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January 29, 2012
mike from
United Kingdom
mike from
United Kingdom
The lift pass is very expensive for what it is, the food on the slopes is rubbish and expensive, the resort is tacky, when the snow is good and covering the rubbish it is fine. The place is filled with British alcoholics anonymous and bargain hunters trying to pretend they are something else. In short, if you are a beginner Borovets is fine and then go to better pastures!
January 24, 2012
Des from
United Kingdom
Des from
United Kingdom
I have skied Borovets, Bansko, France, Scotland & I will ski Austria this winter. I learnt to ski in Borovets in 2006 and go at least once every year.. I agree it can be difficult at times of little snow especially when they had no cannons. However, all you mowners who keep on complaining should take time out to consider that this is Bulgaria not France or Austria or Italy or the Swiss Alps. Also, consider that it's a climate thing, you know snow is not guaranteed anywhere! I've skied Tignes twice, once was good the other crap and twice the price. To be honest, I love the rawness of Borovets. The changes each year are for the better, I love skiing through the forest and off-piste at the top through the shrubs. No more drag lifts except for the beginners, good night skiing, good food and booze, lots of varied entertainment and happy hours. Scotland: I've skied 3 resorts, if you can call them that lol! Was like going back in time, T-bars, single man lifts, rocks!!! and much more expensive. It's the old saying that runs true 'when the snow is there all is good' For me Borovets has got what I need! I'm not put off by your one off experiences.
January 23, 2012
Derion from
Greece
Derion from
Greece
I was in Borovets during the weekend 21 – 22 January 2012. The snow coverage was excellent (about 2 meters snow of very good quality) and the runs were generally well groomed.
About ski centers: actually there are 2 ski regions with 3 ski centers. The one ski region has 2 ski centers, namely Yastrebetz and Markudjik. Unfortunately, I was not able to ski there, because it was closed due to bad weather conditions (they said high winds). The other ski region is Sitnyakovo ski center, where I have skied and which I liked a lot. Basically, in Sitnyakovo there are 2 chair lifts (Sitnyakovo Express and Martinovo Baraki) and some other surface lifts for beginners. However, with the 2 as above chair lifts you can access all runs of Sitnyakovo ski center. In my opinion, Sitnyakovo ski center is for intermediate skiers. I have skied the red Martinovo Baraki 2 and Martinovo baraki 3 and the black Martinovo Baraki 4 and Cherveno Zname. All the 4 as above pistes are challenging for intermediate skiers. The scenery is very beautiful, because the as above runs are surrounded by a pine trees forest. In the 2 red Martinovo Baraki runs (2&3) night skiing is available from 6 to 9:30 pm. I have really enjoyed skiing there! Next time, I want to try the 2 red Sitnyakovo runs and also visit the Yastrebets ski region (Yastrebets + Markudjik), which was closed.
About Borovets: unfortunately, Borovets is not as good as its ski center. In my opinion, there is nothing traditional there. The place is full of English tourists and hotels and restaurants, which aim to English tourists. 4 stars hotels are in best case 3 stars (if not 2 stars). Hotels staff is slow and not attentive to the clients’ needs. But, on the other hand, how demanding can you be from employees who get 300 euro per month (if they get so..)? Food is below average. I did not find any place where to eat good traditional Bulgarian kitchen, because obviously the whole place has been developed in order to serve mass tourism. However, all the above are not reasons for me to avoid Borovets. When you go to Borovets, you go for skiing, not for sightseeing. And as far as it concerns skiing, I liked Borovets and I want to go back again soon there!
How to get to Borovets: avoid the expensive hotel – transfers. From Sofia you take the metro (ticket one way 1 BGN) and you get off at Jolio Kurie metro station. There below the bridge, you can find “Avtogara Yioug”, the “South Bus Station of Sofia”. You look for the bus or mini bus which goes to Samokov. Sofia – Samokov 70 min and 6 BGN. From Samokov there is another mini bus which takes you up to Borovets (20 minutes – 2 BGN). Last service Samokov – Borovets around 7pm.
January 21, 2012
Kostas from
Greece
Kostas from
Greece
January 21, 2012
Vladimir from
Bulgaria
Vladimir from
Bulgaria
Borovets is situated in one of the most beautiful Balkan mountains: Rila. If you are a tourist you have to visit it! But if you are searching for nice winter ski resort, just forget about Borovets!
This is the worst place for winter sports in the whole peninsula.
The lifts are too old. The slopes are often in poor condition.
They open all of the slopes very rarely and this causes very long queues on the rest of the lifts. The prices are also too too high for what the resort offers.
If you are a beginner it will be perfect for you, otherwise forget it! :)
January 16, 2012
Pepi from
Bulgaria
Pepi from
Bulgaria
Hi,
I'm Pepi from Bulgaria and I will be short with my review.
The slopes in Borovets are often too crowded and not always in good condition. The lifts stop working very often, because of electricity problems or some technical issues. The prices are very, very high and there is no way to compare Borovets with the rest of the Bulgarian resorts.
My opinion and the one of my friends is simple:
Borovets sucks hard!
January 10, 2012
Vladimir Stoyanov from
Bulgaria
Vladimir Stoyanov from
Bulgaria
Last week I tried to go to Borovets 2 times (on the 2nd and on the 7th of January). I traveled from 70km away and ended up unable to get to the resort itself because of poor traffic conditions. The first time the police had created a stupid situation allowing 30 cars at a time to enter the resort for no obvious reason (I stayed for 30min in a traffic jam on a mountain road and just decided to go back). The second time the roads were not cleaned at all and nobody was doing anything to solve any problems. Combined with what I heard about the mess with ski passes sold with the knowledge that there will be a blackout and the recent increase in ski pass prices I don't think I will be going there no more, even though Borovets is my closest resort. It is much more worth it to go for a week in Austria.
January 08, 2012
Agnieszka Kasprzycka from
Poland
Agnieszka Kasprzycka from
Poland
Was in Borovets last year in January and didn't know what to expect after reading all quite bad opinions about the food.
Stayed in Iglika hotel 3 stars and we have had everything we needed: warm rooms and always warm water. Some people upgraded to 4 stars so they had a bath instead of a shower. The only thing which wasn't there was a hairdryer and a kettle but I had my own.
Food was lovely if you like Bulgarian cuisine.
Wide variety of food including bacon for breakfast - sure that's because of a majority of English guests. My English boyfriend was happy with food as well.
Lovely weather, lots of entertainment, good ski instructors and over all very good value for money, very good resort for beginners.
Coming back this year.