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Borovec Travel Guide: 80 reviews and 163 photos

NY 2003

Rila mountain is 2700m high, with a well developed network of chair lifts, tow bars and one gondola that takes you to the top. Difficult to medium pists, well maintained, some with snow machines. I was there for NY 2003, only 25cm of snow but still got 7 days of good skiing up top. The village is small and full of pubs, clubs, bars, erstaurants and shops so there's nightlife to be found. Bulgarian version of funky -good fun....met lots of people... Can get everything there, lots of hotels, lodges, ski schools and rentals. wherever you go everyone is trying to sell you something - especially if you speak English (the place was full of Brits). Haggle for everything. Try Bulgarian food. Learn a few words of Bulgarian, may get you a long way. Stay away from Bulgarian brandy.

Pros and Cons

Pros:cheap, friendly, great skiing
Cons:if you speak english -you're game
In a nutshell:Great cheap skiing with a touch of Balkans culture

Last visit to Borovec: Dec 2002
Intro Updated Jun 19, 2008
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haggle! Tourist Traps (1)

fortunately i'm from bosnia and bosnians and bulgarians are sort of neighbours and we understand each other's languages... more travel advice

Good place to stay Hotels (1)

Freshly refurbished, very comfortable rooms, good food. Half-board costs about 200EUR pp/week. It's about 2km from the... more travel advice

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fabrice Jul 31, 2010 at 1:42 AM

I will arrive in sarajevo on august 3rd , my first time in BIH !
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sandysmith Oct 18, 2003 at 6:27 AM

even good for non-skiers ;-)