Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Skimad, you didn't say when you went. If it was towards the end of the season Pamporovo closed its doors early through lack of snow as did Borovets, Bansko and many of the resorts in the rest of Europe.

As for saying Pamps has had its day etc etc it is negative comments like this that can make or break a resort. Fortunately this is the case for Pamporovo. Now that Ryanair are flying into Plovdiv (to possibly be followed by a couple of other UK to BG airlines) and with a transfer of 1.5 hours it is as attractive an option as Borovets particularly for families and beginners.

BTW last season we had back-to-back bookings from Xmas to end March/beg April - maybe we were just lucky eh!.

Hi Andie,
I went from the 26th Feb to 5th of March and had never seen it so quiet, I stayed in the Mourgavets this time though have previously stayed in Perelik and others, walking through Perelik complex was just a maze of empty rooms where resteraunts & bars etc used to be.
We ate in the White Hart a couple of nights and once it was completly empty apart from the barcrawl group and the second time there were 4 people downstairs and another table for 8 upstairs. It used to be nearly immposible to get a table. I wouldn't have thought this was to late in the season as when i've been snow has been better later, but maybe you can tell me different.

Hi Skimad,

I stand corrected as 3rd March was a Bulgarian holiday and there should have been lots up of people in Pamporovo that weekend. . If I remember correctly we did have a couple of good dumps later in March but the winter wasn't as hard as predicted as all the locals ordered extra wood. I think there was moresnow in the UK lol

On the other hand the year before (2009/10) the snow was was so deep on occasions I couldn't get out of my garage and lasted through to late March/earlyApril.

Guess it's the luck of the draw - hopefully this ski season will be good. Anyway, have fun wherever you go and happy skiing