Bulgaria Ski discussion board

I have been to Pamporovo three times and I have thoroughly enjoyed each visit. Skiing conditions were superb this year. I am probaly only at inter-mediate level in terms of skiing ability and still finding the slopes incrediably challenging (only done two blacks!) but a number of people in my party are much more experienced and said they would like a new challenge, however we are all a bit heistant about trying a new resort (its just our nature i suppose!). We would not mind returning to Bulgaria again, just not pamps. Below i have given my scores on pamps this year i would appreciate it if you could give me your scores on bansko and borovets just to see how they compare. Thanks.

Skiing(quailty and size of slopes etc.) -- 7.5/10
Nightlife-- 6.5/10 (Usually Daks or white hart)
Prices-- 7.5/10 (about £2 for a pint in the resort)
Choice of restuarants in resort --3/10 (basically the white hart or the hotel!)
Food on the mountain-- 5.5/10 (varies considerably, usually went to the lodge)

How do you rate Bansko or Borovets?

Bansko

Skiing -- 7/10
Nightlife -- 6/10 (Only been in April before tho so guessing (HOPING seeing as I will be there on saturday!!) its a bit livelier Jan - March)
Prices 9/10
Choice of restuarants in resort -- 8/10
Food on the mountain -- 5/10

Borovets

Skiing -- 5/10
Nightlife -- 8/10
Prices 9/10
Choice of restuarants in resort -- 7/10
Food on the mountain -- ?/10 (Always came back into the resort to eat)

In Comparison:

Zell Am See (Austria)

Skiing -- 9/10
Nightlife -- 9/10
Prices 3/10
Choice of restuarants in resort -- 6/10
Food on the mountain -- 9/10

I've been to Pamps and Boro (twice).

Every time I've had young to mid teens with me so we've not really sampled the nightlife!

But for us it's Borovets every time.

We found the runs in Pamporovo really quite limited for my experienced boarders (they've been doing it since they were 10 and are considered pretty good). I'm a low intermediate skier and there wasn't much in Pamps for me. We loved the Orlovetz Hotel, but were a bit disappointed in the food there and weren't that impresses with what we found out in the village. Getting to the slopes was a bit of a pain what with having to get the bus every day, and as for the medical centre at Studenets - well, don't get me started on that!

Borovets, we stayed one time at the Iglika (reasonable food) and the other in a rented apartment in the Royal Plaza right in the centre. Best holiday we've ever had, that one! Restaurants are mostly very good in Boro, and even better if you venture down to Samokov. The hospital in Samokov is actually good, as is the doctor at the Samokov Hotel. (Yeah, my kids are accident-prone!)

But in Borovets we found there were loads more runs to suit all of our capabilities, my boys had a wicked time boarding, and I just love the skiing there because it suits me perfectly.

It's hard to do ratings, but we've also skied in Austria and France, (sampled the medical care in both places too!).

But.... We would all go back to Boro in a heartbeat.