Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Hi All,

We got back from Boro on sat 6th Feb. All in all we had a fabulous time. My wifes first time, and she has learnt to ski, along with our 8 year old girl who was a natural! The 5 year old lad has a little way to go, but he's getting there!! They all enjoyed it and thats the main thing.

We booked with Inghams, and put our kids in Snow Club. This was based in the hotel Mourra. It was brilliant. There were 3 carers, Bennie, Eve, and Sonia who were just great. The kids used to get 3hrs ski tuition a day, and also do other stuff like tobogganing, watching DVDs, face painting and so on. Obviously it was outside half term, but there were only a max of 5 kids there (including my two) all week!!! So, happy kids - happy mum - happy dad!

As for the skiing, the conditions were pretty good. We had a good dump of snow on the monday (40cm or so) and that opened up virtually the whole resort. We had two days of amazing blue skies too. It was awesome up on the top, above the Gondola. There is probably just a little bit too much 'yomping' (skiing on the flat!!!), particularly at the bottom of the gondola, but I guess it helps you loose your holiday excess fat!

We stayed at the Iglika Palace villas. These are self contained wooden villas set behind the main hotel, on the edge of the forest. They are VERY basic, but quite fit for purpose. They are warm, clean and comfortable, and most of all very quiet. If you have a young family they are ideal. We didn't cook our own food as the facilities are extremely limited.

I'd like to thank Kas for all her reports from Borovets. I was pretty much obsessed with her 'updates' throughout January. And it's good to see there has been plenty more snow falling, which should ensure a good remainder of the season.

So, in summary, I would recommend Borovets to anybody. You get a hell of a lot of skiing for your money out here. The town itself, has a great deal of charm, and there are plenty of places for Apres ski. Our favourite was the 'Black Cat'. Nice food (and drink!). and a lovely log fire.

I have a couple of minor quibbles.
Firstly, the choice for beginners who are looking for a bigger challenge than the nursery/green slopes is very limited. There are not many nice wide blues for the beginners looking to step up to a more challenging run.

Secondly, the nursery slopes are all below intermediate slopes. In other words, the faster more able skiers can ski straight through the nursery runs. To be fair, I saw very little in the way of idiotic skiing whilst we were there, but you do get the occasional pillock zipping through the greens at high speed.

My highlights were on a clear blue sky day, standing in the middle of Yastrebets 1 with nobody around. It was empty!

Also skiing in the freshly fallen powder on the monday. marvellous.

All in all Borovets is a great place to go skiing. It offers terrific value, and a lovely mountain to ski on.