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Borovets, Bulgaria

Your views

Sun 1 June 2008 Ivova
Rated 1 out of 10

BASIC ACCOMODATION??? With all due respect sir, but you are a complete idiot....ot you are just a cheap person who would'n pay enough to get a decent hotel. I've stayed in five star hotels around the world and in Bulgaria too. If you got to a five star hotel, you get a five star accomodation and service just like you get it at Las Vegas's Bellagio for example. So I don't know where you stayed but ihere is a hint for you-if you wan't to get more than BASIC accomodation, you need to go to more than a 2-star hotel.

 

Capitalism gone Mad

Wed 26 March 2008 Paddy
Rated 5 out of 10

Not great, too few runs and too many people. Get to the gondola early or be prepared for a 2 hour wait and trip to the top. They now charge for everything - including going to the loo so watch out for yellow snow. Happy hour(s) are still good so follow them around as typically they are buy one get one free so makes it ok otherwise beer is not far off uk prices. If you go looking you can find some good off piste tree runs but don't expect the piste runs to finish at a lift - many don't. Mind you you can always geta horse and cart to take you back to the gondola. More hotels are being built which means more people and thus longer queues. They need more lifts which are planned but a few years away yet. Oh - hope you like drag lifts and long drag lifts aswell. Is ok but not a great place for either beginner or Advanced. If serious about your boarding this is not the place for you. Also needs a park

 

Down in the Basement Feb - 02

Tue 28 February 2006 rusty
Rated 6 out of 10

The top part of the mountain always had good snow the runs were basic but still enjoyable. Probably better for beginners to intermediate, not very crowded either. The lower part was quite icy and crowded there was some really good forest runs though which went on for ages but were quite flat. This place is so cheap!!! we bought 2 beers and 2 double vodka/cokes (which is more like a treble vodka) for about £2. The best bit about borovets is the strippers down in the basement of most of the hotels there are loads of strippers who are all stunning, there is an actual strip joint as well up near the main chair. This place was fantastic we spent many a night tipping the girls who are more than happy with a few lev tucked down wherever! The night life is spot on out here really good atmosphere. Will have to try it again very soon.

Crouching Woman Hidden Cucumber??

Tue 23 August 2005 GB
Rated 6 out of 10 My first boarding trip (FEB 04) and not bad either. What more can i say its dirt cheap (£1 a beer in most bars) the boarding school instructors all spoke good english and were fairly trick boarders too. For a novice i found it fairly challenging as any novice would but by the end of the week me and my buddy were blitzing the red's and the few black's. Be careful of the ice it can be a killer on the lower parts of the mountain it also can get pretty slushy to. Accomodation and food can be a complete nightmare if you are not prepared for it beacuse it is BASIC. Dont think about anyhting less than self catering if you are a veggie. I stayed in the Ela which is less than a two minute bimble from the gondola and the bars. Reading this back i feel i have given it a bad review but i had an awesome time if you go with the right attitude you will love it if not forget about it. PS For £15 each you can get a DVD made of you boarding over two days by a guy called Turbo Bobby he's nuts. Ask some of the instructors about him you cant miss him he's as ugly as your mother in law!!

Pandas Tour - Feb 04

Thu 4 March 2004 Swiss
Rated 5 out of 10 Two main boarding areas ; upper and lower slopes. The upper slopes are accessed by a gondola which then lead into a combination of 3 drag lifts on connecting slopes.The gondola is prone to closure due to high winds (3 days last week) which then forces everyone to use the sole chairlift on the lower slopes which can get crowded. It does empty out over lunchtime and late afternoon and the floodlit lower slopes from 7-10pm are most pleasant. Huge exapnsion programme projected over the next 2 years which will open out the other side of the mountain with decent 4-man chairlifts direct from the resort. Will definitely be worth trying again at end 2005 when new runs should be ready. Very much a red run resort with nothing too challenging but enough for pleasant freeriding in an environment where the beer is cheap and women are friendly.

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Resort Statistics

Resort Type:  Alpine
Winter: Dec to April
Summer: None

Lifts

Total Lifts: 14
Gondolas: 1
Chair lifts: 3
Drag lifts: 10
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 20
Total ride area: 58km
Longest run: 12km

Top lift: 2560m
Vertical drop: 1260m
First lift: 1300m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 32%
Red runs: 64%
Black runs: 4%

Lift Passes

Lift Passes:  Half day 25/20BGL weekday/weekend
Day pass 50/30
6 Day pass 260bgl
Lift times:8.30am to 4.30pm

Snowfall

Artificial snowmaking coverage: 20%

Facilities

Night Riding: :  4 runs are open every day 5pm to 9pm costs 20/15 weekday/weekend

Heliboarding: :  Not available
Snowmobiles: Not available

Further information

www.borovets-bg.com
Email:rila@borovets-bg.com

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