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Enjoy an exciting ski vacation staying in one of the famous
Bulgarian resorts offering nice sunny weather, excellent ski
runs, elegant recently refurbished hotels, beautiful scenery,
great apres-ski in the cosy restaurants and clubs, splendid and
not expensive wine & dine.
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Ski facts
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Borovets
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Pamporovo
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Bansko
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Distance from
Sofia Airport
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75 km
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240 km
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170 km
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Transfer time
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1.5-2 hours
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4-5 hours
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3-3.5 hours
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Resort height
(m)
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1300
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1620
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965
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Top of highest
lift
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2560
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1937
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2500
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Gondola lift
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1
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-
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-
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Number of
chair lifts & drags excluding baby drags
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8
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8
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4
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Total km of
marked ski runs
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40
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25
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15
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Total km of
cross-country trails
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18
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38
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6
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Snowboard hire
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Off-piste
skiing
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Kindergarten
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Yes
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Yes
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N/A
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Bansko is the new Bulgarian ski resort, recently discovered by
the foreign skiers and tourists, but well known in Bulgaria.
Bansko provides a superb combination of virgin nature of The
Pirin mountain and the atmosphere of the ancient Bulgarian
small towns.The town itself attracts visitors by its 120
cultural monuments, its museums and the permanent ethnographic
exhibitions. A very interesting sight is The Holly Trinity
church with its 30
m high bell tower and clock, splendid murals and woodcarvings.
Surrounded by The Pirin, The Rila and The Rhodopa
mountains, Bansko is a nice mountain resort with short
summer and long winter.The ski season in Bansko starts
on the 20th of December and will end on the 30th of
April 2003. All existing equipment is repaired and ready
for use. There are also two new anchor type lifts with a
capacity of 900 people per hour. They represent a part
of the complete set of deliveries by the Austrian
company for ski equipment Doppelmayer. This is the
beginning of the first stage of the construction of a
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Pamporovo
is a modern ski resort in the heart of the Rhodopi mountain,
the mountain of the mythical singer Orpheus. It is the most
southern skiing resort in Europe. It is the sunniest Bulgarian
mountain resort with wonderful snow throughout the whole
season. Pamporovo is situated on 1650 m above the sea level at
the foot of peak Snejanka (1926 m). It is 260 km far from
Sofia and 85 km from Plovdiv.Pamporovo has an exclusive
climate featuring a soft winter with about 120 sunny days
during the skiing period. The significant influence of The
Aegean Sea appears here and the skiing season starts from mid
- December to mid - April. The average air temperature is
- 3 ° C. The gentle profile of the mountain with its rounded
slopes and summits makes Pamporovo particularly suitable for
beginners. But there are also difficult ski runs like the
Giant Slalom run which is an excellent exercise for every
skiing expert.The ski runs in
Pamporovo come in all hardship levels. They are located
between 1926 and 1450 m above the sea level on the northern,
eastern and western slopes of The Snejanka peak. The major ski
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Borovets
is the biggest international mountain resort in Bulgaria. Lots
of world ski championships were organized here. It is located
at 1350 above the sea level on the Northern slopes of Rila
mountain among age-old pine woods, at the foot of Mousala peak
(2925 m) the highest one on the Balkan peninsula. Borovets is
easily accessible, being at a distance of 70 km from Sofia
(the capital of Bulgaria) and 126 km from Plovdiv. Usually the
slopes of Borovets have permanent snow cover from December to
April. The air in Borovets is clear, free of any pollutants.
The average temperature during the coldest month January is -
4.6 °C.
There are available ski runs for beginners, intermediates
and advanced skiers. The slopes and runs are maintained in
good condition and are designed with international markings
and multilingual signs.
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