Appreciating Assets is delighted to present this superb Apartment (No. 16) on three floor levels to the market. This lovely apartment is ready for immediate occupation!

Garden Beach is a front line holiday complex located in Sozopol, which lies on the Gulf of Bourgas, in the southern part of the Bulgarian Black Sea. The complex is just 15 metres from a wide sandy beach and there are outstanding panoramic views toward both the old town of Sozopol and Chernomoretz seaside town. The complex is less than two kilometres away from both Sozopol and Chernomoretz village. It is 25 minutes south of Bourgas City and about 30 minutes away from Bourgas International Airport.

The Garden Beach complex and apartments are finished to a very high standard throughout. There is a wide range of facilities available on site that include: restaurant, bar, conference hall, children's playground, swimming pool complemented by a further huge range to select from in the nearby towns and villages with their extensive network of restaurants, bars, clubs and other entertainment and leisure offerings

The town of nearby Sozopol is one of the oldest Bulgarian coastal towns founded in 610 BC. Today this charming place is a popular beach resort best known for its casual ambience, beautiful sandy beaches, and distinctive 19th-century stone and wood houses, some of which are national cultural monuments. The town and surrounding area offer many recreational opportunities including: Fishing, sailing, scuba diving and wind surfing, Sea and beach activities, Inland river boating and canoeing, Eco tourism, birdwatching and photography (the huge protected National Park of Strandja with its nature reserves lies nearby), Spas and a host of sites of historical and architectural interest.

Sozopol is a quiet place with two amazing sandy beaches. The sights of Sozopol are many, but none of them can be separated from the rest since all of them impact the visitors as an attractive ensemble – there are more than 45 architectural monuments of Sozopol. The ancient atmosphere of the town is further fed by cobbled streets and high fences in front of which the old women sit and chat, knit laces and sell jams. Interestingly, one can still hear Greek speech among natives, particularly in the old town. .At the beginning of September each year the town hosts the big Apolonia International Art Festival, which attracts artists and art lovers from all over the country and abroad.

This is a luxurious, accessible and convenient property with all necessary facilities in a beautiful location. Whether for personal use or holiday rental, it represents a great opportunity for an astute investor!!

If you would like any further information or to arrange an inspection visit, please do not hesitate to contact us. A member of our ales team will be happy to assist you - we have representatives that are fluent in English, Bulgarian, Russian or Greek.

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Sozòpol (Bulgarian: Созопол, Greek: Sozopolis / Σωζόπολις) is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Today it is one of the major seaside resorts in the country, known for the Apollonia art and film festival (which takes place in early September) that is named after one of the town's ancient names.

The busiest times of the year are the summer months, ranging from May to September as tourists from around the world come to enjoy the weather, sandy beaches, history and culture, fusion cuisine (Balkan, Mediterranean), and atmosphere of the colourful resort.

Sozopol is one of the oldest towns on Bulgarian Thrace's Black Sea coast. The first settlement on the site dates back to the Bronze Age. Undersea explorations in the region of the port reveal relics of dwellings, ceramic pottery, stone and bone tools from that era. Many anchors from the second and first millennium BC have been discovered in the town's bay, a proof of active shipping since ancient times.

The current town was founded in the 7th century BC by Greek colonists from Miletus as Antheia. The name was soon changed to Apollonia, on account of a temple dedicated to Apollo in the town, containing a famous colossal statue of the god Apollo by Calamis, 30 cubits high, transported later to Rome by Lucullus and placed in the Capitol.

The coins, which begin in the fourth century BC, bear the name Apollonia and the image of Apollo; the imperial coins, which continue to the first half of the third century AD, and the Tabula Peutinger also contain the name Apollonia; but the "Periplus Ponti Euxini", 85, and the Notitiæ episcopatuum have only the new name Sozopolis. In 1328 Cantacuzene (ed. Bonn, I, 326) speaks of it as a large and populous town. The islet on which it stood is now connected with the mainland by a narrow tongue of land. Its inhabitants, in the past mostly Greeks, lived by fishing and agriculture.

The town established itself as a trade and naval centre in the following centuries. It kept strong political and trade relations with the cities of Ancient Greece – Miletus, Athens, Corinth, Heraclea Pontica and the islands Rhodes, Chios, Lesbos, etc. Its trade influence in the Thracian territories was based on a treaty with the rulers of the Odrysian kingdom dating from the fifth century BC.

The symbol of the town – the anchor, present on all coins minted by Apollonia since the sixth century BC, is proof of the importance of its maritime trade. The rich town soon became an important cultural centre. At these times it was called Apollonia Magna.

Ruled in turn by the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Ottoman Empires, Sozopol was assigned to the newly independent Bulgaria in the 19th century. At the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence (1821) prominent local personalities were arrested and executed by the Ottoman authorities due to participation in the preparations of the struggle.

Almost all of its Greek population was exchanged with Bulgarians from Eastern Thrace in the aftermath of the Balkan Wars. In 2011 the remainings of an ancient Greek settlement, part of Apollonia, were excavated in the small island of St. Kirik (Saint Cerycus) off Sozopolis.

Since 1984 Sozopol hosts the Apollonia art festivities every September, which include theatre shows, exhibitions, movies, musical and dance performances, book presentations and other cultural events.