Due to the inauguration of the new ski season 2016/2017, Bansko municipality annouces declarations are now being gathered from children from the 1st to the 12th grade who want to ski in non-organized groups. Such non-organized groups will be able to ski every weekend, including during school vacations. The declarations will be accepted in the municipality building, floor 3, room 300, from 8:00am to...
Bansko has proven yet again its reputation well deserved after it was appointed the Number One Ski Resort in Bulgaria for the fourth time in a row by the highest institution in the tourist industry. The Pirin treasure town received an award, which is the equivalent of an Oscar statuette, by the Academy of World Ski Awards. Bansko received the award at a red-carpet ceremony at the “A-Rosa” hotel in...
The cover charges for the Students' celebration vary between 60 and 260 leva depending on the category, the number of nights, and other extras included The hoteliers in Bansko, Bulgaria's most prestigeous winter resort, expect more than 10 000 students for Dec 8th. The cover prices are between 60 and 260 leva depending on the category, the number of nights, and other extras included. The preparation for...
Since last night the snow cannons started working in Bansko, producing artificial snow to cover the ski slopes in the resort, announced Ivan Obreykov, marketing director of the ski area. Last week’s torrential rains caused serious damage to the infrastructure and the ski slopes. People are still working hard to eliminate the damage especially in the area between the ski road from Bandarishka poliana...
For the second consecutive year the concessionaire bansko ski area - "Ulen", Announced Promotional Discounts a month before the official opening of the winter campaign. From 15 to 30 November at the coffers of starting the gondola lift and in the store on the makssport " in Sofia on bull. "Bulgaria" No 81 all seasonal cards will be sold with 200 lv. Cheaper. So the adults will be out 1300 lv., for...
The Bulgarian ski resort BANSKO will be included in the list of 400 European cities carrying the title of sports capitals Bansko defended its nomination for European Sport city for 2017. In the past few days the accreditation committee of the European Capitals and Cities of Sport association (ACES Europe) led by its president Gian Francesco Lupattelli were in the resort in order to assess the nomination. A...
Bansko’s mayor Georgi Ikonomov issued an order to cancel yesterday’s state of distress in the city. The state of distress has been announced due to the large amount of rain in the last 24 hours that led to a raise in the levels of the Glazne, Banderishka and Damyanitsa rivers, and caused material damages to several restaurants on the territory of Bansko’s ski area, as well as the destruction of two...
A state of distress was announced in Bansko as the Glasne river went out of its bed and three bridges were carried away by the waters. Some of the ski runs and some restaurants nearby have suffered damages. Fortunately, for the time being no citizens have been hurt, reports StrumaBg. Currently the employees of the Civil Protection department, firefighters and other authorities are working to keep the...
Sarah Lewis, general secretary of the International Ski Federation and general secretary of the International Winter Sports Association, visited shortly the country in order to discuss with the minister of Sports Krassen Kralev the preparation of Bansko for hosting the three starts of the World Snowboard cup for men and women in February, and the possibility that our country apply for hosting the World Ski...
The depot for household waste will serve more than 60 000 residents of the four municipalities of Razlog, Bansko, Yakoruda, and Belitsa. The inauguration ribbon was cut by Bulgaria’s prime minister Boyko Borissov, the minister of regional development and urbanization Lilyana Pavlova, the minister of Environment and waters Ivelina Vassileva, the governor of Blagoevgrad region Bisser Mihaylov, the mayor...
