Bulgaria Ski discussion board

You're not going to find anything for 1.50lev on the mountain for lunch. It IS cheaper in town, no doubt, but not many, if any, people who are skiing/boarding will be eating lunch there.

Most people will be there for a week's holiday - by that I mean that they will (if the want a full ski pack) need lift pass and skis, boots and lessons for the 6 days. If you are a learner, then yes, lessons are important EVERY day. Please don't go changing the goal posts to try to make your figures fit. Of course 3 days will cost less - kind of obvious isn't it?

They will put the prices up in the winter, even two years ago we were spending £10 a day on lunch, that was for two of us with a drink, include a couple of drinks in th day and a beer at the end of the day it was around £30, in the evening we were spending around £40 to £50, three course meal and wine plus some drinks afterwards, lift passes were £100 each and we paid 150 euros for ski and boot hire, this year we have paid lift pass in advance and taking own skis, we still think we will need around £300 for lunch, evening meals and drinks. hope this helps. I wish you could get things at the prices in the summer, but not possible.

Hi Welsh,

I live in Bansko and believe me you cannot get a shopska salad for 1.50 leva in any of the menhanas I go to (paid 2.50 last night but normally 3.50) not even in the summer, maybe in some of the very small ones used by bulgarians only, but then the menu would be in bulgarian and most people would not be able to order anything!!!!!! Please tell me where you went

Nowadays most of the prices go up every oct/nov and do not go down again in the summer

When we came here 4 years ago 3 people could have lunch with a couple of beers each for 10 leva (in those days a beer was 0.70 leva) but these days would be minimum of 30 leva

On the mountain a beer is 5 leva a cappacino is 4 leva, 6 leva for a shopska, 5 leva for chips

Hope this helps

Joy

Well firstly in the Glazne area there is a big outdoor open resteraunt (with inside) near the bridge & river, then when you walk down from the 24hr bar on the right hand side there is a tiny resteraunt (yes no english menu) I have had Peasants Livers & chicken heats in there too very nice but my lady didnt like the sight of that sort of food but I love it.

Another place is right in the old town it has an outdoor BBQ with covered seating by clay tiles.

Um I think even in the square the two mehanas near MRI HQ have similar prices.

Summer in the Beer festival Kiminitza was for 500ml 0.8lev and very oddly the 250ml was 0.45lev (so I bought many of the smaller as its cheaper). When the Jazz festival came prices were a little different but the beer was tuborg so imported and therefore as expected higher but that was still only 1 lev - 1.5lev.

As I said earlier the most I paid for a beer in the hotel was 3lev or 3.5lev (cannot remember exactly as it was 4-5am so pretty drunk and didnt remember too much) but in the day that was the price.

Beer in the supermarket the big one is hardly any cheaper than in the mehanas or at least the ones we went to.

We even went to the 24hr bar to watch Wal v Eng rugby world cup warm up game and it rained heavy so we sat inside and I finished off all of their Pirin beer and that was 1.5-2lev max & I refused to buy the other brands of beer as they were more money.

Im not tight but I cannot see the point in buying non local produced food & drink and certainly no point in paying over the odds.