Location and attractions
Distanced from:
- Varna airport - 35 km.
- Bourgas airport - 175 km.
- Albena Resort and sandy beach - 3 km.
- A local bus station - 100 m.
- A local groceries - 100 m.
- A local restaurant - 100 m.
Places of interest:
The beautiful Albena resort is the second biggest beach resort on
the North Black sea coast in Bulgaria. With its 17 tennis courses, a
riding club with 30 horses and 2 arenas, 21 outdoor and an indoor
pools, a yacht club, fitness centres, playgrounds for beach volleyball,
bowling hall, a centre for paragliding, parachute jumps, plenty of
restaurants and bars, Albena resort has a lot to offer for a full and
completely vacation. The resort is situated only 30 km away from
Bulgaria's sea capital Varna. It is remarkable for its 6-km long beach.
It has 43 hotels (2 to 4 stars), situated at the very beach or at the
picturesque hills with exciting views of the sea and the "Balata"
National Reserve.
Varna: Varna is Bulgaria's third largest city. It was an
inhabited place even before the Greeks established the colony of Odessos
there about 580 B.C. Later, under the Romans and their successors, the
Slavs, Varna became a major port trading with Constantinople, Venice and
Dubrovnik. Nowadays it is Bulgaria's main naval and commercial shipping
port. It's also becoming a magnet for tourists, being adjacent to the
coastal resorts of Golden Sands, St. Constantine and Albena. A
university town, it is has a cosmopolitan atmosphere that will
immediately impress visitors. Boulevards lined with 10th century
buildings provide an attractive backdrop to the fashion shops and
sophisticated cafe bars.
Golden sands - the biggest summer resort on the North coast of
Bulgaria with glorious scenery, wooded hillsides sweeping down to meet
one of the world's most beautiful beaches and the blue sparkling sea.
The beach is 3.5 km long and its width is up to 100 m in some places.
With the average temperature of the air is 27° C and that of the water
24° C, Golden sands is the right place for sea- and sunbaths from May to
October. Distanced only 18 km from Varna city and about 25 km from the
internation airport, the resort offers great variety of entertainments
for all ages - parents with children, youths, elderly.
Aladja monastery: It is the most famous rock monastery at the Bulgarian Coast, one of the many monc cloisters, existed in 13-14 century.
Dobrich: Due to its generous land, the area of Dobrich town is
called the "Granary of Bulgaria". Dobrich is the eighth most populated
town in Bulgaria, being the centre of the historical region of Southern
Dobrudja, and is located 30 km west of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast,
not far from resorts such as Albena, Balchik, and Golden Sands. Some of
the sights in Dobrich are the museum of Yordan Yovkov (great Bulgarian
writer), the "Old town" of Dobrich with different handcraft workshops,
the ruins of a Middle Ages settlement, the ancient necropolis and a big
number of monuments.
Baltata Forest Reserve: Very close to the resort (bordering
"Albena" and stretching west to Kranevo Village) is one of the few dense
forests, which have been preserved -Baltata preservation area or 197
hectare wildlife area. The forests of Baltata reserve are actually made
up of many interesting habitats because of its proximity to the sea.
Found in the reserve are deer, wild boar, red fox, steppe polecat, wood
ducks, herons, falcons,etc. as well as numerous representative flora
supported by this unique ecosystem. Visitation is encouraged but only
with specially arranged tours and guides
Kranevo village: the holiday village of Kranevo with its remains
of the ancient fortress used in Roman times and the Middle Ages is also
located in very close proximity to Albena resort. Beside the fortress,
the village is also attractive for its mineral springs. The coast
between Albena and Kranevo is high and extremely picturesque with steep
rocky formations.