Nesebar is a historical town in Burgas province on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria. At Owner Direct Vacation Rentals, you will find a wide range of accommodations, apartment rentals and villas on nearby Sunny Beach, Nesebar.
The pearl of the Black Sea’s south coast, Nesebar is one of the most ancient towns in Europe. Many tourists visit this Bulgarian town annually because of the clean beaches and attractive prices.
The town of Nessebar has about 10,000 inhabitants and extends over a small peninsula. Its beach, Sunny Beach, is considered to be one of the finest along the Black Sea coast, a large clean sandy strip of land between the town and the village of Ravda.
Nessebar is an ancient, rich, city-museum, filled with medieval churches and defined by more than three millennia of ever-changing history, and one of the most prominent tourist destinations and seaports on the Black Sea. It has become a popular area with several large resorts, diverse holiday lodging - the largest resort being Sunny Beach situated immediately to the north of Nesebar.
While the old part of the town, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is the most picturesque and has three millennia of diverse history, the new town is also worth a visit with its lively cafes, restaurants, villas and amusing shops.
Today the old part of the town has regained its original romantic atmosphere, narrow cobblestone lanes, tiny squares, medieval villas, two-storied period houses with stone-built ground levels and wooden upper floors jutting above the streets and external staircases, gift shops, pubs, tavern and lovely flower gardens.
The main things to do are to wander around the cobbled streets and visit the churches. The largest number and best known buildings date from 11th to 14th centuries almost all of them churches in the so called "picturesque" style, walls intersected by pilasters and lunettes, with stone, brick and ceramic ornaments and arches along the cornice. Some of the churches have stunningly beautiful facades and interiors and are among the best preserved ones in the Balkan Peninsula. The oldest one is the Sveti Ioan Krastitel, St.John the Baptist, 10th -11th century.
Most of the accommodations and vacation rentals around Nesebar are in Sunny Beach, a massive tourist resort to the north of the town. It is the biggest and most popular holiday resort in the country, and is home to hundreds of apartment rentals and condo rentals with a capacity for 300,000 tourists!
There are also 130 restaurants and numerous live music bars, pubs, nightclubs, discos, and cafes. The beach has been undergoing continuous expansion for many years. In recent years almost the whole hotel and apartment rental base has been renovated and several new luxurious vacation rental, condo rental and villa rental projects have been built.