Varvara, Burgas Province

Varvara (Bulgarian: Варвара, Greek: Βαρβάρα) is a village in southeastern Bulgaria, located in the Tsarevo Municipality of the Burgas Province.

This seaside resort is situated on the Black Sea coast within Strandzha Nature Park, between the towns of Tsarevo and Ahtopol, near the border with Turkey.

After 1913, the Turks moved out and were replaced by Bulgarian refugees from Eastern Thrace The village is best known for its intellectual community of artists and writers.

Many young artists came to Varvara in the 1970s and 1980s and populated a small camp called The Sea Club which the Academy of Arts in Sofia had purchased for them.

Over the years a larger group of artists established themselves in Varvara and started to buy real estate and build a small community.

Church "Saint Varvara"