Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Listen to Bulgarianlily....
The economics of opening an airport, an international airport at that don`t add up. I cannot imagine an international carrier (wizz, easyjet etc) picking up a route with so few passengers. If it was the case that it was a feeder type airport that took shuttles from Sofia or Plovdiv then i suppose that is feasible, but by the time you have unloaded from one plane to another with security and everything, you just as well drive from Sofia.
The road from Bansko via Simitli along the E79 is a very good road, the short section around Dupnitsa could do with some work, but overall its good. The problem is Sofia, Zsar Boris is a nightmare, the road surface is breaking up, and sections linking the new parts of the ring road are the same. Potholes abound that will tear your suspension off. Add to this intimidating BG drivers who are hellbent on overtaking/undertaking who virtually push you across the road then it makes for an interesting journey. I long for the new flyover into Sofia from the E79, for the ringroad to be complete, and then the 2 hour transfer will be easily achievable...

Steve C
earlybirdtransfers

From here near Gotse Delchev, we drive up towards Bansko, take the Elishnitza turn to cut off a corner, then go via Yondula and Belovo, pick up the E80 motorway north of the Rila mountians and drive straight round to the airport. All this to avoid some 10 kilometers of Sofia non existant ring road. When that is complete, life will be a lot better! Of if we go via Blagoevgrad then we can stop at Metro which is a bonus, but then Belovo is the toilet paper capital of Bulgaria, so we can always pick up one essential supply on the way!