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Borovets
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posts : 13 (Beginner)Date : 08-07-06 08:34Borovets
Hey PeopleMe and my cousin have booked to go to Borovets in January, having never been to Bulgaria before (or on a skiing holiday), I am wondering about things like where you get your boots/skis from? (already paid for through my travel agent) and just standard things like any advice/tips and obviously the currency?, I heard Bulgaria joins the EU in January, so also would like to know if I will need Euros?
Cheers
Az
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you get your ski gear on the first morning, normally the rep comes to your hotel with a load of vouchers and you use them once you get to the ski depots, but be warned the first day is manic and generally a long queue, you can bypass the queue if you manage to get your vouchers the evening before and get a taxi to the ski depot - but best if you have not been before to stick with the reps... at the moment the lev is still in place and probably will be for a few years yet... you can get a ...
you get your ski gear on the first morning, normally the rep comes to your hotel with a load of vouchers and you use them once you get to the ski depots, but be warned the first day is manic and generally a long queue, you can bypass the queue if you manage to get your vouchers the evening before and get a taxi to the ski depot - but best if you have not been before to stick with the reps... at the moment the lev is still in place and probably will be for a few years yet... you can get a decent exchange rate at Marks and Spencer or wait till you get there and use your card in the bank machines they give good rates also.
best tip I know is to give the porters/drivers etc. £1 coins as the tip on your first day if you have no small Levs. they collect these up and then change them for a £10 note and then change them into Lev, my friend gave the guy 10 lev for carrying her cases to her room because she had nothing smaller!!!!!!
best tip I know is to give the porters/drivers etc. £1 coins as the tip on your first day if you have no small Levs. they collect these up and then change them for a £10 note and then change them into Lev, my friend gave the guy 10 lev for carrying her cases to her room because she had nothing smaller!!!!!!
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Ah so its like New York City with the tips, thats all good, and I'll remember that, some good info there, cheers
I am guessing temps in January will be like -10/-15?
Being a northerner though, I cant complain
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last year I went 21st jan and it was minus 27 - Brrrrrr!!!!re: Borovets
coldest ever wasnt it last Jan? I remember it being freezing.I've been with Balkan Holidays the past 2 years, and we start on the Sunday (opposed to most starting on the Saturday) so it's been nowhere near as maniac as some people suggested to me.
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Im heading out this january as well. I went 4 years ago skiing and i am snowboarding this time. I should imagine it has changed quite a bit since then tho.It was very busy on the first day, mainly because nobody has any idea what the hell is going on, and nobody seems to know their shoe size!
Good note about the euro's and lev, could have been a big mistake!
Might see you there.
Ben
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Enjoy....... The place rocks, Just remember, don't be too critical they still have their training wheels on compared to the usa or the alps
I want to go again
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I fly from Gatwick on January 13th, Cant wait to be honest, We fly saturday but dont get into Borovets till late in the evening, i presume that means we get our stuff next morning.re: Borovets
At last it looks like were going back to boro, there was a group of 10 welsh boys that went last year (28th Jan), we enjoyed so much were going back on round about the same time but with more numbers, hope we get the same weather, not a cloud in the sky for the 7 days we were there, collecting the gear on the first day was not too bad if you don't get too drunk the night before!!!, but the key is getting the right instructor we were again lucky to have a lady called Demi from borosport who ...
At last it looks like were going back to boro, there was a group of 10 welsh boys that went last year (28th Jan), we enjoyed so much were going back on round about the same time but with more numbers, hope we get the same weather, not a cloud in the sky for the 7 days we were there, collecting the gear on the first day was not too bad if you don't get too drunk the night before!!!, but the key is getting the right instructor we were again lucky to have a lady called Demi from borosport who was great
