"Golden Sands" Nature Park
"Akademik" guesthouses are located on the territory of the Golden Sands Nature Park.
Golden Sands Nature Park is the smallest (13.2 sq. km) of the 11 nature parks in the country. It is located 17 km northeast of Varna. It is situated parallel to the seashore and surrounds the resort complex of the same name. The park is 9.2 km long and has an average width of 1.2 km. The highest peak is Chiplak Tepe - 269 m, and the average altitude is 110 m. To the north, the park borders the village of Kranevo, to the west with agricultural lands, to the east with the Varna-Kranevo road, and to the south with lands from the forest and agricultural fund. The park boundaries predominantly include sections from the Varna State Forestry and several sections from the Balchik State Hunting Enterprise.
The idea of creating a park was first documented in 1915. But it became a reality on February 3, 1943, when, by a decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and State Property, part of the "Hachuka" State Forest with an area of 2.4 sq. km was declared the Golden Sands People's Park - the second declared in the country after the Vitosha People's Park (now Vitosha Nature Park) (1934). The purpose of creating the park is to preserve and protect valuable plant and animal communities and characteristic landscapes.
When the Golden Sands National Park was declared in 1943, no one suspected that 13 years later, one of our largest seaside resorts would be built there. The Golden Sands resort complex not only occupies the former people's park but also takes its name.
The nature park is a Protected Area for the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora, part of the Natura 2000 ecological network.
