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Bourgas experiences a temperate climate, with mild weather year-round. The average daily temperature in the winter months of November to April is 4.5°C (40°F)and in the summer months of May to October it is around 26°C (78°F), which is also the busiest and best time to visit. August is the hottest, and also most humid, month of the year with highs of 30°C (86°F).

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What attracts people to Bourgas is undoubtedly the clear blue sea. The city is a starting point for visiting the seaside resorts in the area - the Slantchev Bryag resort (Sunny Beach) and the Elenite Holiday Village to the North and the Duni Holiday Village, renowed for it's unique architectural composition, to the south.

The Sea Garden Park in Bourgas is a lovely place where tourists can sit and relax amongst the beautiful nature of Bourgas. It is situated on a high shore, flecked with colourful flower beds, trees and sculptures. A casino, a small zoo and the open-air theatre are also within the park. The park which is also called Promorski Park is always popular with families. Kids will love the merry-go-round, bouncy castle and helter-skelter.

Bourgas is a well-known festival centre in Bulgaria every summer the Seaside Park's open-air theatre houses the Bulgarian Popular Song Festival entitled Bourgas and the Sea, acknowledged as an event at which musical hits are inevitably ‘born' every time. The open-air theatre also hosts the ever intriguing Annual Summer International Folklore Festival, the Beer Fest, the Bulgarian Rock Music Festival Rock-Explosion, a Blues festival and the wonderfully named On the Beach Theatre Festival!

Bourgas along with Sofia is one of the few places that has kept it's Bulgarian musical identity in a post-communist era. Concert gigs are particularly active over the summer season, when the sea becomes the main drawing point for culture and the Bulgarian bohemia.

One of Bourgas's main draws is it's Central Beach which is in front of the beautifully quirky Sea Garden Park. The beach is a low-key place for swimming and strolling. Where everyone hangs out during the long summer months. The strong winds make good conditions for windsurfing, although there are few places to rent equipment. Kite-surfing is possible on the less crowded northern end of the beach.

Culture

The small old town of Bourgas with its pedestrianised streets makes it easy to explore, with a few pleasant museums and galleries dotted around. Petko Zadgorski Art Gallery (ulitsa Metropolit Simeon 24), housed in the old synagogue, has three floors of paintings including 17th-century religious icons and Bulgarian contemporary artists.

Its exhibition has been arranged in a former Jewish synagogue, now listed as a cultural monument. The frescos inside the gloomily-lit Sveti Sveti Cyril and Methodius (ulitsa Vuzhrazhdane) are stunning. There are more than ten art galleries in Bourgas, so art lovers cannot fail to keep themselves amused.

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