Mineral Springs
Bulgaria has some 500 deposits of mineral waters with over
1,600 water sources. These are localised chiefly at the
mountain foothills. The spa resorts of all-national significance
are Bankya, Velingrad, Sandanski, the mineral baths of Stara
Zagora, Narechen, Sliven and Haskovo, as well as Kyustendil,
Varshets, Pavel Banya, Hissarya, Merichleri, Momin Prohod,
and Kostenets.
Climatic sea-side resorts offering various recreation services
are Balchik, Bourgas, Varna (“Zlatni Pyassatzi” – “Golden
sands”), Kiten, Pomorie, Primorsko, Nessebur (“Slantchev
Bryag” – “Sunny beach”), and Sozopol.
Picturesque lakes hide in the cirques of the Rila and Pirin
mountains. Dam lakes of recreational potential are to be
found in the Rhodope mountain – namely Batak, Vatcha, Studen
Kladenets, at the foot of the Balkan range – Ticha, as well
as in some other places.
There are good prerequisites for the development of adventure
tourism: “wild waters” – rafting and canoe, diving, delta-
and para-drifting in the river valleys of Vatcha, Iskar,
Chepelarska, Struma, and Mesta rivers.