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I am looking at goin to Bulagria, PAMPOROVO next january. I am a complete neebie to the whole skiing thing and need advice.
Im looking at the hotel PAMPOROVO or Finilia (something like that). Has anyone been to this area and specifically any of the two hotels?
Any info/tips/advice well appreciated.
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Wavey, Welcome to Snowheads (I've always wanted to welcome someone). Unfortunately I can't help you but I'll guess that you will be "Snowed" under with information very soon.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Wavey, My family all did two years at Pamporovo when we first started and loved it. This was back in 1997 and there was a revolution on at the time, which added interest!
The ski area is quite small, but we found the instruction excellent. The instructors look after you all day and speak very good English. This was a big bonus for us.
The hire gear was OK, but we didn't know any better then.
The food can be a bit strange, but then you are in Eastern Europe and it ain't like home.
My main objection was that we spent too much time snowploughing a narrow icy track, but it was a lot of fun. It is certainly very cheap.
I thought the food was OK but then I’ve eaten in Russia. There is always plenty and they give you the best they’ve got. The locals will tell you there is a crime wave and I have heard reports of petty theft. Take small denomination UK and Euro notes. There are no bank facilities apart from the hotels. Buy the fake CDs. They are good.
The people are friendly and love a good time. Your instructor may well buy you a jug of wine and dance on the table in ski-boots. They may not have much money but are proud and well-educated. They also smoke like chimneys, incessantly.
Eight of us drank all night for £11! Local vodka and brandy was around £1 a bottle, and easily worth that….
Pizza and stuff is readily available if you can’t stand the hotel food.
Hope this helps. 
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Thanks for all the info guys.
Sounds like a good place to go for beginners, on a small budget. Will give it a go, and dancing on the tables in my snow boots, thats for me (I assume you mean snow boots and nothing else 
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Hi. I've been to Pamporovo three times so far and will return for the fourth time next month.
I've stayed in the Pamporovo Hotel last year. Yes it may be Bulgarian 4*, but I'm not sure that I would stay there again. It was clean and warm and the food was okay, but the prices in the hotel bars were inflated compared to the rest of the resort. It has a pool, but it wasn't the warmest pool I've ever been into and the staff didd not give Bulgaria a good name.
The people on the whole in the resort are very very friendly, but not in this hotel.
We had three rooms booked. One was really nice, the other two felt more like staff quarters. (But we were there during the over booking fiasco, so I should be pleased we had rooms!).
I've stayed in both the Orpheus (2*, no pool) and the Perilik (3* with pool) and probably the best value for money was the Orpheus.
We're staying at the Rohzen (2* no pool) this year because it's the only place we can get the combination of rooms that we need, but it is right in the centre of the resort which will allow us to use the pool either at the Perilik or the Mourgavets for a small charge.
The general belief is that the Mourgavets up to last year was the best hotel to stay in (4*, with pool in resort centre), but there has been a flurry of new hotels gone up this year, so there may now be something better.
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Thanks for that. Im at looking at staying in the hotel Prespa which is 3* and reportably only 600m (walking distance) to the ski lifts; it is also £100 pp cheaper. Has anyone been there to confirm how close it is to the ski lifts ot how good/bad the hotel is?
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We have only skiied in Borovet, BG and think the Bulgarians and resort are brilliant. We are off to Morzine this season mainly to check ou the differences.
If you want answers to specific questions regarding Bulgaria then try these 2 sites as well as they are both dedicated to skiing in BG:
http://skidvd.co.uk/phpBB2/index.php
http://www.bulgariaski.com/
Hope this helps
Ellie 
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