Varvara is a tiny fishing community south of Bourgass and 3km to the north of Ahtopol. The village is an old fishermen settlement, which has grown into a tourist destination only in the past decade. Though it does not have a sandy beach as other nearby villages, its budget accommodation in typical Bulgarian houses with cool shadows of grape vines in the front yard makes it a preferred holiday place for artists and other people in search of quietness and solitude. It is also favourite place for divers for it is full of stone cavities. Moreover, its walking distance to the beaches of Ahtopol makes up for the lack of a sandy beach for those not charmed by sunbathing over rocks.

In winter it's pin-drop quiet, but the village is transformed each summer when artists and alternative lifestylers from Sofia camp on the fields above the beach. The more established have their own stick shelters that they repair each year.