Why choose Bulgaria for your next holiday destination, property investment or your holiday home?
In short: Bulgaria is a small country nestled in Southeastern Europe. This relatively unexplored country is rich in history, art and architecture. Bulgaria’s charming countryside is very attractive, a diversity of landscapes, breath-taking natural phenomena, curative mineral springs, hospitable coastal resorts, perfect opportunities for skiing, mild climate and welcoming people turns Bulgaria into one of the best places for holiday and retirement. The cost of living is also surprisingly low. Bulgaria is a full member of NATO and a membership of EU is expected in 2007. The country has political and ethnic stability, rapid economic growth, a booming tourist industry and a dynamic property market that makes Bulgaria the new hot destination in Europe for holidaymakers, prospective holiday homebuyers and property investors.
Geography and Climate
 Bulgaria is situated in Southeastern Europe and occupies the Northeastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. The border countries are: Greece and Turkey to the south, Romania to the North along the Danube, Macedonia and Serbia and Montenegro to the West and the Black Sea to the East with a coastline of 354 km rising to mountain ranges. The climate in Bulgaria is moderate and transitional continental. There are four seasons with a long dry and hot summer.
Tourism and Leisure Activities
Bulgaria’s nature avails exceptional capacities for diversification of the Bulgarian tourist products:
• Spa Resorts
Bulgaria is one of Europe’s leaders in the abundance and diversity of curative mineral waters. There are about 550 known places of 1,600 mineral water springs that are located chiefly at the mountain foothills and along the Black Sea coast. The spa resorts offer a perfect healing combination of balneotherapy and climatic treatment. There are a number of balneological hotels with modern equipment and skilled therapists.
• Rural tourism
Opportunities for rural tourism are offered in a number of unspoiled villages situated in environmentally clean regions in the Rhodopes, Pirin, Rila and Balkan ranges with well preserved old crafts, architecture and rich Bulgarian traditions and folklore.
• Black Sea
 The Black Sea with its calm emerald waters, shallow sloping sandy bottom, fine grain golden beaches and the posh resorts of Elenite, Sunny Beach, Nessebur and Sozopol can satisfy even the most refined requirements. Sveti Vlas, 10 km. from Nessebur, (a town listed in the UNESCO World Heritage) offers the unique combination of sea, mountain and Mediterranean climate, which makes Sveti Vlas an ideal resort. Various opportunities for balneo healing, yachting, surfing, water skiing, diving and other water sports are available. The wonderful nature, the historic sights and the modern resorts will make your stay at the Black Sea coast an unforgettable experience.
• Skiing and other outdoor activities
 The Bulgarian mountain resorts of Bansko, Borovets and Pamporovo offer convenient ski runs (total length exceeding 80 km and level differences of up to 1,500 m.) and facilities of various degrees of difficulty which is ideal for ski tourism and winter sports. The ski-season’s duration is up to 190 days. Luxurious hotels and huts provide comfortable accommodation. The Bulgarian mountains with their spectacular and stunning sceneries, extremely beautiful rock phenomena and karst formations, including 4,300 caves allow mountain lovers to enjoy hiking, rock climbing, caving and spelunking.
• Hunting
Large variety of game: red deer, fallow-deer, deer roe, wild goat, boar, bear, grouse, hare, partridge, pheasant and many others. The specialized modern facilities of the forestry enterprise, consisting of over 110 huts and hunter’s houses provide more than 1100 beds and all necessary conditions for hunting.
Gastronomy and wines
The traditional Bulgarian cuisine has a strong Mediterranean and Oriental influence. A variety of delicious meals and a bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables will be just one part of what will impress you. Along with the traditional Bulgarian dishes, many restaurants offer Italian, French, Greek, Chinese, German, Arabian, Hungarian, and Latin American, Indian and Russian food. Bulgaria is a renowned producer and exporter of wine to more than 70 countries in the world. On the territory of Bulgaria there are 12 wineries producing a wide assortment of excellent wines.
Unique opportunities for resort investment
The Bulgarian stable economic growth; blossoming tourist industry and the rapid development of the property market offer business opportunities for resort investment with a high percentage of return on investment in short terms.
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