Varna is a port city and seaside resort on Bulgaria’s Black Sea ... making it a uniquely mysterious place to visit. A must-see while in the city is Sunny Beach, a 7km stretch of golden sands ...

At the southern end of the beach ... Varna an undiscovered gem (even if, on a straw poll, in a south London pub, 90 per cent of people failed to recognise it, let alone have it in their travel ...

It is hard to miss the gold-domed Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, built to honour Russia’s assistance to Bulgaria in its war of independence from the Ottomans in the 1870s. Rila Monastery.