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February 28, 2018
Argiris Karamitros from
Greece
Argiris Karamitros from

April 08, 2017
Jensen from
Germany
Jensen from

Bansko is generally a good place to ski but definitely needs additional gondolas and lifts. If that ski infrastructure is properly constructed and organized (including artificial snow) there will not be an issue (compared with Austrian ski resorts which have much more ski lifts and a much larger amount of artificial snow).
So keep it up Bansko: a good place, very reasonable prices. Snow mobiles needs to work also daytime; slopes become difficult to ride especially in the afternoon.
March 21, 2017
Lars from
Denmark
Lars from

March 19, 2017
Moche from
Israel
Moche from

Bansko is a very bad ski resort. Ski runs are made by people who do not understand skiing. They are just cutting down the forest. The lifts are designed horribly: the lower station has melted snow and the upper station, strong wind. Often they closed the best lifts. The staff of the lifts is rude and do not know foreign languages. Bansko is a city that has never been skiing. Every year skiers in Bansko reduced. I do not recommend anyone to go to Bansko skiing.
February 26, 2017
Themos from
Greece
Themos from

February 25, 2017
Iasen from
Bulgaria
Iasen from

Bansko doesn't need a new gondola or any more slopes. Even now it is off the scale. Please visit Pirin mountain in summer. You will not find flowers and wild life any more. But you will see what the tourists prefer to drink and eat at the lifts. To build new gondola, the amount of trees that are needed to be cut are enough to build a small town. I am ski and snowboard instructor but never worked there. I have been skiing there, before the bank convert it to their small gold mine. There was a wildlife but now, because of the chemicals they use to make snow at 4C, all the trees are dying.
February 16, 2017
Ann Cullum from
United Kingdom
Ann Cullum from

We stayed at Bansko for one week. Yes, it was horrendously busy as we had stupidly booked the Bulgarian and Hungarian school holidays (won’t do that again!) so yes, the queues were absolutely ridiculous (3 hours???). We ended up not even attempting to go up the gondola in the mornings and just enjoyed coffee in the town which, sadly, halved the amount of skiing we could do. Yes, they certainly do need another gondola lift before they hack off all their customers but I understand there’s a lot of red tape to get through first. Forgetting all that, it was amazing! The people were lovely. The food was cheap and very enjoyable. The drinks were a bargain. The local culture was excellent and the après-ski was to die for. We only went to Euphoria which was fantastic with a great live band and Veselo Selo which was so traditional and unusual with Bulgarian dancers.
This is a great place and we will certainly go back there again next year but not in half term!
February 05, 2017
Matt from
United Kingdom
Matt from

I boarded in Bansko with a small group of skiers for a weekend at the end of Jan 2017.
The snow was deep, fresh and well groomed. Off the piste I boarded in deep snow. The slopes weren't busy (except at peak times at the base station, in town, which can be avoided by a cheap taxi) and the up to date lift system made getting around quick and easy.
There is one main hill, and it's got runs coming off it in all directions. There's a large safe area for learners. Great hillside restaurants are a plenty and are well priced. At the end of the day the final run back into town is floodlit.
I experienced all the charm that Bulgaria has to offer. The regional food is delicious, and the size of the town means that you have a wide choice. You can recline with a cocktail in a sophisticated family orientated bar or drink the local beverages while listening to live music.
Yes, I've skied in Ischgl, Zermatt, Tignes, Val Thorens, Morzines, Chamonix, etc, which may have more extensive lift systems, more hills, altitude, village charm. But that's all at a significant cost for marginal gains.
Bansko makes a great ski break for everyone. I'll be returning with friends and family.
February 03, 2017
Alec from
United Kingdom
Alec from

Surprised by the recent negative reviews of Bansko at end Jan 2017. A group of us were there at a similar time (27th-29th January) and the skiing was fantastic. This is from a group of skiers that have skied in some of the best places across Europe. If you can't handle moguls or loose powder, then move down to the gentle blues and greens.
Agree that the gondola queue in mid-morning is bad (Turkish school holidays starting when we were there). But, once you're up the mountain (we get a taxi up for £6 each), the most we queued was 5 minutes.
One issue that may be causing misconceptions of Bansko is the current FIS event. In the run up (i.e. whilst we were there), they do focus the piste machines on making the World Cup run pristine, which can mean the other pistes get less of a bashing.
All in all, a great value resort. I'm looking forward to returning in a couple of weeks with the family.
February 01, 2017
Phil from
United Kingdom
Phil from

I am a Bansko fan, having been 7 times in the last eleven years but it's about time they got their piste management together! Having the tops of small fir trees popping through the middle of the piste like on the top two runs is just lazy preparation. Having the occasional rock, the size of a half house brick on the piste again at the top so it hasn't fallen from anywhere is again lazy. numerous lumps of ice on the piste first thing is also very poor but worst of all, we were there Jan 2017 when they were building the course for the snowboarding championship, was on top piste's were not groomed at all as the machines were solely used for the championship so in other words "stuff the public who had brought the lift passes, you will have to make do with rubbish piste's !! very poor indeed