Beaches
Chernomorets has three beaches of different character — a wide central strip in town, the lively Gradina to the north, and the slightly wilder Vromos to the south with access to Cape Akra.
Beaches
Chernomorets has three beaches of different character — a wide central strip in town, the lively Gradina to the north, and the slightly wilder Vromos to the south with access to Cape Akra.
Central Beach
The town's main beach — about 1.5 km of fine sand, up to 80 m wide at low tide. Guarded, with beach bars, showers and kids' playgrounds. Gentle entry — suitable for children. This is the busiest, liveliest spot in peak season.
Gradina Beach
1 km north — a wide strip about 2.5 km long, framed by pine forest. The most visited beach by people from Burgas — easy access by coastal road, a large car park, several big hotels and a campsite behind the dunes.
Vromos Beach
About 1 km to the south-west — a small bay with rocky edges and dark sand, coloured by decades of deposition of flotation waste from the Rosen mine (1954–1977). Under a PHARE project in 1997–1998, around 800,000 tonnes of radioactive waste were removed, but elevated gamma radiation is still monitored today. On the seabed lie underwater remains of the early Byzantine fortress of Akra. Access is via a dirt track; there are virtually no facilities — for those seeking a more secluded break.
Tip
For Vromos, wear suitable shoes — the shallow rocks have mussels. The underwater archaeology is visible in calm sea with a snorkel — do not touch it, this is a protected site.
Spend a day in Chernomorets
A morning walk to Cape Akra and the underwater archaeology site, lunch at the harbour, an afternoon at Gradina beach, and a sunset dinner in a fish restaurant above Cape St. Nicholas.