Bulgaria Ski discussion board

We were staying in this area at the Hotel Guiness. Area is fine, right by the Gondola so a great location for those who are skiing but so many apartments going up, I do worry for the future when the slopes just won't be able to cope. Its only about a 10 minute walk to the old town - tons of restaurants, a few small supermarkets and tourist shops. I expect during the summer it is brilliant for walking - my daughter saw a black bear just starting to wake and lots of prints around in the snow - now I know what the bells are for.

Joe if you ignore the cheap beer and alcohol there is nothing else left to go back to-I think.
But keep the faith.Maybe.
Dave Banski you better scream now.
Mat
...In the middle of a ocean of flats-getting even bigger by the day and a small number of runs which will stay constant for the future ...for a family to fly there-with short notice, pay transfers to the resort,eat in there-more or less the same prices as in quite alot of Alpine resorts,have a queue or more every day instead of actually moving on the slopes downhill and pay Alpine prices for lift passes,
Is that an effective base to have?
New to this forum-Please let me know!

Mikey, I actually go for the snowboarding, being British and at best only getting two weeks a year on the slopes, like most people we need instruction to improve, something we couldn't afford during our earlier Austrian holiday so Bansko has that to offer at a very reasonable price. I don't know what standard a skier/boarder you are but we found plenty of amazing off piste and great runs including the newly opened Chalin Valog. We also found we enjoyed the atmosphere on the slopes to that of our earlier in the year Austrian holiday, but that might be due to Bansko mountain being more snowboard friendly and less alpine style.

If weather conditions are good next year we will go twice, if not it would be the alps second choice.