Almost 10 hours of ski party will mark the official start of the winter season in Bansko next Saturday. On December 17 there will be a lot of ski, and a lot of music with the biggest - Krisko! As every year, the "Join the champion's team" campaign attracts the most interest. More than 100 people have signed up until now to join the legendary Fritz Strobl, who will be visiting for the first time, and Marc...
The great Marc Girardelli is also euphoric about the early snowfall in Bansko. As is well known, he is a world embassador of the top resort. "Great! I am looking forward to skiing with Fritz Strobl in three weeks", wrote Girardelli. It is no secret that the famous 44-year old Austrian skier Fritz Strobl, who for almost two decades holds the record for fastest time down the scary "Streif" ski slope, will...
Nikolina Anghelkova, minister of Tourism, and Georgi Ikonomov, mayor of Bansko, met to discuss the upcoming winter season. At the meeting they talked about the readiness of the state institutions and the tourist industry to ensure a smooth winter season. Mayor Georgi Ikonomov opened the meeting and stated that the municipality is ready for the unproblematic start of the season. He explained that the...
The number of temporary buildings for commercial usage in Bansko must be reduced, declared Malin Bistrin, chairman of the tourist union in the resort. According to Bistrin, Bansko’s image must not be that of a town where you find pizza slices and kebabs on every street corner, but the restaurants should be aiming to attract tourists of a higher category. Currently, there are tens of registered...
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...
