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Borovets resort snow
Lat Long: 42.22° N 23.58° E
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Borovets Resort Reviews

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Issued: 2 am 21 Apr 2026 (local time)

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Next snow in Borovets: 1.5 cm on Tue 21st  (after 6 PM)

Visitor reviews for Borovets Ski Resort

Borovets Ratings

Overall: 3.7. Based on 123 votes and 190 reviews.

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Snowsure: 3.7

  • Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
  • Is often closed due to a lack of snow
  • Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
  • Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
  • Borovets is snowsure even in the poorest seasons

Variety of pistes: 3.9

  • The ski runs are featureless and unvaried
  • The ski runs are varied but not extensive enough for a week
  • Borovets has diverse and interesting pistes including forests and high alpine terrain

Off-piste: 3.1

  • No off-piste worth mentioning
  • Off piste is out-of-bounds
  • Some varied offpiste that stays fresh for one or two days
  • A vast array of off-piste routes that can stay untracked for several days

Scenery: 4.0

  • An ugly resort in a bland setting
  • Average mountain views and resort
  • A spectacular setting and a beautiful / historic resort town

Access: 4.1

  • At least one overnight stop
  • Requires a whole day
  • Requires more than half a day – you may have time for a few turns
  • Arrive by lunchtime and ski all afternoon
  • There is a main airport within an hour of Borovets

Public Transport: 3.5

  • There are no buses or taxis to Borovets
  • There are slow or infrequent buses / trains available
  • Getting to the resort is easy with frequent bus / train connections

Accommodation: 4.4

  • No places to stay in/near Borovets
  • A few places to stay in the resort
  • A wide variety of accommodation suitable to suit all budgets

Cheap Rooms: 3.9

  • No budget accommodation available
  • Just one or two hostels so book ahead
  • Several cheap hostels and pensions available

Luxury Hotels: 3.8

  • No luxury accommodation available
  • Just one or two luxury hotels so book ahead
  • Several up-market hotels in Borovets

Ski in/Ski out: 4.3

  • The ski area is located far from any accommodation
  • A free ski bus takes you to the ski area in a short trip
  • Ski-in ski-out accommodation is available

Childcare: 3.6

  • There are no child care facilities at Borovets
  • The resort has limited child-care facilities
  • the resort has excellent child-care facilities including at least one reasonably priced creche

Snowmaking: 3.6

  • Borovets relies entirely on natural snow
  • There are just a few snow cannons
  • There are snowmaking facilities on all pistes

Snow Grooming: 3.9

  • There are no snow groomers at Borovets
  • Occasionally some pistes are left ungroomed and in a poor state
  • All the runs at Borovets are groomed daily

Shelter: 3.6

  • There is nowhere to ski when it is windy or visibility is bad and lifts often shut
  • There are some trees for poor visibility but main lifts sometimes close
  • Borovets is mostly in forest where you can ski in flat-light and windy days, lifts rarely close

Nearby options: 2.6

  • If snow conditions are poor at Borovets, it will be poor everywhere nearby
  • There are good alternatives within an hours drive
  • Other locations on the same lift pass provide a rich variety of snowsure ski conditions

Regional rating: 3.9

  • Borovets usually has poor snow conditions compared to other resorts in region
  • Has average conditions for the region
  • Usually has the best snow conditions in the region

Lift Staff: 3.6

  • The staff at Borovets are rude or unhelpful
  • Lift staff at Borovets are pleasant, cheerful and eager to help

Crowds/Queues: 3.4

  • The resort is always busy and there are usually long lift queues
  • It is quiet apart from occasional weekends and school holidays
  • It is uncrowded and lift queues are very rare

Ski Schools: 4.2

  • No ski schools available
  • One or two ski schools but local language only
  • A few ski schools but book early for multi-lingual instructors
  • Plenty of ski schools and multi-lingual instructors available
  • Excellent ski schools with friendly multi-lingual ski instructors

Hire and Repairs: 4.1

  • Nothing can be sourced, not even ski-wax or ptex
  • There are some ski shops but rentals need to be booked in advance
  • Good quality ski equipment can be purchased or hired and overnight repairs are possible

Beginners: 4.0

  • Beginners can only watch others ski and snowboard
  • A few gentle slopes but beginners will get bored in less than a week
  • Vast areas of gentle terrain

Intermediates: 4.2

  • No intermediate terrain at Borovets
  • Intermediate skiers will get bored after a few days
  • Vast areas of cruising runs

Advanced: 3.7

  • Nothing for advanced skiers and snowboarders
  • Enough steep terrain for a few days with some good offpiste
  • Enough steep terrain and offpiste areas to entertain advanced skiers for at least a week

Snow Park: 3.1

  • Not even a kicker at Borovets
  • Average sized park quite well looked after
  • Huge park area and expertly crafted pipes, jumps and boardercross trails

Cross-country: 3.2

  • There is nowhere to go for cross-country skiing around Borovets
  • There are some cross country trails available
  • The area features many spectacular and well maintained cross-country trails

Luge/Toboggan: 2.1

  • No designated luge or toboggan runs
  • There are toboggan runs that open quite often
  • Borovets has long and well maintained luge / toboggan facilities suitable for all ages

Mountain Dining: 3.6

  • Nowhere to buy food by the pistes
  • Some places to eat up on the mountain but they are often busy and expensive
  • There is a variety of excellent mountain eateries right next to the slopes to suit all budgets

Eating: 4.2

  • Bring your own food, there isn't even a shop
  • There are a few places to eat in the resort but nothing special
  • A wide variety of places to eat and drink in the resort, from fast food to fancy restaurants

Apres-Ski: 4.1

  • Nothing to do, not even a bar
  • There are a few bars in the resort but nothing special
  • Clubs and bars stay open until very late and have a friendly atmosphere

Other Sports: 3.5

  • No sports facilities at all apart from ski lifts
  • Resort has just a small public swimming pool
  • Resort has all kinds of sports facilities, including a full-size swimming pool

Entertainment: 3.3

  • Besides the snow and walking there is nothing to do here
  • The non-skier will find things to do for few days but may become bored after a week
  • The resort area is a fascinating place to visit, regardless of winter sports

Winter Walks: 3.5

  • Very limited walking and no snowshoe trails
  • A couple of designated scenic walking/snowshoe trails
  • Extensive and diverse winter walking trails for all abilities

Ski Pass Value: 3.7

  • A 1 week ski pass is overpriced compared to the number of lifts available
  • The ski pass is averagely priced and covers a reasonable number of lifts
  • Ski passes are excellent value for money and cover a lot of lifts spanning a big area

Value (National): 3.9

  • Overall, Borovets is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the country and not worth the money
  • Overall represents average value for money
  • Overall offers the best value resort in the country

Value (Global): 4.0

  • Overall, Borovets is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the world
  • Overall it offers pretty average value for money compared to resorts from other countries
  • Internationally the resort offers excellent value for money

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February 07, 2025
ee3Si from Ski Bulgaria Bulgaria
Extremely deceitful information for snow depth - top of the slopes hardly have 10cm - 160cm indicated. Even off-piste snow hardly reaches 100cm. In the resort the situation is similar with some artificial snow saving the season. A big question is: if Borovets claim 150-160cm of snow, why 50% of the slopes are closed due to lack of snow? Is it complete incompetence for the slopes grooming team or everything is a complete lie? The worst thing is that this is not happening only this season - it has been like that for many years, bu regular snowfall managed to cover to some extent the incompetence, laziness and greed of Borosport...
February 10, 2024
Papadopoulos from Ski Greece Greece
Epic fake snow depth on 10/02/2024.
February 10, 2024
Maria from Ski Bulgaria Bulgaria
Does anyone know where you can do your own laundry in Borovets? Are there laundry machines available anywhere? The laundry service prices at the hotels are really high. :( (note from the editor: post will remain in place for a short time.)
March 17, 2023
Kelly callaghan-reeve from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Have holidayed in Borovets on several occasions. This year was the first with children under the age of 4 plus an infant. Booked in with kindergarten and creche. What the parents found was little interaction with the children, no age appropriate toys, children being left to watch TV and no significant report on the children i.e. what they had eaten especially regarding the infant, no real info about what had occurred throughout the day. Would be extremely reticent about leaving children with them again.
March 27, 2022
Kanellopoulos Michail from Ski Greece Greece
Recently I had a very bad experience at Borovets. As I was getting off the chair lift I was hit by the chair which was moving very fast. I did not have time to get away so the chair knocked me down and broke a bone in my pelvis. As the accident was not my fault I am considering of issuing the ski center. Most of the ski facilities are of old technology and outdated. The staff of the ski center do not care about their visitors. Strongly recommend it for skiing.
January 09, 2020
. Mike from Ski Turkey Turkey
Borovets is a great resort. Some walking required if not staying at rila hotel. 2 maim ski areas well managed. Resort is mafia controlled so no poor behaviour ever seen at any time.
February 08, 2019
Bramor from Ski Bulgaria Bulgaria
There is a supermarket in the centre of Borovets called ALBI or similar. It is very handy in terms of its location but the customer service is shocking. I bought a simple but reasonably expensive bottle of wine which had the stem cracked and came away when I took the cork out. I returned to the store 20 minutes after purchasing the wine and asked for a replacement. In no uncertain term I was told it it was my problem and nothing to do with them. I have never had such a poor purchase experience in terms of issue resolution. I felt as though I was dealing with the Borovets mafia rather than shopkeepers. I really felt like I was just a target for them to make money from and they had no responsibility for what they sold. The whole experience has shocked me and all over a bottle of wine which probably cost them £10 .
March 31, 2018
alan from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
I agree with another reviewer except for the food which I think is much better than France. And the wine is very good too. I've been twice this year. Wish I was there now.
March 24, 2018
Greg from Ski Bulgaria Bulgaria
The review by another user is a complete lie. The skiing is very good and has improved over the years. Grooming is much more professionally done, there are plenty of snow cannons, and I don't know of any advanced runs that cross beginner runs except 2 near the village. He probably works or is connected to Bansko or Pamporovo resorts, hence this fake review! It's a great budget ski experience. Don't expect Meribel ski/accommodation/food quality. But then again it's a hell of a lot cheaper!
March 01, 2018
Mitko from Ski Bulgaria Bulgaria
Dear all, Borovets is a nice place to be but it is risky to ski there. The slopes for advanced skiers are crossing the slopes for beginners and the slopes are negligently prepared with icy spots and snow heaped in places. This all is a precondition for accidents. The ski lifts are maintained all on the surface; they stop frequently and the gondola had to be scrapped years ago. So be careful when skiing in Borovets!