Poster: A snowHead
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Hello all - new here, but seems like a good place to get some much needed advice...
Going snowboarding for the first time (been skiing just once before) with 3 other relative beginners, but am finding it more difficult to find a late bargain that I did a couple of years back. Long story short, this has led to me being offered all three of the main Bulgarian resorts several times for sub-£400, when there doesn't seem too much available right now in this budget-range. Was initially sceptical, having only been to Val d'Isere before, but since we are all beginners anyway and will likely spend as much time in the bars as on the slopes... I'm starting to consider it seriously.
So... anyone here had good/bad experiences of either Borovets, Pamporovo or Bansko - any advice?? Cheers.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks for the reply JP - some good advice there. Seems like Borovets is the liveliest of the resorts, and since I haven't got time to learn before going, it's good to know the ski schools are decent - just hope they speak better English than I speak Bulgarian...
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Kingpin - just got back from Bansko it was awful! Ok so it was half term week but it was packed - hour and a half gondola queues and vastly inflated prices for awful food in the mountain restaurants. The town is a building site - really, it felt like staying in a hotel in the middle of a bombsite. Having said that, once you are up the mountain the skiing is good with plenty of challenging runs but not much for the less able intermediate. We went to Pamporovo last year which is prettier and better restaurants etc but the skiing is very limited and if you are a confident skiier you will quickly get bored. Havent been to Borovets but have heard good reports from friends. Our week in Bansko cost us £3200 in all for a family of four - ok we stayed in a 4 star hotel and the facilities inside were good but it was a real rip off and I feel I spent a lot on a holiday I didnt enjoy. The Bulgariens are getting greedy I am afraid - lots of people there were also very disappointed. Its the Alps or Canada for me next - bye bye Bulgaria!!
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Kingpin, welcome to snowHeads
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If it is your first time, I would recommend Pamporova. Balkan holidays do/did a learn to ski package : lift pass, equipment and all day tuition for about £130 it will cost you 3 times that in the Alps and as you are a newbie, the skiing terrain however limited will be plenty for you.
I went to Bansko last August with a view to buying a place. IMHO avoid it like the plague it's bloody awful and it is obviously no different now after reading what Jennyski has to say about the place.
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