Bansko ski resort

Bansko is probably the most talked about of all the ski resorts in Bulgaria and the best known in the western press. It was once a small and attractive village of stone houses in the Pirin National Park, and the site of an early ski lift in the lgsos. Skiing at Bansko was then a small-time affair, but it has been subject to some of the most intensive development seen in Bulgaria. New high-capacity ski lifts were built in 2004 using the latest Austrian technology


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The town of Sozopol

The town of Sozopol is situated about 30 km south of Bourgas. It was founded in the 6th century and enjoys a stunning location but large crowds. Many people choose to stay in the nearby settlement and walk to the old peninsula city. Its distinctive stone and wooden buildings form the architectural template


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The town of Bourgas – Bulgaria

Bulgaria’s fourth-largest city (population 426,000) is in many ways the less glamorous relation of its northern cousin Varna, with much more of an industrial feel. It is outshone by historic coastal towns to the north and south at Nessebar and Sozopol. and lacks the resort feel of nearby Sunny Beach.


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Nessebar beach resort – Bulgaria

A few kilometres south of Sunny Beach, a rocky peninsula connects the small and historic town of Nessebar to the main coast. One of two medieval towns remaining along the coast, it has a fine selection of stone and wooden buildings and an aspect of urban design that is unique. However


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Summer beach resort Sunny Beach (Slanhev Bryag) – Bulgaria

Just north along the coast from the main southern coast city of Bourgas is located one of the best summer beach resorts in Bulgaria – Sunny Beach. The resort has probably had more development and renovation than any other sea resort on the Bulgarian black sea coast. Visitors will be struck by the amount of construction and renovation work going on – although the


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Bulgarian property buyers are welcome

Resorts await future real estate owners with lower prices and higher quality

“The holiday property market is dead. Long live the market of properties for holidays.”

Even though the quotation might not be exact, this was mostly what was said about the future of the holiday properties sector at the BalREc conference – Bulgaria, in October. For some buyers this is bad news, for others – a good one. The thousands of British, who bought up homes in the blocks in the western parts of Sunny Beach or the surrounding areas of Nesebar, Pomorie and Golden Sands just for investment, might never get their money back.


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The Bulgarian southern black sea coast

Picturesque bays and rock formations, spacious beaches with sand dunes and a warm sea provide the attraction of the Bulgarian southern Black Sea coast. Wonderful nature in combination with modern construction – this is the magic of the holiday villages and resorts of Emona, Elenite


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Property and Prices in Varna

Varna is a working city as well as a resort, and for long-stay residents has something to offer that the beach resorts lack. There is a range of properties available, including older 1960s blocks on the edge of town, newer blocks in the centre and even older houses of real architectural charm and character.


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Places of interest in Varna

When going to Varna you will have plenty of places to visit and a lot of attractions to enjoy. There is a restored Roman spa built in the 2nd century, during the reign of Antony Pii, and a Roman bath dating back to the 3rd century in the centre of Varna. The Holy Virgin Cathedral, […]


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Varna – Bulgaria’s sea capital

Things get much more interesting around cities like Varna (population 454,000). It is here-rather than in the resorts-that you will see and experience the real Bulgaria. When Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun team came to Bulgaria in 2001, they scoured the coast before deciding that Varna and


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