Sarafovo is a place of unspoilt beauty. Founded as a village over 80 years ago by Thracian refugees, nowadays it has become famous for its beautiful houses and preferred by people as a place to live. Its population counts over 3000, including the foreigners who chose Bulgaria for their home.
At present Sarafovo is a quarter of Bourgas- the 5th largest town of Bulgaria, administrative, commercial, tourist and cultural center. Sarafovo is close to a number of resorts, which can easily reach due to a well- developed infrastructure. The quartet is situated 10 km from the center of Bourgas and 30 km north of Sozopol, while it's only 10 km south from Ppomorie and 30 km from Nessebar and Sunny Beach.
Sarafovo has gained attractiveness as a resort because of its unique characteristics: wide beach, about 4 km long, covered with fine sands, almost black at places, because of it high content of iron, manganese and magnesium. It absorb the sun beams and gets quickly hot. Higher sea water temperature than the other resorts because of its situation in the Bourgas Bay. This increases the opportunity for a longer tourist season- until late October, when water is still warm and nice for swimming.
Quick facts about Area of Sarafovo:
Location: South-East Bulgaria
Distance to capital city: 341.194 km from Sofia
Latitude: 42.55N
Longitude: 27.48333E
Province: Bourgas District
Municipality: Bourgas Minicipality