Beaches

Bulgarian Coastline of the Black Sea

378 km of coast: cliffs and capes in the north, long sand in the south

2–5 h

Sinemorets

Two beaches, a river mouth and the most fought-over sand in Bulgaria

3–7 h

Bolata

Balgarevo

A red-walled canyon that ends in the only beach for miles

45 min–2 h

Primorsko

Two long beaches either side of a headland, and the resort that grew from a youth camp

2–5 h

Sveti Vlas

A steep resort town under the last hills of the Balkan range, built round a marina

2–5 h

Sarafovo

Four kilometres of sand, a fishing harbour and the best fish dinner near Burgas

2–5 h

Kiten

A young town on a headland with a sheltered bay on one side and a river on the other

2–5 h

Karadere beach

A wild bay between Byala and Goritsa with two hundred tents and no road

3–7 h

Irakli (beach)

Two and a half kilometres of undeveloped sand inside two Natura 2000 zones

3–7 h

Kraymorie

The far end of Burgas, where the city stops and the Strandzha coast begins

1.5–4 h

Duni

A purpose-built resort of 1986 on the dunes south of Sozopol, open five months a year

3–7 h

Chernomorets

Nine kilometres of shore, four bays and the campsite beaches south of Burgas

2–5 h

Tsentralen plazh

Burgas

Two kilometres of sand below the Sea Garden, in the middle of a working city

2–5 h

Severen Plazh

1,700 metres of groomed sand alongside the Sea Garden, with the bars and the sport

2–5 h