Aheloy Bulgaria - Travel Guide, Tours, Hotels and Photos - Pictures of Bulgaria

Location:
The village of Aheloy has about 5000 inhabitants and is located 7km southwest of Nessebar. It lies on the motorway to Burgas near the mouth of the Aheloy River.
About the resort:
In the vicinity of Aheloy village the Bulgarian Tsar Simeon I destroyed the armies of the Byzantine emperor Lion Foka. The field of the landmark battle, which made the Bulgarian state the uncontestable dominion of the Balkan peninsula, is called nowadays Kokalos (having its root in the Bulgarian word for ''Bones'') after the scattered corpses of killed soldiers.