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Bansko

The New Discovery of the Skiers...

Bansko ski resort is set in the Southwest part of Bulgaria, 160 km from Sofia, at the footsteps of Pirin Mountain, which is under UNESCO protection. Bansko combines wonderful nature and romantic atmosphere of the Old town, popular for its numerous cultural monuments and rich icon collection of the local Zograf (icon painting) School. The district is famous for its excellent cuisine, the variety of colorful taverns (over 200 in the city) and the authentic folklore. The winter here lasts from December till April, the average January temperature being minus 2°C, with heavy snowfalls, providing a constant winter snow cover up to 2 m.

The skiing conditions in Bansko are excellent. The new 7 km cabin lift from Bansko to the ski-runs could transport up to 2400 persons per hour. The total length of the ski runs is over 70 km. Totally 55 snow cannons blow an artificial snow to make the ski runs suitable for skiing during the whole season. There is also a 650 m long ski run with artificial lightning, which can be use for night skiing. During the new season, two new ski runs are going to be opened with length of 1 200 and 1 300 m and displacement of 350 m, suitable for starters and for middle skilled skiers, as well as a new 4-seated lift "Doppelmeir". 160 more snow canons for artificial snow are going to be installed. In this way Bansko is going to become one of the few ski resorts in Europe, where the skiing is possible even in the warm weather. Over 150 instructors work in the ski schools and the ski storages offer 3000 units of ski from all the famous brands like Atomic, Salomon, Fisher etc. The number of beds in hotels and apartment complexes has reached this year 14 000!

New Lifts	Length (m):	Rise (m):	New Ski Runs	Length (m):	Rise (m):
1. Gondola	6500	600	1.Shiligarnik	1935	460
2. Chair	2055	435	2. Plato	790	245
3. Chair	2553	995	3. Shiligarnik+Plato	3143	770
4. Chair	681	130	4. Bunderitsa Main	2567	930
5. Drag	420	29	5. Bunderitsa Two	460	175
6. Drag	1200	540	6. Children's Run	276	80
7. Drag	445	107
8. Drag	790	188
9. Drag	380	100
10. Drag	1195	322

RICH ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME:

FOR THE GUESTS OF BANSKO we reccommend to visit the Rila Monastery, listed in UNESCO, the sand pyramides town of Melnik, where one of the best wines in Bulgaria are produced.

Bansko map - download here ...