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Village in Burgas, Bulgaria
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Varvara (Bulgarian: Варвара) is a village on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, within Nature Park Strandzha. Its rocky coast and small beach have limited its appeal to mass tourism, but it has earned a reputation for attracting artists and other creative types. Better beaches are not far, at Ahtopol.
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Желязното дърво, Zhelyaznoto darvo
An art installation made of rusty iron tubes, created for the 1980 Bulgarian movie The Great Night Swim (Golyamoto noshtno kapane), which achieved cult status among 1980s counter-cultural youth. It's claimed that one of the first observances of "July Morning" was done here. Coordinates are approximate.
At the mouth of a stream south-east of the image. Like in some other places along the coast, fishermen pull their boats out of the water on improvised slipways with rails.
Express buses leave from Burgas bus station next to the train station, run several times daily and pass Varvara on the way. Travel from Burgas takes about 1 hr and costs 10 лв.
Read in the guideQuite easy to do on foot, however part of people opt for cars to go to the beach.
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