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Bansko, Bulgaria

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Bansko

Sat 8 October 2005 Jake
The government has recently spent something like 30M euros updating the resort and they are now FIRST CLASS (without the cues!). Well-groomed slopes, a great efficient and modern lift infrastructure, 44 Technoalpine snow cannons, and lots of excellent snow. In Bansko you get excellent ski conditions and and the atmosphere of a quaint Bulgarian country village.

Lots of runs for all levels. For the youngsters there are two childrens ski lifts, a kindergarten for small children, a special children's ski run, a 'ski-roundabout', a children's slalom course, and a ski-through tunnel.

The ski school has 100 licensed instructors offering training in various languages. There's lots of great info at:-

www.go-ski-bulgaria.co.uk

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Thu 17 March 2005 tom
went mid feb and snow was the best they had in 20 years, which ment very good skiing, however having to dig the lifts out ech morning took about an hour which could hav been done b4 we got on the mountain!!

after a much needed development this site is very much OUT OF DATE! the ski area as tripled and 80% of the runs are covered by snow cannons, (not needed when i went). there was over 200 cms of snow!

very good village run (12 km) which ended the day very nicly.

this resort has two blacks and both not that hard, howeva lots of great off peiste when the snows right!

had a great time and i recomend it to any1... o and the prices ARE BLOODY LOW!

tom pryor

Bansko Snow

Wed 17 March 2004 Tazfiend
We just came back from a great holiday in Bansko, staying at the Hotel Bansko, booked through Balkan Holidays (www.balkanholidays.co.uk). The following are my personal opinions:

Slopes: limited for advanced but okay for the rest of us (for one week - not enough variety for two). Pistes fairly well managed, although after fresh snow they got pretty chopped up before the piste bashers got round, after which there was some lovely groomed snow to carve up. Best of all it's very quiet, we actually got annoyed on Friday when we had to queue for almost five minutes! On the down side the best slopes for learners are on the far side from the gondola and the only ways back are a track with big flats to walk, or down the (reddish) black run!

Off-piste: excellent and easily accessible powder and tree runs for mere mortals like me (helped by the dump we had at the beginning of the week). I'm told that there is excellent off-piste for the more advanced as well, also easily accessed from the lifts. I looked over the edge and decided life was still too good!

Food: in the Hotel Bansko the food was pretty good, once you got used to the Bulgarian way of serving (i.e. luke warm). Plenty of meat and veg and a huge number of ways of serving potatoes - all good. Nice pastries for breakfast too. In fact the food in the hotel was so good we never ate in town, but I'm told by others that the food in the Tavernas was excellent. Food on the slopes is excellent, especially over the far side from the gondola, and about £4 for a main course and a coke.

Booze: dirt cheap and plentiful, as long as you stick to the local brews. Shomansko beer (I ain't trying the local spelling! ) is pretty good and 2.5leva in the hotel bar (about 80p). Prices in town are lower and the shops sell 0.5l bottles of brandy good enough for a nip on the chairlift, and for sticking in your hot chocolate, for only £1.50! (For the smokers the local fags are quite good and 60p a packet). Don't expect smiles from

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