watersports capital, it serves up everything from scuba diving to waterskiing. For somewhere a bit sleepier, meanwhile, try Alepou or Arkoutino, further south. Beyond its beach resorts, Bulgaria's trump card is its evergreen countryside. The country is a collage of national parks, nature reserves and mountain ranges. The Golden Sands and Kaliakra parks on the Black Sea Coast, for instance, are ideal for walking. Bulgaria's vital statistics are impressive as far as history is concerned, as well. The country is home to no less than 200 museums, including the Ethnographical Museum in Sofia, where you can relive three centuries' worth of history. Bulgaria's capital also delivers galleries, theatres and parks, and puts you within easy reach of the country's ski resorts. Beaches Your swimming gear, a bumper bottle of sun cream and a stack of best-selling reads. You supply that and Bulgaria's Black Sea coast will provide the rest. Sands as soft as silk. Balmy waters seducing you in for a swim. Beach bars churning out cool-down cocktails. Bulgaria's shores are spot on if you're looking to spend most of your holiday horizontal. In fact, its clutch of gently sloping beaches are more akin with the Caribbean than Eastern Europe. Ozbor Beach, Nessebar and Sveli Vlas are all blessed with blonde sands and crystal waters.
The perfect ingredients for sun-drenched days of sandcastle building, sunbathing and swimming. But for the best beach breaks in the Bourgas area, Sunny Beach is where it's at. Shopping The outdoor markets are the perfect place to begin your shopping. From fruits, nuts and spices to religious icons, rose oil and Turkish delight, you can buy all manner of souvenirs and keep sakes. And remember, they'll expect you to haggle so get ready to bargain them down. Souvenir shops, tiny boutiques and village stores jostle for space beside more modern, westernstyle shops. But, the place to go if you want to shop till you drop is Troika Mall in Bourgas. Not only will you find the likes of Wrangler, Nike and Puma here but there are also restaurants, beauty salons and jewellery stores spread over several floors. Nightlife Make no mistake about it, the cat's creeping out of the bag as far as Bulgaria's concerned. And the further out it comes, the more bars and discos pop up to give it somewhere
to party. Unsurprisingly, the beach resorts are where it's at in terms of nightlife. Sunny Beach and Bourgas certainly know how to have a good time, with a great selection of bars, restaurants and discos to keep the holiday vibe lively. As night falls, the coastline lights up like a line of neon fireflies. Big club beats spill into the night, disco glitter balls light up the sky and, if you listen carefully, you can hear the distant clatter of the roulette wheel. And if you fancy something out of the ordinary, you're bound to stumble across some Russian dancing while you're here. Away from the bigger towns and beach resorts, nightlife centres on small handfuls of bars and restaurants that pepper the seafronts. Low-key or lively, your holiday is what you make it. · Beach Bar, Mania Chill-out to the sounds of Deep House at this trendy bar. · Amigos Fire shows, cocktails and plenty of cheesy pop music - that's entertainment. · Iceberg A disco with a difference - it's live music all the way with bands covering the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Oasis and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
Sunny Beach
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TRANSFER TIME 50 mins Sunny Beach is the largest resort on the Black Sea Riviera. Like many of the resorts in Bulgaria, it has been purpose-built to accommodate the many national and international tourists who flock here to enjoy the warm weather and beautiful beach. The semicircular bay offers calm waters - ideal for swimming and watersports. There's a tranquil park and a popular pedestrianised promenade - a hive of activity lined with stalls and snack joints.
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