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First Time: It's Complicated!
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posts : 13 (Beginner)Date : 11-13-09 19:31First Time: It's Complicated!
Hello
I am planning my first ski holiday with the little one, I have decided on Borovets but it seems that unlike a bucket and spade holiday there is a lot to learn, ski rental,lift passes,tuition etc. My question for now is, do you need to pay just to go onto the slopes? i.e if I just want to mess around on the lower slope with a sledge do I need to buy some kind of ski pass or can I do that for free? Probably a daft question but I am confused.
More daft questions to follow shortly ...
I am planning my first ski holiday with the little one, I have decided on Borovets but it seems that unlike a bucket and spade holiday there is a lot to learn, ski rental,lift passes,tuition etc. My question for now is, do you need to pay just to go onto the slopes? i.e if I just want to mess around on the lower slope with a sledge do I need to buy some kind of ski pass or can I do that for free? Probably a daft question but I am confused.
More daft questions to follow shortly ...
Hello
I am planning my first ski holiday with the little one, I have decided on Borovets but it seems that unlike a bucket and spade holiday there is a lot to learn, ski rental,lift passes,tuition etc. My question for now is, do you need to pay just to go onto the slopes? i.e if I just want to mess around on the lower slope with a sledge do I need to buy some kind of ski pass or can I do that for free? Probably a daft question but I am confused.
More daft questions to follow shortly
Ben
I am planning my first ski holiday with the little one, I have decided on Borovets but it seems that unlike a bucket and spade holiday there is a lot to learn, ski rental,lift passes,tuition etc. My question for now is, do you need to pay just to go onto the slopes? i.e if I just want to mess around on the lower slope with a sledge do I need to buy some kind of ski pass or can I do that for free? Probably a daft question but I am confused.
More daft questions to follow shortly
Ben
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Ben,I have just sent you an email...give me a call.
Mark, Sandown !
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hi ben. there is no need to buy a pass it you just want to mess around on the slopes in the village. It might be worth buying a half day pass some day to go up the mountain. If you pike a clear day the views are amazing. Not sure if a kid will appreciate them but they might find the gondola ride exciting. Wait until the weather is nice and then just pick up the pass at the gondola ticket deskre: First Time: It's Complicated!
Ben, I have emailed you.Andie
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You can spend days on end on in front of the Rila hotel just messing around, people watching, sledging, having tea and hot chocolate and... darn, I want to go there now!
But it's worth going up w/ the gondola at least once, as long as the little one's not scared of heights and you both dress warmly. 
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Please email me .Nigel IOW Sandownre: First Time: It's Complicated!
hi, i have been in borovets last year in hotel yanakiev .yanakiev is on the slope and its very near to gondola and centar of Borovets.hotel is exelent but this year the prices is much hier then last year. If i understund you asked
about using ski lifts and gondola with a kid.I went with 1 year old kid on my back on gondola (2600 m ) and all ski lifts with seats withaut any problem exept we had to change alot of dipers.Everiting was great .This year i go to Bansko so i will make ...
about using ski lifts and gondola with a kid.I went with 1 year old kid on my back on gondola (2600 m ) and all ski lifts with seats withaut any problem exept we had to change alot of dipers.Everiting was great .This year i go to Bansko so i will make ...
hi, i have been in borovets last year in hotel yanakiev .yanakiev is on the slope and its very near to gondola and centar of Borovets.hotel is exelent but this year the prices is much hier then last year. If i understund you asked
about using ski lifts and gondola with a kid.I went with 1 year old kid on my back on gondola (2600 m ) and all ski lifts with seats withaut any problem exept we had to change alot of dipers.Everiting was great .This year i go to Bansko so i will make comparation.
about using ski lifts and gondola with a kid.I went with 1 year old kid on my back on gondola (2600 m ) and all ski lifts with seats withaut any problem exept we had to change alot of dipers.Everiting was great .This year i go to Bansko so i will make comparation.
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Does this apply to Bansko as well as my youngest just wants to play in the snow - nothing else! Can I avoid the gondola?re: First Time: It's Complicated!
Jayne you can pay just to go up in the gondola. If you want to sledge with your child you could walk up the ski road a bit,it follows the gondola route so easy to spot. But depending on conditions you may be in for a long walk! Or get a taxi to the halfway point but make sure you negotiate a price first!