Why is Sunny Beach's satellite resort called the Bulgarian Saint Tropez, San Remo and Monaco? Find out everything about the rest in Sveti Vlas! Why tourists like the resort, where are the best hotels and beaches, when to go and what to see in the seaside town.
Resort impressions
The picturesque town 5 km north of Sunny Beach is divided into a tourist and residential part. The resort is a modern quarters of new buildings. The sidewalks are paved with tiles, there is asphalt all around, playgrounds, shops and neat buildings. Although the city is old, there are almost no attractions here.
According to tourists, there are few places in Sveti Vlas where you can hide in the shade. Large trees grow only on the northern outskirts, where the reserved mountains begin.
A very beautiful modern marina with yachts. This is a special corner of St. Vlas, which is designed for holidaymakers with high incomes. Everybody loves the local coffee. Bulgarians brew an excellent drink, and the smell of coffee can be caught on all the streets of the resort.
NataliaLev1987: "I just adore Saint Vlas! It seems to me that this place exactly demonstrates the essence of the Bulgarian flavor! Most of the buildings are built in the Bulgarian style with tiled roofs. The marina deserves special attention."
nastenka59: "There is no variety of hotels" who are in the woods, who are for firewood ", construction is proceeding strictly in a certain style, the resort does not in any way resemble the era of Soviet times; there are no old, sloppy hotels here (at least on the coastline and main streets)" ...
Best hotels
In recent years, many modern hotels have been built in the resort of Saint Vlas in Bulgaria. You can stay in apartments, budget hotels 2-3 *, boarding houses or choose a comfortable stay in a 4-5 * hotel. Prices in the center of the resort are lower than on the outskirts. Look for hotels in Saint Vlas on Hotelluk.
The best hotels in St. Vlas, according to tourists' reviews:
Hotel Eden 3 * is a cozy hotel with a seasonal swimming pool. In high season, a double room with breakfast costs from 36 €.
Berlin Beach 3 * is a budget hotel near the beach. Double room costs from 37 €.
Premier Fort Beach Resort 4 * is a stylish hotel on the first line. A double room with a kitchenette costs from 70 €.
Olymp 4 * is a comfortable and inexpensive hotel on the beach with an outdoor pool. Double room costs from 33 €.
Palace Marina Dinevi 5 * is a comfortable hotel with a spa and wellness center. An elegant double room with breakfast costs from 111 €.
Paradise Beach Hotel 5 * is a resort club in a beautiful sandy bay. Double room with all-inclusive food costs from 131 €.
If you want to save money, stay not in hotels on the first line, but a little further away - on a hill stretches a part of the city where locals live, and they often rent apartments and apartments for an inexpensive price. True, you will have to stomp uphill from the sea.
The beaches of Saint Vlas
The resort has several free beaches, some of them marked with the Blue Flag. The central beach is quite narrow, covered with a mixture of sand and pebbles. There is little space in the season.
According to tourists, the most popular beach of St. Vlas is located near the Dinevi Resort. The wide coastline has changing rooms, sun lounger rentals, beach cafes and bars.
Another good beach connects Sveti Vlas and the neighboring resort of Elenite. It is easy to find everything you need for a comfortable stay by the sea. Be careful - there are snakes on the rocky coastline!
holly: "On the Dinevi beach you can sunbathe not only on sun loungers, but also on canopied swings. A little secret - after 6 pm the beach closes and the entire infrastructure in the form of sun loungers and swings becomes free."
Amelia Bazilenko: "Even on the paid beaches there are no changing rooms and toilets. You need to walk half the shore to the toilet."
Sights
The main attraction of Sveti Vlas is the modern port of Marina Dinevi, where up to 300 yachts can be moored. Previously, there were many monasteries in the vicinity of the city, but only a few hermitages and temples have survived to this day.
Since 2007, the resort has been home to the Cathedral of St. Blasius. Local celebrations and festivals are held in the original Arena amphitheater. That's all the sights!
But, according to the reviews of tourists, from St. Vlas you can go on an excursion to Nessebar, Burgas, Rila Monastery, Sofia and Istanbul. You can generally get to Greece by regular bus.
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ELANSE: "Every year we visit the Church of St. Blasius. The premises are new, spacious and bright. The painting of the temple and the interior decoration are solemn, there are armchairs for the convenience of the parishioners."
Vacation with children
Unlike Sunny Beach, Saint Vlas is more suitable for families with children. According to tourists, this resort is very calm. There is no water park, but large hotels have water slides. Parents with their children go on excursions, visit the motorcycle museum and travel along ecological trails in a conservation area to the north of the resort. See where to relax with children in Bulgaria.
Drug prices are high. We advise you to take your first aid kit with you!
Eating constantly with the whole family in restaurants and cafes is also not cheap, so parents with children often dilute their meals with self-cooking. Find out what to try in Bulgaria.
nastenka59: "You can buy food in supermarkets or grocery stores and cook it yourself (we lived in an apartment, a studio, we had a kitchen). For us, this option turned out to be the most convenient, because we were resting with the children: both savings and It is easier to feed children with proven products. The largest supermarket in the resort is the Mercury hypermarket - there really is everything, the prices are reasonable. "
When is the best time to go
The climate in Sveti Vlas is mild. You can sunbathe from late April - early May, but swimming is comfortable only in June, when the sea water warms up to + 20 ... + 21 ° С.
According to tourists, the weather is sunny throughout the summer season in Sveti Vlas. From May to September, the sun shines for over 1,700 hours. Due to the proximity of the mountains in July and August, the temperature rarely rises above + 28 ° C. By the end of summer, the sea is very pleasant for swimming + 24 ... + 26 ° С.
It is still warm in Saint Vlas in September. The air temperature is + 20 ... + 24 ° С, and the water temperature in the Black Sea is + 22 ... + 23 ° С. The swimming season usually lasts until mid-October. Then it gets colder, and real autumn comes to the Bulgarian resort.
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kro: "In July, in the thirty-degree heat, I didn't really want to go for a walk, exploring the local attractions, we spent all the time on the beach. The sea is very warm and not very clean. You need to swim carefully, trying not to get water into your mouth. There have been cases of infection with rotavirus. ".
Conclusions: is it worth going to Saint Vlas
According to the reviews of tourists, rest in Sveti Vlas has many advantages. This Bulgarian resort has clean mountain-sea air, a large selection of inexpensive hotels, cheap cafes, and good sandy beaches. Young people are attracted by the excellent Marina Dinevi and the popular Yacht Planet disco. Local restaurants serve delicious Bulgarian cuisine. Nearby are the famous Sunny Beach and the ancient town of Nessebar.
There are few minuses - in Sveti Vlas, the sea is not too clean and there is little greenery.
holly: "Saint Vlas is not the city that you fall in love with at first sight. Feelings for it arise gradually. There are many small imperfections, but over time you stop paying attention to them. But the main thing here is nature: the sea, forest, rose bushes. In Sveti Vlas, another contingent is resting - people who go jogging in the morning and evening, ride bicycles and go to sea on their own yachts. "
