Bulgaria Ski discussion board

This really isn't good news, I'm a huge fan of Borovets and I will be going back for the 6th time in a few weeks but the simply fact is that Bulgaria doesn't offer great skiing compared with other European resorts especially for the more advanced skiers so 'price' has always been one of the biggest attractions of Bulgaria...

Borovets is costing £400 including hire/pass etc and I will probably spend £200 (or atleast I thought I would only spend £200) so £600 in total, but yet I am going to Switzerland in March for 270 euros including hire/pass etc plus £60 for the flight so about £260 in total! That means if I spend £340 out there it will have cost the same as Borovets but with loads more skiing available to me...

Just back from Boro, and in the main prices have gone up by about 20-25%. Last year a large beer cost 3 lev on average, this year 4 lev, Pizza 12 lev up to 15, etc etc.

This is also compounded by the exchange rate being about 3 lev/£ last year, and now around 2.50. So a beer cost £1 last year and is now effectively £1.60.

Personally, I don't mind paying if you get the service and facilities. I do object to greedy BG's charging 5 lev for a hot wine on the slopes Fri, then charging 8 lev on Sat, then denying the price has gone up!!!

Another big "UP" for the Alpina. Amy and Arie are there to break even, not make a mint. It's not the poshest place in town, but it is homely and you are made very welcome!

lizza

As been said,this is a budget resort,the only reason ppl go here is for the cheapness.I have just come back from meribel france,ok its very expensive but i knew this as i have been 3 x before the difference between the 3 valleys is vast so you`d expect to pay more but as i understand it borovets has little to offer when you compare it to somewhere like meribel.So i think thats why ppl have a problem with the price hike in borovets you do not get many runs for your ££££ but you can put up with that because beer and food are very cheap,take that away and you feel that maybe it would of been better to pay slightly more money and gone to a better resort with more runs.


I will give it a full report after i get back in feb.

But i must give this site 100% for all the info you get on here and at least with have some info on where to eat/drink and not to.

we have been waiting for along time that also the british understand what's going on in borovets. we are a german couple and have been coming to borovets for 10 years now, although the prices have been rising enormously.borovets has been a liked by the german resort for a long time. we came back from our holidays there last week- 7 germans throughout the whole week in boro ! there is only one travel agency left over to offer holidays there. our people boykott because of the too high prices ( in relation to normal standard in bulgaria )it's just pure idealism that still drives us there but we wonder how long this will be going on if also the british ( they are the majority there) understood that exaggeration is replaced by appropriateness ( hope this word is existing). the prices are in the hands of the tourists coming there- who should influence if not they. we have the decision to pay high-price restaurants or to look for alternatives. i believe it is not just a question of being able to afford it but has a lot to do with respect for the people there. liz' arguments seem little arrogant to me personally. i would be very sad if one day i couldn't pay the prices there anymore because we love borovets for its beauty.