Sunny Beach is Bulgaria's main beach destination on its Black Sea coast.
It is by far the largest beach resort, well ahead of Bulgaria's second largest beach resort Golden Sands and, in fact, well ahead of any other beach resort on the Balkan Peninsula.
Along with hotels, the resort offers hundreds of private holiday apartments available for rent directly from the owners.
Recent report using data from the top three rental websites for Bulgarian property rentals shows the following information: 1)Sunny Beach accounts for about 39 percent of all beach apartments available for rent in Bulgaria.
It is slightly ahead of St.
Vlas with 34 percent and well ahead of the third highest: Varna with 10 percent.
2)Rental prices in Sunny Beach are slightly lower than those in the next biggest Bulgarian beach resort Golden Sands and slightly higher than in St.
Vlas.
The difference, however, is very small.
3)Close to half of the apartments available for rent are one bedroom apartments: 48 percent.
The next biggest categories are two bedroom apartments with 35 percent and studios with 13 percent.
4)One bedroom apartments in Sunny Beach rent out for about 314 euro per week in the high season and for about 256 euro per week in the middle season.
5)Two bedroom apartments rent out for about 415 euro per week in the high season and for about 335 euro per week in the middle season.
6)Studios rent out for about 259 euro in the high season and for about 219 euro per week in the middle season.
7)There is much variation in the prices.
For example, the rental prices on two bedroom apartments in Sunny Beach range from 325 to 505 euro per week in the high season.
One can keep this information in mind when pricing a holiday rental apartment in Sunny Beach or elsewhere in Bulgaria.
Tourists can also use the information to compare prices with other resorts in Bulgaria or elsewhere and to plan their trips.