If you're heading for the Black Sea coast of Romania and Bulgaria this summer be sure to check out three great beach reads that will bring your location to life while you relax in the sun.

(TRAVPR.COM) UK - June 7th, 2015 - Bulgaria and Romania's Black Sea coast is a mecca for holidaymakers during the hot summer months, with endless beaches and a turquiose warm sea. Affordable luxury tourist resorts are in abundance here and are serious rivals of Greece and Spain.

Some tourists come here to party, others to explore the fascinating ancient history or to bird watch at Lake Burgas and the Danube Delta. But for the majority of tourists their main reason to flock to the Black Sea coast is to relax and absorb the sun's healing rays.

To accompany you during your paradise vacation on the Black Sea coast, the ETG travel team have drawn up a list of three beach reads that we recommend you take with you on your annual vacation to the sun!

1. BLACK SEA CIRCUIT by Simon Raven, Chris Raven

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When you're lying on the beach looking out to sea, ever wondered what lies across the horizon? Join road trip travel writers, Simon Raven and Chris Raven, on a quest to drive full circle around the Black Sea. The legends of Jason and the Argonauts, Noah's Ark and a tribe of fierce female warriors known as the Amazons all originate from the Black Sea. Gripped by curiosity, Simon and Chris fire up their twenty year old Volvo in the shadow of rising tension in Ukraine and embark on a thrill seeking adventure that leads them to investigate Crimea, the Caucasus mountains in southern Russia's "Wild West", Georgia's ancient kingdom of Colchis, Turkey's Pontic coast and the megacity of Istanbul. This fascinating page turner paints a dramatic picture of the history and the people living around this mysterious inland sea at the birthplace of civilisation, and will make your dip in the sea between cocktails awe-inspiring.

2. Black Sea by Neal Ascherson

For the history buff check out Black Sea by Neal Ascherson. Following research from a number of trips the author made to archeological sites around the Black Sea over the past few decades, Black Sea is a scholoary biography of this fascinating region of the world.

Ascherson recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; Ovid's place of exile on what is now the coast of Romania; the decline and fall of Byzantium; the mysterious Christian Goths; the Tatar Khanates; the growth of Russian power across the grasslands, and the centuries of war between Ottoman and Russian Empires around the Black Sea. He examines the terrors of Stalinism and its fascist enemy, both striving for mastery of these endlessly colourful and complex shores, and investigates the turbulent history of modern Ukraine.

3. Blue River, Black Sea by Andrew Eames

The Danube is Europe's Amazon. It flows through more countries than any other river on Earth - from the Black Forest in Germany to Europe's farthest fringes, where it joins the Black Sea in Romania. Andrew Eames' journey along its length brings us face to face with the Continent's bloodiest history and its most pressing issues of race and identity.

As he travels - by bicycle, horse, boat and on foot - Eames finds himself seeking a bed for the night with minor royalty, hitching a ride on a Serbian barge captained by a man called Attila and getting up close and personal with a bull in rural Romania. He meets would-be kings and walks with gypsies, and finally rows his way beyond the borders of Europe entirely...

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