Thanks Judith, I had a feeling that the Lion hotel was on the outskirts of town (but is discribed as being minutes away from the main lifts) I will book in to the Samokov where I have stayed many a times and that is minutes away from the lifts
The Lion is much smaller and has very little for kids to do. The Samokov isn huge with plenty going on. I stayed at the Lion with my wife and two kids and had a great time