Appreciating Assets is delighted to offer this magnificent one-bedroom Apartment to the market at the very attractive price of 62,000 euro.

The Garden of Eden is a luxury frontline development in an ideal location in St. Vlas with a lush green forest back drop, its own impressive beach area and uninterrupted sea views towards the medieval peninsula of Nessebar. It is less than 30 minutes from the international airport at Bourgas.

The Garden of Eden is, without doubt, one of the most impressive developments on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. With its launch in 2004, the Anglo-Bulgarian joint venture 'Eden Developments' created a new concept in luxury resort living, combining the beauty of traditional Bulgarian architecture with a landscape of cascading streams, natural stone paths, shrubs and flowers in the designer garden setting, and spectacular vistas towards the sea leading to the dramatic beachfront. Fêted by the press and received enthusiastically by the market, and with a five star hotel, a boating pier, and an outstanding range of facilities, Garden of Eden stands comparison with the most exclusive Mediterranean destinations.

The range of on-site facilities is enormous and include: its own south facing sandy beach / Boating pier / Restaurants – choose from Italian by the Roman pool, the hotel restaurant & exclusive pier-side restaurant serving freshly-caught local fish and other local specialities, offering alfresco dining 'over the water', / Bars - Noah's Piano Bar, Beach bar, Wet bar / Art gallery and studio / Seven outdoor pools including dual-level infinity pool and Roman pool, with childrens' pools / Tennis courts / Ten-pin bowling alley / Children's play area / Spa Club including indoor pool, fitness centre, saunas, Turkish steam room, whirlpool baths, massage treatment room, relaxation area / Shops including supermarket, / Medical facility on site / Reception area and Vista Bar / Game zone: snooker/pool, table tennis, internet, computer games – the list goes on …….. Loungers and parasols

If you ever actually tire of the on-site facilities St. Vlas is an attractive village in its own right and is fast becoming the 'Puerto Banus' of the Black Sea Coast. A further step away is Sunny Beach, which is renowned for its lovely ‘blue flag’ beach of fine golden sand and natural dunes that extends for nearly eight kilometres along crystal clear waters. This entire area, better known as the Bulgarian Black Sea Riviera, is famous for its microclimate, making it a great place for sunbathing with over 1,700 hours of sunshine between May and October and an average daily temperature of 27 degrees. It has a vibrant, exotic and popular nightlife, not to mention the shopping, restaurants and a range of water-based sports and facilities to meet everybody’s requirements. Protected to the north by the descending ridges of the Balkan Range of mountains, to the south is the small peninsula on which the ancient town of Nessebar is located - formerly a fisherman’s town, it is now one of the loveliest of Bulgaria’s historical attractions and is a UNESCO architectural and historical reserve and a ‘must visit’ when in the area.

This is an exceptional apartment that is not alone spacious at just over 61sq.m, but is very well finished and there are stunning views across the Black Sea. As this apartment is also frontline, the level of interest is expected to be high and viewings are recommended. It is available to use immediately as a summer home or indeed as a rental property to the flourishing holiday market. An excellent long term investment - at this price, we are happy to recommend it.

If there is anything more you would like to know about this property or to arrange a viewing, please contact us and one of our sales team will be more than happy to assist you. (We have representatives that are fluent in English, Bulgarian, Russian or Greek.)

sales@appreciatingassets.ie 

St Vlas  is located at the foot of the southern slopes of the Balkan Mountains, in the northern part of Burgas Bay. A settlement was founded at the present place of St Vlas in the 2nd century AD by Thracians and Greeks, then called Larissa. It acquired the name St Vlas in the 14th century after Saint Blaise, a monastery dedicated to whom existed in the region, but was burnt down in the 14th-18th century by consecutive pirate raids. During the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria, it was known as Kücük manastir or simply Manastir ("monastery"), while the name St Vlas became official after 1886. Until 1920 the population of St Vlas was predominantly Greek. After 1920 as a result of the exchange of population between Greece and Bulgaria most of the local Greeks emigrated to Western Thrace (ceded to Greece in 1920) Greece and found their new home in the village of Strymi (until 1920 Chadarli), Sapes municipality. Less than 10 Greek families remained in St Vlas. After 1912 and especially after 1920 tens of Bulgarian families emigrated from Greece, predominantly from Greek Macedonia and established themselves in St Vlas. The settlement became a climatic sea resort in 1963 and a town on 2 February 2006. St Vlas is the only place on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast where the beaches are facing directly south.

St Vlas has grown as a very popular  tourist resort in recent times, serving as a quieter alternative to nearby Sunny Beach. The gap between the two places is shrinking as more hotels and holiday apartments are built along the coast. St Vlas lies at the northern end of a bay which has Sunny Beach in its middle and the ancient town of Nesebar at its southern end. Sunny Beach and Nesebar are easily accessible by bus or taxi, and there are also boats going between St Vlas and Nesebar.

The resort was mainly popular amongst inland Bulgarian tourists, but recently there is rapid growth in the number of foreign tourists, mainly from Russia, but also from  Poland, Romania and Scandinavia. Even though St Vlas was heavily developed in 2000's it remained pretty quiet and calm down place, making it good place to have a rest. Due to that fact the typical visitors in the resort are families with children.