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Bourgas is the second largest city on the Bulgarian black Sea Coast. It is also the fourth-largest by population in the country, after Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna. Bourgas is an industrial and tourist centre. The Bourgas Lakes are located around the city - to the north and to the south of Burgas there are salt lakes, which are protected areas because of the fact that they are a part of the Via Pontica route of migrating birds.

Bourgas Airport is the one where the international flights land in the summer. Bourgas International Airport is a connecting point to major Black Sea resorts in Bulgaria such as Sunny Beach, Nessebar, Sozopol, Elenite…

The climate is of the moderate continental type with a definite influence of the sea. Summer is pleasantly fresh because of the constant movements of the air. The average day temperature of the air during the summer is 26.4° С, and the temperature of the sea water – 24.8° С. There are between 24 and 27 sunny days per month during the summer period with an average of 10-11 sunny hours in a 24-hour period.

Burgas is a municipal and regional center as well as the fourth biggest town in Bulgaria with a population of about 226,000 inhabitants. According to the economic indicators the Municipality of Burgas is second among the other Bulgarian municipalities. More than 15,000 companies are registered here, and the unemployment is the lowest in the whole of the country – 4.3 %. Burgas is an important industrial, commercial, transport and tourist center.

Burgas is the center of the tourism industry on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast. It is also a starting point for visiting the Black Sea summer resorts and vacation villages around the city – Sunny Beach , Elenite, Duni, the towns – museums Nessebar and Sozopol, the Ropotamo reserve, the Strandzha nature park.

To rest in Burgas during the summer means to go to the beach. The warm sea, the sandy beaches and the south sun give a specific atmosphere to the town of Burgas . They make it a resort town.