Bourgas

At the beginning of the 21st century Bourgas is a municipal and regional centre as well as the fourth biggest town in Bulgaria with a population of about 226 000 inhabitants. According to the economic indicators the Municipality of Bourgas is second among the other Bulgarian municipalities. More than 15 000 companies are registered here, and the unemployment is the lowest in the whole of the country - 4.3 %. Bourgas is an important industrial, commercial, transport and tourist centre. Bourgas has the biggest port in the country. The railway and road networks are well developed. The airport has the best atmospheric conditions on the Balkan peninsular and is the only airport to accept ultrasonic airplanes. Bourgas has its own spiritual and cultural atmosphere. It is a big educational, scientific and arts centre.

Bourgas is the centre of tourism industry in the southern
Bulgarian Black seacoast. It is also a starting point for visiting the Black sea summer resorts and vacation villages around the city Sunny Beach, Elenite, Dunes, the towns-museums Nessebar and Sozopol, the Ropotamo reserve, Strandja nature park. Bourgas and its region are offering a rich variety of opportunities. It will take you only half an hour to go to Sunny Beach - the most famous and biggest summer resort in Bulgaria and the old town of Nessebar -a town-museum. To the south you can find many summer resorts
and vacation villages - Chernomorez, Primorsko, Kiten, Lozenez, Tsarevo, Ahtopol, town-museum Sozopol, the vacation village Dunes, the International Youth Centre -Primorsko, the Ropotamo reserve and more.