Albena, Bulgaria Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

The step-pyramid architecture of ALBENA 's hotels marks it out as one of the more architecturally inventive of Bulgaria's purpose-built resorts; it's also the most efficiently run, the cleanest, and by far the most expensive. It's an attractive, if a little sterile-looking place, with well-tended flowerbeds and lawns lying behind an extensive and usually crowded beach, lined with bars and kebab stalls, while the range of activities on offer here is second to none. Bordering the resort to the south is an area of swamp-like semi-submerged forest known as the Balta ; access to this alluring … more »