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rooms and facilities in town, although the seemingly obligatory full-board arrangement
won't be ideal for everyone.
HOTEL
Hotel Marina $$
( 36 984;
www.marinakiten.com
; Kiten Marina; r/apt from 70/110 lv; )
Overlook-
ing Kiten's mini marina and with its own scrap of private beach, this fresh-looking hotel
has spacious rooms, most with sea views.
Eos Hotel $$
( 36 205;
www.eoskiten.com
; ul Petrova niva 7; r/apt 65/100 lv; Jun-Sep;
HOTEL
)
A short walk from the bus stop, though a little further from the beaches, Eos is a friendly
hotel with a tiny pool. Rooms are standard fare: plain and comfortable.
Getting There & Away
The bus station is at the top end of ul Strandzha, at the junction of the roads to Primorsko
and Ahtopol. Daily buses to Burgas (8 lv, one hour, hourly) travel via Primorsko and So-
zopol (5 lv, 40 minutes). In summer, buses to Sofia (35 lv, seven to eight hours) leave
throughout the day.
Tsarevo
0550 / POP 5800
Spread lazily over two small peninsulas jutting out into the Black Sea, Tsarevo is a quiet,
elegant little town, once a popular holiday spot for the Bulgarian royal family. Called Va-
siliko until 1934, it was renamed Tsarevo ('royal place') in honour of Tsar Boris III; the
communists then renamed it Michurin (after a Soviet botanist) in 1950, and it reverted
once again in 1991. The centre, on the northern peninsula, has a calm, affluent atmosphere
and feels more like a real town than some of Tsarevo's seaside-resort neighbours.
Sights
Overlooking the rocky headland at the end of the main road, ul Han Asparuh, are the
peaceful
Sea Gardens
, offering dramatic panoramic views across the Black Sea. Other
