Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Have only skied in Bulgaria. We all learnt to ski in Boverets and went for three years running, cheap and everything is close to hotels. Stayed in Rila. Last year we went to Bansko the sking was excellent and slopes better than boverets, but no snow in the town and had to get gondala to slopes. Boverets is better for smaller children and Bansko is for the more serious skier. We are going to Boverets on Saturday with out friends who cannot ski, its great to have snow around you all the time
and bars are great

Howya Lucy,
For a family holiday there's really only one place to go in Bulgaria and thats Pamporovo.
First of all,its only over 2 hours from the airport to the hotels.Ya don't want to be stuck with a 4 or 5 hour bus journey with small kids after spendin 5 hours already stuck on a plane.
Secondly, the green slopes have plenty of cafes/restaurants etc for grub and drinks, so that you can all meet up "up on" the mountain, not just the good skiers. The kids and the beginners will love that!!!
Finally, I've been to Bansko, Borovets and Pamporovo many many times with family and friends, and they're all terrific in their own way; but for kids in bars/restaurants and their security and safety in general, we've always returned to Pamporovo with our clan!
It's just a peace of mind thing, as I'm sure you're well aware, when kids are involved.
G'luck anyway,
Best wishes, Seanie Og

I have been to all three only Bansko with young children though, It was excellent as there are two areas where to learn and all the kids could make the road home after 3 days learning. That is a long run for them and they were very proud.The children are welcome in the Mehanas, and if you go down to old town, you will get good priced food.

Pamporvo was very friendly, and yes i could see it as a good place for families, it is all hotel life though.

I have read here that Borovets has a village too, but i never found it. To me it is much more of a young persons place, rather than children . Perhaps i went to the wrong places ? I only saw one place to learn though and that was on a different mountain to any real Pistes ? tell me if i am wrong, I was only there for two days.

The only other thing is the posting about Pamporovo being two hours from the airport? that I believe is only if you are flying to Plovdiv. I do not believe many planes are going there this year. It is more like 4 hours from Sofia, borovets maybe 1.5 hours and Bansko 2.5 hours