Borovets Ski Resort Guide
Borovets Ski Resort Guide
Borovets is the biggest mountain resort in Bulgaria. The 40km of pistes are spread over three sectors, two of which, Markoudjika and Yastrebets, are loosely linked. The third one is Baraki, accessed by several lifts. Borovets has reliable snow cover but by no means guaranteed. Borovets suffers from weekend lift lines and a lack of adequate piste-grooming. There is 1,323m - 2,540m of altitude at Borovets.
Resorts close to Borovets include:
Malyovitsa (18 km),
Vitosha (47 km),
Bansko (50 km),
Chepelare (103 km),
Falakro Oros (106 km),
Select Borovets Location Map Detail:
(Also see our detailed Weather Map around Borovets, which will give you visual overview of current and future snow conditions)
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Trails (Pistes): 18 |
Halfpipes: - |
| Summit: 2543 m |
Toplift: m |
| Beg: 30% Int: 60% Adv: 10% |
Terrain Parks: - |
| Vertical Drop: 1193 m |
X-Country: 18 km |
| Lifts: 11 (2 chair lifts, 8 surface lifts) |
Snowmaking: - |
| Gondolas / Cable Cars: 1 |
Slopeside accommodation: Y |
| Restaurants: 10 |
Acres of ski: - |
| Bars: 10 |
Nearest Airport: Plovdiv |
| Nearest Train: - |
Tourist Info Phone:: +3592835210,
Borovets Tourist Office Website |
Visitor Reviews of Borovets
Gill from United Kingdom writes:
Had a fantastic week skiing in Borovets in the English half term holiday (11th to 19th Feb). Having been to many resorts in France & Austria I was a little apprehensive about Bulgaria after reading some reviews. However we were pleasantly surprised. We are a family of 5 with the children's ages of 8,10 & 13 with varying abilities. There was loads of snow & we were all able to ski together as there are harder & easier routes down the mountains from the tops of most lifts. We managed to go up the gondola twice & the route down is beautiful. It was closed a few times in the week due to bad weather but plenty other places to ski when it's closed.
Stayed in the Hotel Samokov which was great. The food was good & lots to choose from at breakfast & evening meal. Maybe not so hot as we would eat it, something some seem to complain about but it wasn't a problem to us!!!! Lots of ther activities going on in the hotel, kids loved the sports bar with pool, table tennis & bowling & the swimming pool which was a little colder than we are used to in England but wasn't a problem to any of us.
The people were mostly very friendly & very helpful.
Nowhere was over crowded & no massive lift queues even though it was half term & we could actually afford to stop at a mountain cafe for a hot chocolate. France/Austrai had become too expensive to do such things.
A few seedy bars around as we had been warned but easy to ignore if you wish & we stayed in the hotel at night anyway.
Maybe not the place for those wanting challenging black & red runs but for us a great affordable family skiing holiday & would definitely go again.
2012-03-07 |
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- Season opens: 22 Dec 2011
- Season closes: 15 Apr 2012
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Information supplied 24 Jan 2011
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