Varna lies on the same latitude of the famous Atlantic resorts Bayonne and Biarritz in France, on a large, flat and high terrace on the northwestern most curve of the bay with just some 7 km inland. The city occupies some 24 sq km, measuring 6 km northeast-southwest and is about 4 km wide. During the holiday season, July and August, the sunshine allows 10-11 hours of sunbathing. There is nothing of the cool Baltic wind or the summer Riviera heat. The city is clean and green. Of the green miracles at least three are a must: the Marine Gardens which are the largest in the Balkans; Euxinograd park, the former Royal Palace; the paradise of St. Constantine.

Varna is a city of old culture, living traditions and ambitious undertakings. Some 20 percent of the people living there are students in various educational institutions and universities. There is hardly a city in Bulgaria apart from the capital that has so many museums.

The former Girls High School, which used to be the biggest in the Balkans, houses the Archaeological Museum that holds one of the country's richest collections. A special treasury displays priceless gold jewels and amazing ancient works. The icon and church plate exposition is very impressive. Moreover, the collection of the National Revival Museum is worth to be seen.

The Ethnographic Museum has exhibits showing traditional means of livelihood and costumes with varying demographic features. Another museum, the Naval Museum, is in the shady alleys of the Marine Gardens.
The Museum of the History of Medicine is in what is used to be the city's first hospital and possesses the richest palaeo-anthropologic collection in Bulgaria.
The Museum of New History is in the oldest surviving house in Varna, built in 1851.
And the Bulgaria's only Aquarium with unique facade covered in ivy and its marine inhabitants attracts many visitors.