About Tsarevo
Key facts about Tsarevo — a town of around 5,200 residents, municipal seat with 13,000 in the municipality, successor to Greek Vasiliko.
A seaside town on two peninsulas
Tsarevo is a town and port 70 km south of Burgas — the last significant settlement before the Turkish border. It sits on two small Black Sea peninsulas — the old Vasiliko quarter with its distinctive little church and the new Tsarevo centre with hotels, administration and the harbour. The town has around 5,200 residents.
Tsarevo is the administrative seat of the eponymous municipality, which covers the southern stretch of Bulgaria's Black Sea coast — it also includes the settlements of Ahtopol, Sinemorets, Lozenets, Rezovo and around a dozen small villages in the Strandzha mountains. The municipality has about 13,000 residents.
The town has a calm atmosphere — without the mass tourism of Sunny Beach. The local economy rests on fishing, tourism and viticulture. In summer the population grows several times over with holiday renters and visitors to the nearby Ropotamo and Strandzha reserves.