Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Went over New Year, stayed at the Predela Apts. which were very good, a few minor issues but got sorted quickly. The lift system is excellent, shame the Bulgarians couldn't organise it; when only a few lifts were open and massive queues area backing up there were 1's and 2's getting on 4-man lifts ????????? genius. Food on the mountain was good and reasonable price, the food in the town was also generally good, better value in the local mehenas than the aspiring Italian places. One place to avoid is the pizza place opposite the gondola station, the staff looked at you like you are covered in sh1t...... we asked for a menu a record 6 times before they would serve us. We got this general feeling of not being welcome in most places, with a couple of exceptions - mainly mehenas in the old town, which we generally stuck to.

We also had arguments with bar staff in several venues where they got the drinks order wrong and then tried to force me to pay for the drinks I didn't order......

NYE (on the other hand) was mental, street parties, fireworks, gun shots; one of my best yet

One of our group members also had their board stolen and the police were shocking, did nothing and were abusive. This is probably why the crime statistics are so low for the area......

Out of a group of 20 I can't imagine anyone will return to bansko or bulgaria.

I think Bansko has a lot to do before english people will return....... starting with customer service. For me I'll probably stick to France, even with the £ weak as it is.