Borovets

Borovets is a ski resort in southwestern Bulgaria, located on the slopes of the Rila mountain range. Tours from Russia to Borovets can be found, for example, in this travelask section.

How to get there

By plane

Getting to Borovets is easy enough, as it is 73 kilometers from the capital of Bulgaria Sofia and 125 kilometers from the second largest city of Plovdiv. You can choose the best option for air travel on numerous search sites, or, for example, here.

Most hotels, when booking their rooms, provide transfer services from the airport to the place of residence.

By bus

A bus is the cheapest option to get to Borots, but not the most convenient, as there is no direct bus connection between Sofia and Borovets. In order to get from the capital of Bulgaria to Borovets, you need to take a bus at the South bus station and get to Samokov (departs once every 30 minutes, the trip takes 1 hour 15 minutes), and then change to a minibus going to Borovets ( Departure every 30 minutes, 7 am and 7 pm, trip duration 20 minutes). A bus stop in Borovets is located next to the ELA hotel. Ticket price is about 14 leva.

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When is the season. When is the best time to go?

Borovets - monthly weather

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What are the prices for vacation

In advance, you can navigate the prices of Borovets hotels on booking, and check if there are any more attractive prices here. An alternative is to rent a private apartment, offers can be found here.

The main attractions. What to watch

In Borovets is the highest Bulgarian mountain called Musala (2925 m). To get to the top of the Yastrebets elevator will take about 2-3 hours in the summer and 3-4 hours in the winter.

Food. What to try

Recommended Places

Most restaurants in Borovets are quite expensive, and the quality of service and dishes are of an average level.

1. Alpin Restaurant. Here, you can taste delicious dishes of European and Bulgarian national cuisine until midnight. In the summer you can spend time relaxing in the garden, cool off in the fresh air coming from the waterfall and water cascades. There is also a barbecue, where the chef will treat you to dishes prepared on hot coals, right in front of you.

2. La Bomba. Local grill restaurant with tasty and reasonably priced food. Try skewered pork and local bread baked with butter and salt.

3. The Blue Steak House. Restaurant in the city center, great steak and other dishes.

Things to do

Skiing and snowboarding

The ski area of Borovets is divided into two. The first, smaller and turning into the main resort, is served by 2 chair lifts and a number of tugboats. It consists of slopes for children, a pair of short black tracks, 1 long blue track and a series of short red ones. The second ski area can be reached by lift and it is much larger, with a number of long blue and red pistes. The slopes of the black zone are also here, however, it should be noted that, despite their high quality, this place is still considered intended mainly for beginners and continuing.

The resort has several good ski schools offering a wide variety of ski lessons. If you are a beginner, then you should book a place in such a school in advance.

Borovets is also the only resort in Bulgaria offering cross-country skiing.

Snowboarders ride both in the same areas as skiers and on slopes specially prepared for this sport.

On this site you can see information on equipment for skiing and snowboarding, data on slopes and lifts, airport transfers, webcams.

Bars Where to go

Bobby's Bar is a place to have a beer and chat about time spent on the slopes. Mostly in English. Everyone is friendly and open to communication, so if you like to chat or you have something to share, this is the place for you. The bar is empty between breakfast and lunch and between lunch and time until 4 pm, when people begin to descend from the slopes. It may not be easy to find, but if you go up past Francos, this is the last building on the right (with bright pink windows).