Hot-spots
Sunny Beach
The country's largest package holiday resort has a good beach with excellent leisure facilities, entertainment and activities. It is close to Bourgas' international airport and has been a focus for building and buyer interest, although over-development is becoming a problem, with a glut of new properties meaning unreliable rental returns.
Golden Sands
A large package resort with a good beach and facilities set in pretty surroundings on the forested coast north of Varna. Easy access to Varna airport and the city. Strict building controls have limited development and ensure strong demand for property.
Bansko
The country's largest ski resort, which is enjoying major infrastructural investment, including a new golf course. The negative impact of rapid development could be reduced by a clamp-down on new developments in the area.
Pamporovo
European's most southerly ski-resort is increasingly popular with the British
Veliko Tarnovo
The picturesque countryside around this historic city is the target for a growing number of foreign buyers looking for peaceful rural retreats and renovation properties. The beautiful scenery has led the area to be dubbed "Bulgaria's Tuscany".
Sofia
Renovation properties and off-plan developments in the country's capital are popular with investment buyers for their solid rental returns and capital appreciation.
Rising Stars
Balchik
A small seaside town, north of Varna, that is near a new golf course development. Easy access to Varna city and its airport.
Byalla
A quiet beach resort favoured by Bulgarian holidaymakers, which is set in beautiful countryside halfway between Bourgas and Varna.
Ruse
Provincial city on the Danube that has a hinterland of unspoilt countryside dotted with villages.
Sozopol
An atmospheric seaside town with good beaches that is close to Bourgas airport.
Borovets
A small ski resort near Sofia that has been slated for major investment.
Dominic Whiting is a journalist and publisher of the Buying in Turkey and Buying in Bulgaria property guides. For more information, newsletters or to order visit: http://www.buyinginturkey.info
