Next step on our trip — 4 day stay in Nessebar, Bulgaria

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After leaving Bansko my family and I headed to the Black Sea coast. The interesting thing about Bulgaria (in a very summary description form) is that you can experience the pleasure of hiking tall beautiful mountains and 5-6 hours drive later you could be at one of the many seaside resorts. Our trip took us to the resort town of Nessebar located in the central part of the Bulgarian Black Sea coast (please see the map in the previous post)

We had booked an all inclusive stay at the Nessebar IFA hotel (I believe this was a German hotel chain). The all inclusive meant meals and hotel rooms for all of us were included.

The hotel was located South of the old town of Nessebar in the newer section of town. Nevertheless it was not far away (within 10 minutes driving) from the ancient (what used to be B.C. era — as I understand approximately 550 B.C.) town. Here are some images from the town:

We stayed for 4 days and enjoyed both the sea beaches as well as the hotel pools and entertainment. One of the afternoons we visited the old town (where the photos are from) but more of the time we spent relaxing on the beach or at the pool area. Not bad after all…

Here is a map of our travels in Bulgaria
http://www.travelblog.org/gmaps/map_2BF.html

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Photos

Sarah and Kristin in Nessebar
Greetings from Nesebar!

Sarah and Kristin in Nessebar (July 2006)
Visiting old ruins in Nesebar

Karlovo Bank Building
A view from Karlovo, old bank building

Sarah in Bansko
A view from hotel Kempinski, Bansko

Sarah in the Pirin
A Sarah and a beautiful wild flower at a Pirin mountain peak