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Just back last night. First time in Bansko, stayed at the Orphey hotel. Not great, food horrible, room really small, 2 power cuts... Should have been the awful hotel..
Bansko was great. We actually bought an apt whilst we were out there, so any questions there please just ask.
Had a big snow dump in the middle of the week but it rained really heavy yesterday. Skiing was great, I am now a boarder. The gondala ride was fantastic for the first time.
Anyhow, I have a bansko fan and cant wait to get back.

Well maybe you were out when the power cuts happened and I guess you were lucky with your room. Our room smelt damp and a horrible smell kept coming up from the sink. i am not being off-hand just truthful. I also spoke to a few people that stayed at the hotel and too thought the food wasnt great. It was cold (not just warm), actually cold. You had to take your own bath towels down to the pool area which was abit weird and our hairdryer in our room didnt work. When i went down to reception to ask for another they just looked at me and shruggged.
I know we were in bulgaria and shouldnt expect the same comforts and understand that the food was different but be fair, it wasnt good and I wouldnt class it as a 4* hotel. If you go in the Pirin or Lion hotel you can see the difference.

Hi Tim,

Glad to hear that you had a good time in Bansko - though a shame that you didn't hit lucky with the Orphey. I was there the week before you as you know and I couldn't really fault the hotel - I think we were slightly lucky with our room - it was on a corner and was vast in comparison to standard UK hotels! I've been to Bulgaria before so I'm used to the food - in fairness I think it gets a really bad rep and it isn't THAT BAD!!! Plus there's always plenty of places to eat out if you have the energy.
I'm thinking of buying - can you send me some details?
Thanks