Golden Sands
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Golden Sands (Bulgarian: Златни пясъци, Zlatni pyasatsi; German: Goldstrand, Russian: Золотые пески) is a resort town on the northern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast located about 18 km north of Varna, the third largest city of Bulgaria. It is a popular tourist destination, drawing many visitors from Germany, Eastern Europe, and various other countries, attracted by the favourable climate and reasonable prices.
During the reign of the Ottoman Empire the area was called Uzunkum, meaning literally "long sands" in Turkish. Golden Sands was largely uninhabited until the 1950s. The resort's construction started in 1957 and in about two decades, Golden Sands was transformed into a modern holiday complex with more than 100 hotels, numerous restaurants, bungalows, camping sites, etc.
The area is famous for being labelled to have the purest sand on the Black Sea coast and also abounds of trees and bushes. Mineral water springs, as well as the wood bordering the Frangen Plateau turn Golden Sands into one of the popular resorts of the Bulgarian coast.
