Bulgaria Ski discussion board

hi julie we stayed at the samokov last march, the ski school is down stairs where you get your ski's from, wife n kids were skiing and found the instructers to be very helpful and patient, especialy with the 5 year old daughter!!!
they were all in the same group, the hotel was good, clean towels every day beds made every day they even put stuff away that may have been left on the floor
to stiff to bend over ha ha!!,
the food is ok a bit hit n miss really, breakfast you could get the usual buffet and also freshly cooked eggs which ever way you want them,

any questions just ask,
we going gack 8 jan, when we got home had only been back 2 days and rebooked, so yes good,
bye--- noodles.

Hi Julie,
You've chosen one of the best hotels in Borovets, I've stayed there for the last 8 yrs
As Noodles said , the Samokov has its ski school in the hotel.
What worries me about your question is that you want to contact them, I hope when you booked your holiday you purchased all the ski packs ie: lift pass,ski school, and skis & boots, if not, I would go back to your travel agent and book them today as if you leave it untill you get to Borovets you will be paying AT LEAST DOUBLE THE PRICE.

we are going on the 22/01/05 - when are you going?
Need any further info , just ask.

Hi,
Thanks for your reply. We are going on 5th Feb through Airtours. We have pre-booked two adult ski packs and when booking we were told they would give us a free ski kindergarten for our 6 year old (6 in Jan). They have since phoned up to say they made a mistake and ski kindergarten is not included in the offer only ski school but that she is too young to attend ski school. I can't believe she is too young hence my wanting to contact the ski school and ask the question for myself then I will be able to 'negotiate' with Airtours! Any tips/advice for a staying at the Samokov as you are so experienced! We have asked for a high floor to try and keep noise to a minimum but any other advice would be welcome.
Happy days!
Julie

Hi Julie,
There is a ski kindergarten for the children aged 4 to 8 years.
But on our first trip we stayed for 2 weeks, booked kindergarten for both weeks,after 1 week my daughter (then 7) was bored so we saw the rep (Balkan Holidays) and he sorted it out and put her in a childrens group with a great instructor called Peter.(they didnt charge us any extra)
All we had to do was make sure she had money for dinner and drinks, never saw her all day and she had a whale of a time.
This might be the way to try and get you child into ski school, Alex is one of the top guys there, but they wont be there until the start of the season - - good luck.

As for the noise(high floor requested) its not too bad, keep the balkony door closed and you wont hear a thing.
Anyway they will probably shattered after skiing all day and partying most of the night, children are welcome in every bar,night cluband eating house.
For great food and drink visit the White Magic bar which is across the road from the Samokov, Christo the owner will make you very welcome and can give you a lot of help with most things.
Have fun