Saints Constantine and Helena, Bulgaria

Landmarks include the 16th-century Eastern Orthodox monastery of Sts. Constantine and Helena, the Euxinograd royal summer palace, park and winery, and the Sofia University Botanical Garden, also known as Ecopark Varna. One of the best-preserved medieval settlements in the country, Kastritzi, also mentioned by the Crusaders in 1444 as Macropolis, was unearthed in archaeological excavations inside Euxinograd. In the mid-14th century, Kastritzi was a bustling port of the Second Bulgarian Empire frequented by Venetian, Genoese, Ragusan, and Byzantine merchant ships.

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In 1905 the construction of the first sea sanatorium in Bulgaria began - for children with tuberculosis at the initiative of the Bulgarian Queen Eleonore (second wife of Ferdinand I of Bulgaria) and with the active assistance of Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov. The doctor became the manager of the summer sanatorium, which treats scrofulous, lymphatic and anemic children. He was the first in Bulgaria to introduce sea treatment, sun treatment and mud therapy. He uses healing sea mud, which marks the beginning of scientific mud therapy in Bulgaria. The treatment is successful for most of the children as 60 - 65% of them recover completely. Over the next 5 years, the queen and Dr. Stoyanov disagreed over the construction of the new building of the children's sanatorium, which escalated into conflict and caused the doctor to leave his post in 1910. Now in this area is a complex "Sunny Day". It has been declared a private property with limited access, despite the Coastal Act, which guarantees free access of citizens to the beach.

The first holiday home was built in 1908. They are upgrading 2 floors on one of the old monastery buildings with the name Hotel Prague, because of the first foreigners accepted - Czechs. In March 1925, the Municipality of Varna decided to "build holiday resorts in the resort, a port and provide cheap transportation." In the early 1930s, the construction of the first holiday and grape healing station began. It has 140 rooms with sea views. It was opened on September 10, 1933, but closed at the beginning of World War II.

With the establishment of the Balkantourist business enterprise in 1948, contracts were signed to welcome Czech tourists to Bulgaria. New hotels were built: in 1949 - "Beach Hotel №1", later renamed the Hotel "Rose", and in 1951 - Hotel "Odessos". For political reasons, the resort is called "Balkantourist - Dobri Terpeshev", and between 1951 and 1956 was named "Varna". On December 1, 1955, the Council of Ministers issued a decree for the construction of two resorts near Varna: Druzhba and Golden Sands. The construction of the first one started in 1956/57 under the name "Balkantourist", and later it was called Druzhba. In 1956 the hotels "Chaika", "Bor", "Prostor", "Lebed", "Lotos", "Rusalka", "Rubin" and others were built.[http://www.nasamnatam.com/patepis/Kk“Svsv_Konstantin_i_Elena”_istoriq_i_fakti-972.html К. к. „Св. св. Константин и Елена“ – история и факти], Николина Милкова, NasamNatam.com.[http://www.moreto.net/varna-gid2.php?n=13925 Св. св. Константин и Елена – Курортът Дружба], Moreto.net.[http://poseti.guide-bulgaria.com/a/1189/st.st.contsantine_and_helena_resort.htm Курортен комплекс Свети свети Константин и Елена], Guide-Bulgaria.com. The resort's most prestigious five-star Grand Hotel, Varna, was opened on April 22, 1977, being built in just 17 months.

In 1992 The resort returned his old name - Saints Constantine and Helena.[https://www.moreto.net/novini.php?n=374587 Курортът Св. Св. Константин и Елена празнува 110 години] In the next few years the resort lost his glory with several hotels being closed because the complex itself becomes morally obsolete.

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In 2017, as part of the renewing of the complex, the old thermal bath was reformed as Aquahouse Thermal & Beach.[https://aquahouse.bg/the-complex За Комплекса - Аквахаус] Also, a plan for 4 Artificial islands was set by the chief architect of Varna, Victor Buzev from the summer of 2017[https://fakti.bg/bulgaria/399653-izgrajdat-4-izkustveni-ostrova-krai-varna Изграждат 4 изкуствени острова край Варна] Year later, Villa Chinka was opened as part of Astor Garden hotels line up in the complex.[https://villachinka.com/hotel Комфорт. Ексклузивен интериор. Класа. Уединение на брега на морето.] In 2019 was opened the renewed Center Primoski, having a shops, restaurant and hotel parts.[https://primorskicenter.bg/ Търговски център "Приморски" в Св. Св. Константин и Елена - всичко, от което имате нужда на няколко крачки от плажа.]

Image:Villa Chinka front view.jpg|Villa Chinka entrance

Image:Center Primorski outside.jpg|Center Primorski outside

File:Center Primorski inside view.jpg|Center Primorski inside view

Image:Sts._Constantine_and_Helena_cross.jpg|Sts. Constantine and Helene Cross

Image:Grand Hotel Varna.JPG|Grand Hotel Varna

Image:Constantine and Helena hotel IFB.jpg|Hotel Azalia

Image:Св. св. Константин и Елена - panoramio (12).jpg|ship Sirius restaurant

Saints Constantine and Helena has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), with mediterranean influences in summer but specially continental influences in autumn-winter.

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| location = Saints Constantine and Helena (2000–2019)

| metric first = yes

| single line = yes

| Jan record high C = 21.2

| Feb record high C = 22.5

| Mar record high C = 29.5

| Apr record high C = 30.7

| May record high C = 34.0

| Jun record high C = 38.0

| Jul record high C = 41.4

| Aug record high C = 38.9

| Sep record high C = 37.2

| Oct record high C = 33.0

| Nov record high C = 27.0

| Dec record high C = 21.2

| year record high C = 41.4

| Jan high C = 6.2

| Feb high C = 7.8

| Mar high C = 11.5

| Apr high C = 15.7

| May high C = 21.4

| Jun high C = 26.2

| Jul high C = 29.0

| Aug high C = 29.6

| Sep high C = 24.7

| Oct high C = 18.7

| Nov high C = 13.6

| Dec high C = 8.2

| year high C = 17.7

| Jan mean C = 3.1

| Feb mean C = 4.4

| Mar mean C = 7.8

| Apr mean C = 11.7

| May mean C = 17.1

| Jun mean C = 21.7

| Jul mean C = 24.3

| Aug mean C = 24.7

| Sep mean C = 20.2

| Oct mean C = 14.8

| Nov mean C = 10.4

| Dec mean C = 5.2

| year mean C = 13.8

| Jan low C = 0.1

| Feb low C = 1.0

| Mar low C = 4.0

| Apr low C = 7.8

| May low C = 12.7

| Jun low C = 17.2

| Jul low C = 19.5

| Aug low C = 19.8

| Sep low C = 15.7

| Oct low C = 10.9

| Nov low C = 7.2

| Dec low C = 2.2

| year low C = 9.8

| Jan record low C = -19.0

| Feb record low C = -24.3

| Mar record low C = -13.5

| Apr record low C = -5.0

| May record low C = 1.0

| Jun record low C = 5.0

| Jul record low C = 7.0

| Aug record low C = 6.0

| Sep record low C = 2.0

| Oct record low C = -7.7

| Nov record low C = -10.0

| Dec record low C = -17.0

| year record low C = -24.3

| Jan precipitation mm = 31.8

| Feb precipitation mm = 29.9

| Mar precipitation mm = 43.7

| Apr precipitation mm = 57

| May precipitation mm = 43.9

| Jun precipitation mm = 57.6

| Jul precipitation mm = 50.7

| Aug precipitation mm = 41.4

| Sep precipitation mm = 44.1

| Oct precipitation mm = 42.6

| Nov precipitation mm = 55.6

| Dec precipitation mm = 42

| year precipitation mm = 540.3

| Jan precipitation days = 13.5

| Feb precipitation days = 11.3

| Mar precipitation days = 11.9

| Apr precipitation days = 9.3

| May precipitation days = 6.9

| Jun precipitation days = 6.2

| Jul precipitation days = 4.7

| Aug precipitation days = 3.3

| Sep precipitation days = 6.5

| Oct precipitation days = 9.6

| Nov precipitation days = 8.9

| Dec precipitation days = 11.5

| year precipitation days = 103.6

| Jan humidity = 77.9

| Feb humidity = 75

| Mar humidity = 73.3

| Apr humidity = 73.7

| May humidity = 74.8

| Jun humidity = 72.5

| Jul humidity = 69.7

| Aug humidity = 69.4

| Sep humidity = 73.1

| Oct humidity = 77.6

| Nov humidity = 78.1

| Dec humidity = 79

| year humidity = 74.5

| Jan sun = 89.9

| Feb sun = 102.2

| Mar sun = 142.6

| Apr sun = 180.0

| May sun = 248.0

| Jun sun = 270.0

| Jul sun = 300.7

| Aug sun = 299.2

| Sep sun = 219.0

| Oct sun = 167.4

| Nov sun = 105.0

| Dec sun = 79.1

| year sun = 2203.0

|Jand sun = 2.9

|Febd sun = 3.7

|Mard sun = 4.6

|Aprd sun = 6.0

|Mayd sun = 8.0

|Jund sun = 9.0

|Juld sun = 9.7

|Augd sun = 9.7

|Sepd sun = 7.3

|Octd sun = 5.4

|Novd sun = 3.5

|Decd sun = 2.6

|Jan percentsun = 32

|Feb percentsun = 34

|Mar percentsun = 38

|Apr percentsun = 46

|May percentsun = 53

|Jun percentsun = 60

|Jul percentsun = 65

|Aug percentsun = 69

|Sep percentsun = 61

|Oct percentsun = 49

|Nov percentsun = 35

|Dec percentsun = 29

| source 1 = weatheronline.co.uk{{cite web

|url = https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/

|title = Climatological Normals for Saints Constantine and Helena, Bulgaria (1952–2011)

|publisher = Climatebase

|access-date = 16 April 2013

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130315124451/http://www.pogoda.ru.net/monitor.php?id=29838

|archive-date = 15 March 2013

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|source 2 = Weather Atlas (sunshine data){{cite web |url=https://www.weather-atlas.com/en/bulgaria/varna-climate |title=Varna, Bulgaria – Climate data |publisher=Weather Atlas |access-date=4 April 2017}}

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|alt = Panorama of the renewed seaside, known previously as Druzhba, part from Sts. Constantine and Helena resort

|caption = Panorama of Sts. Constantine and Helena from 2022-05-09

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