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March 14, 2023
AP from
Serbia
AP from
Serbia
Prices for lift-passes, accommodation and food have increased dramatically over the last couple years so Kopaonik is no longer such good value although it still remains less expensive than similar resorts in the Alps. Snow before mid-January can be unreliable. Last couple years there were only a couple runs open before the start of January.
A lot of accommodation has been added without any increase in lift capacity so now very busy during weekends and school holidays (mid-February) with long lift lines (for short runs).
December 25, 2022
Not stated from
Germany
Not stated from
Germany
Terrible! Snow security and relation with the customers under each level.
In the situation where capacity due to lack of snow is reduced to 2 pistes (5-10%), ski-pass charged with no discount (in spite of waiting time 2-3 hours on a opened ski cabi). No effort seen to extend capacities (artificial snowing) although temperatures are ok.
December 18, 2020
AP from
United Kingdom
AP from
United Kingdom
Very good value skiing for beginners or low intermediates. Good intermediates will be bored after a couple days. Nothing for advanced skiers. A good place to learn to ski as everything is less than half the price of any resort in the Alps. Not recommended before mid-January or after mid-March as snow can be thin and lifts shut. Most lifts are modern and pistes are generally well groomed. Lots of slope-side restaurants, but limited options for vegetarians. Center of Kopaonik can be noisy through the night, so light sleepers should look for accommodation on the edges of Kopaonik, or up the sides of the slopes (ski-in-ski-out options possible). Kopaonik is about 3-3.5 hours drive from Belgrade, with the last 1.5hours on small twisty roads.
May 24, 2014
Francesca from
United Kingdom
Francesca from
United Kingdom
One of our best ski holidays to date! I organised a 3 day ski trip in Kopaonik for a group of 12 friends aged 22-26. We stayed at chalet Montana which can also be rented out by room. It was a beautiful chalet run by 2 friendly brothers. The price was fantastic and included breakfast and dinner (montana.rs). The accommodation in the centre isn't very pretty so we preferred this option. It took 5-10mins in a taxi to get to the centre of the resort and cost £1 a day each in taxi costs. There's also a range of spas within walking distance, great after a hard day's ski.
There's about 60km of piste which was perfect for 3 days. Beginner/intermediates would be fine for a week. The food and restaurants on the mountain were so cheap; lift pass (15euro/day ) and ski hire (£5/day) was an absolute bargain.
The resort is 4/5hrs from Belgrade. We decided to spend one day/night in Belgrade before transferring. The nightlife was brilliant and the transfer the next day was not bad at all. We organised a private transfer through taxido.net which came to £35rtn each.
I cannot recommend this resort and chalet anymore. We loved it. It was brilliant to sample somewhere other than the typical French, Swiss resorts etc.
Our whole trip, including flights etc, came to £250. Amazing.
March 10, 2013
Maria from
Russia
Maria from
Russia
I visited Kopaonik in Jan, 2012 with our 4 kids (the age 7, 7, 10, 12). We are deeply impressed by Serbian hospitality, the level of service at the resort, quality and variety of the pistes and overall friendliness and helpfulness of the staff. We are intermediate skiers (red, red-black pistes) and we found a lot of interesting slopes matching our level of proficiency. I think that a real professional may be disappointed by Kopaonik as there are not so many extreme black pistes there, but if you are a beginner or an intermediate skier / boarder - this resort is perfect for you. Accomodation was just great (Mount hotel), the food at local cafes is marvellous (and very cheap!), hot wine, rakia, hot chocolate available almost everywhere. The lifts are comfortable and warm (except for the 21st one).
The resort is perfect for kids - they are respected by other skiers and boarders, always get a lot of attention and help from everybody. My 7 year old son, by mistake, took a wrong piste and didn't meet up at the agreed location at the agreed time. I informed Rescue service - they were very operative, helpful and English speaking. The boy was found after 5 minutes and brought to me immediately on a jet ski. Everybody was very friendly and helpful and of course it costed me nothing. BTW, kids up to 12 years old have free medical insurance, so you don't need to buy one beforehand. For adults insurance is included into ski pass.
We have been to Mayerhoffen (Austria) and Uludag (Turkey) before. Austria is also great but extremely expensive (we spent 10 days in Kopaonik, nearly three times cheaper than 5 days in Mayrhoffen). Uludag is fine but nothing compared with Kopaonik. I highly recommend this resort to families and all beginners and intermediates.
February 24, 2013
Robf from
United Kingdom
Robf from
United Kingdom
Am a bit puzzled by some of the negative reviews here. There are lots of positives about Kapaonik. Pretty well queue free, superb snow, tree lined pistes, welcoming people and above all it is amazingly good value compared to the Alps. True, the vertical descents are short and not very steep and the scenery pretty rather than the dramatic of most Alpine resorts. Nevertheless, there are some steep stretches that will challenge most holiday skiers and for the rare few that are really up to the challenge there is a fair bit of lot of off-piste through the thinner areas of trees and under chairlifts. I did several seasons in the Alps as a younger man but was sufficiently challenged by Kapaonik while my teenage kids progressed hugely on the superb snow. We had poor visibility, cold weather and snow every day but the short runs and corresponding short chairlift rides through the shelter of the trees allowed us to enjoy them all.
There are, however, some negatives that need mentioning. Flights in from UK are to Belgrade and arrive Saturday but the hotel we wanted to stay at would not take us for Saturday night so we had to stop en route. We are told the changeover day in Kapaonik for one week's stays is Sunday so Saturday night only accomodation is hard to come by. This was probably a good thing as the flight arrived at 5.00pm on Saturday and the journey up is a good 4 hours.
Looking back we did not plan our journey well enough, hoping to rely on my phone's satnav (which would not work). First few hours are straight forward with a motorway going straight through Belgrade and then south for an hour and a half until a brown tourist route sign sends you towards Kapaonik. After that signage to Kapaonik disappears particularly going through the larger towns. Best route in is via Brus which would probably be a good distance from Kapaonik to stop overnight although I have no idea if there are any hotels there as we went a longer way in staying overnight in Vrnjacka Banja. Google Maps seems to pick out the route ok. Last 30k for us were scary snow covered mountain roads although we got away without putting the chains on. Print out a large scale map of Kapaonik and make sure you know where your hotel is. Finding ours was a pain. Even though it was one of the largest it was hard to identify. Be nice to have a local map on the website.
Most negative experience for us was dealing with the local parking touts. We are told it is quite normal to pay about 500 dinar per day (about £4) to some menacing characters who keep car parking spaces clear from snow. They were, however, trying to take us for a good deal more and had absolutely no English making our arrival very unpleasant. We ended up in our hotel car park paying the same but our travelling companions paid the touts who then tried to extort more from them on departure. If Kapaonik wants to attract foreigners then they need to sort this out, it placed a shadow over the whole holiday. This was a shame as otherwise we found the Serbians very freindly and welcoming.
August 19, 2012
Mats from
Sweden
Mats from
Sweden
We are 2 families from Sweden that spent a week in Kopaonik in late February/early March. We stayed at the JAT apartments which are cozy and and only a short walk from the lifts. If you want to stay right next to the lift area, try Jugobanka hotel. We enjoyed Kopaonik very much, great skiing and lots of different pistes and lifts to choose from, friendly people, good food and excellent value for money. Very few western/Scandinavian tourists still, and the area surrounding Kopaonik is also interesting with many old monasteries, some of them still in use. The only complaint we might have is that smoking is still allowed in some restaurants/bars, but there's usually a non-smoking area. Overall, highly recommended!
January 03, 2011
Dusan Bosnjak from
Serbia
Dusan Bosnjak from
Serbia
I think it's very hard to write a review about Kopaonik. In one word, I'd describe the whole resort as unusual...
The resort itself is in a national park, although, that's kinda hart to tell due to dense development that sprung up in the past few years. This being said, the whole resort is basically cut through a forest. This creates a lot of interesting freeride possibilities. There are no death traps like in the Alps, so instead of being challenging and dangerous its actually pretty fun and safe. You won't be buried in an avalanche, you won't break your neck dropping from a cliff, even the chances of busting up your edges on a hidden rock are slim. The bounds are open and there are no fascist enforcers chasing after you, confiscating your ticket or ticketing you for not carrying the avalanche gear. I've been in a few resorts in the french and Italian alps and i didn't like the fact that the mountains were so barren. This is great when it comes to fog, as you always see dark trees contrasting the light snow. On barren slopes in the alps you get nausea from not being able to tell where's the ground and where's the sky.
The slopes themselves are a bit short and mellow. The classification does seem to be different from the alps, and should generally be colored down. There are only a couple of black runs, a handful of reds which are more like tougher blues, and the rest is pretty gentle. Half of the runs are not exactly border friendly, and you are bound to get stuck on flat. But on the other hand you can make such loops where its all downhill-lift-downhill-lift...
The chairlifts are all modern fast 4 seaters, with the exception of a few T and J bars.
To be honest, Alps offer a lot more vertical descent, much longer runs, and probably more snow, at least on the pistes. But there is another aspect of Kopaonik to consider.
Compared to the Alps, this place is CHEAP! Beer is not 5 euros a glass like it is in Italy or in France. They also don't serve 2.5dl beer like they do in Italy and France. UN should pass a resolution against 2.5dl beer glasses, it's just not right. Polenta (cornmeal?) the poor peasants food doesn't cost 15euros a plate like it does in Valle d'Aosta, but is quite inexpensive instead. You can get a decent steak meal with drinks for under 10euros a head. There are well equipped grocery stores no more expensive than supermarkets in the cities.
I hate clubbing when im up in the mountains, but to each his own. There are lots of clubs and cafes here, and you can get properly wasted at a reasonable price. People are usually friendly and most of them speak English.
I'd sum it up like this:
If you are die hard rider/skier which cares only about being on the snow and you are on a budget when it comes to free days, don't waste them on Kopaonik. If you are looking for fun after the slopes as well as on them, Kopaonik is a good place to visit. If you are in the neighborhood, then by all means give it a shot.
October 22, 2010
Andrija from
Serbia
Andrija from
Serbia
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