St. Constantine and Elena is the oldest resort along the Bulgarian seaside and only 8 km away from Varna.
The resort's construction began a century ago, in 1908, and the origin purpose of the resort was to host patients ill with tuberculosis. The resort is named after the nearby St. St. Konstantin and Elena Monastery, built at the beginning of the 18th century. Today the monastery also offers tourist accommodation and a high-quality restaurant.
The Evksinograd government residence is located south of St. Constantine and Elena. The residence is built in a New Baroque style with a beautiful garden, fountains, and a staircase going down to the beech though access to it is restricted to particular hours and days of the week.
The hotels' restaurants offer excellent food. In addition, famous restaurants in the resort are Manastirska Izba, housed in the building of the monastery, Bulgarska Svatba, Sedemte Odai and the Sirius Fishing Ship restaurant, situated on a hill above the sea, which offers a variety of fish specialties and seafood. Yet as long as the resort's restaurants are far from cheap, some tourists prefer to eat in and Varna.
Regular town buses run every ten minutes (from 6.00 a.m. till 11.00 p.m.) from the resort to Varna. Many mini-buses and route-taxis are another alternative for quick transport to Varna. |
