Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Borovets is pretty much a ghost town for most of the summer, some of the restaurants are open but only a few. However, over the hill in Beli Iskar is the national park, and its full of picnic areas and proper tracks alongside the river . Thye have been putting in a lot of pedestrian bridges over the river. You can stay in the Samakov Hotel for around 35e a night for the room, and funnily enough the staff are very attentive out of season
You can also pop down to Samakov town sample the very cheap restaurants down there, and then of course there are things around like the Rila Monastery, probably the best of the lot, and of course you can spend hours walking over the bits youve skied over!!!!
It would be a quiet holiday, but it will also be cheap. Middle of summer you can expect temps upto 30c

Hi Mark

Try to go to Bansko. Its a little (real) town combinated with mountain
where the gondol could bring you to the top. Around the village there are
a lot of walking in the mountains. The whole village in full of mexanas (taverns)
where you can eat and drink very cheap. Much cheaper than in Borovets.
there is also a lot of small hotels where you can stay. The last 3 winter
we stayed at the Hadzi Georgi hotel near hotel Strahize. A little and cosy
hotel with very friendly personals. I think a double will cost you 40 lev included
breakfast.

Enjoy it
Morten, Denmark