Sunny Beach is situated 42 km north of Bourgas and 434 km east of Sofia. Practically, the resort is located on the whole territory between the land of the village Vlas to the north and Nessebar to the south. Its construction began in 1958. Nowadays, there are more than 220 hotels, two camping sites, and places of entertainment. The international festival for popular song “Golden Orpheus”, the Decade festival of symphonic music, part of the International folklore festival, fashion-shows, various beach competitions are held there. Lots of excursions in the country and abroad are organized for holidaymakers and tourists. The resort has enough tennis-courts, swimming pools, bowling, mini-golf playgrounds, yachts and sailboats, opportunities to develop and practice all the water sports using the services of coaches, facilities and equipment, horse riding with coaches, a policlinic, and several big shopping centers for food, clothes and souvenirs. There is an amphitheater with more than 1000 seats. The picturesque town of Nessebar (population 9437 inhabitants), one of the oldest European towns is situated on a small peninsula, 37 km north-east of Bourgas and 429 km east of Sofia. The beach is considered to be the best along the Black Sea coast.