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Sunny Beach is situated 42 km north of Bourgas and 434 km east of Sofia.
Practically, the resort is located on the whole territory between the land of
the village Vlas to the north and Nessebar to the south. Its construction began
in 1958. Nowadays, there are more than 120 hotels, two camping sites, and places
of entertainment. The international festival for popular song “Golden
Orpheus”, the Decade festival of symphonic music, part of the International
folklore festival, fashion-shows, various beach competitions are held there.
Lots of excursions in the country and abroad are organized for holidaymakers and
tourists. The resort has enough tennis-courts, swimming pools, bowling,
mini-golf playgrounds, yachts and sailboats, opportunities to develop and
practice all the water sports using the services of coaches, facilities and
equipment, horse riding with coaches, a policlinic, and several big shopping
centers for food, clothes and souvenirs. There is an amphitheater with more than
1000 seats. The picturesque town of Nessebar (population 9437 inhabitants), one
of the oldest European towns is situated on a small peninsula, 37 km north-east
of Bourgas and 429 km east of Sofia. The beach is considered to be the best
along the Black Sea coast. Today Nessebar is one of the resorts most preferred
by tourists. The old town of Nessebar is under the protection of UNESCO. The old
building were restored and new houses in ancient style were built.
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