A holiday resort on the beach. The sea is shallow and allows safe bathing for children. The name comes from the settlement Kraneia fortress. In 1968 he was discovered mineral water 24 degrees /. With wide, gently sloping beach and bottom plots attract more tourists. Kranevo - (Ekrene with that name until 1942) village in Dobrich region, Balchik municipality, 24 km northeast of Varna and 42 km southeast of Dobrich. Sea resort of local importance. Population about 1000 g. There are bus links to Balchik, Kavarna, Dobrich and Varna. Situated near the Black Sea, the height of 20 m. The south and southwest to reach the plots at the northeastern branches of Frangen plateau. Kranevska village near the river flows. The climate is maritime, with a slight continental influence (cf. annual temperatures 12 ° C, cf. Annual rainfall around 460 mm), hot and sunny summer, humid and warm autumn. Beaches is large, with bright sand, a slight pribezhnoto seabed. Next to the beach camping is "Exotica" and "International". In the southern part of the beach reserved by the high slope of the plateau is National Children's Complex. North of the plots in the valley of the River Batova black earth has a dense forest, in places calcareous rocks. Have developed viticulture, fruit, vegetables. There Health Service, 2 kindergartens, gymnasiums company, elementary school (I-school, it is 1890), a primary school for children trudnovazpitaemi, community center, Bacho Kiro, founded in 1942 Near Kranevo resorts are Golden Sands and Albena. South of the village on the highest part of Frangen plateau has the remains of a Roman fortress, near the National Children's Complex - from Roman settlement (ІІв.). In plots showing the remains of shafts play an important role in protecting the eastern border of the I st Bulgarian state. The village is mentioned in a Turkish register from 1573 and in 1676 the name Ekrene. In Bucharest Peace Treaty of 1913 it remained under Romanian rule. Has returned to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova in 1940