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According to Austrian News Magazine - "Construction works in Bansko can compete with Shanghai"

by MacBesT on 01/22/2007 10:17   0 comments ,243 views
Categories: Things to know, Sport, Restaurants, Places To See, News, Hotels, Business of the Week
Tags: Bulgaria, Bansko, Pirin Mountun, ski resort, millionaire, Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski, 1000 sq. m. ice-skating rink

Austrian journalists compare Bansko to the elite ski resort of Ischgl, listed as one of the top winter resorts in Europe
Photo The Standart

"The resort of Basnsko is the new Shanghai in the middle of Eastern Europe," the latest edition of Austrian magazine News reads. "Gold-digger's attitude. Construction cranes in a background of white topped mountains. Investors from Sofia are building dozen of hotels and prices for a square meter of land have r...
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The Guardian - Laugh all the way to Bansko

by MacBesT on 01/13/2007 06:12   0 comments ,270 views
Categories: Things to know, Sport, Restaurants, Places To See, News, Hotels
Tags: Bulgaria, Bansko, Ski resirt, Pirin


It's cheap, uncrowded, the lifts work and it's got some snow. Could Bansko in Bulgaria be the new Andorra?
Felice Hardy,
 
The Guardian
Saturday January 13 2007
 
Almost the Alps ... Bankso has been transformed into a winter destination that can truly compete with the Alps. Photograph: EPA/Vassil Donev

It is 15 years since my last ski trip to Bulgaria and the mountain is unrecognisable. Gone are the ancient lifts and long queues; gone, too, are the che...
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Skiing Conditions in Bulgaria Attract Foreigners

by MacBesT on 01/08/2007 04:20   0 comments ,267 views
Categories: Things to know, Sport, Places To See, News, Business of the Week
Tags: Bulgaria, Pamporovo, skiing, Bansko, Borovets, bulgarian ski resorts



The mild weather around Europe seems to have sent many a skiers to Bulgaria's resorts.

Borovets, one of the top three winter resorts in the country, offered this weekend good skiing opportunities for its guests, mostly Russians and Britons. The resort has three runs open.

Skiers will find functional runs in Vitosha mountain, Bansko and Pamporovo.

Meanwhile experts commented that northern Europe could reap big benefits from global warming.

"The Medit...
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Artificial Snow Saves Ski Season in Bulgaria

by MacBesT on 12/21/2006 09:24   0 comments ,318 views
Categories: Trips, Sport, Places To See, News, Local Events
Tags: Bulgaria, Smolyan, Pamporovo, ski resorts, lifts, snow gun


Bulgaria's EU accession on January 1 won't send up the cost of the ski lift passes, a poll of Standart shows. Bulgaria's four big winter resorts, Bansko, Borovets, Pamporovo and Vitosha, announced that this winter they won't increase the prices of ski services. Bansko and Pamporovo keep their tradition and preserve the preferential prices for the Bulgarian tourists who are considered regular guests.
 Bansko uses 75 snowguns to fight the global wa...
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Snow Business in Bulgaria and Switzerland

by MacBesT on 12/05/2006 08:35   0 comments ,266 views
Categories: Things to know, Sport, Places To See, News, Local Events, Business of the Week
Tags: Bulgaria, Pamporovo, EU, Bansko, UK, Snow Business, Switzerland, Boroverts, Brits, Rhodopi Mouintin, Pirin Mountun, Rila Mountin

Snow Business in Bulgaria and Switzerland

by MacBesT on 05 December 2006, 07:41 AM

Categories : Opinion - News - Business of the Week - Things to know
Tags : Bulgaria , Pamporovo , EU , Bansko , UK , Snow Business , Switzerland , Boroverts , Brits

 



By Stephen Wood
The Independent

They make an odd couple, as ski destinations and in most other respects. One country is a wealthy federation of great age, renowned for its service standards, and historicall...
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Bayuvi Dupki – Djindjiritsa Reserve

by MacBesT on 10/24/2006 04:42   0 comments ,907 views
Categories: Things to know, Places To See
Tags: Pirin Mountain, reserve, Bayuvi Dupki – Djindjiritsa, Sindjiritsa
– Djindjiritsa Reserve
  
On October 24 the town of Razlog (Southwestern Bulgaria) celebrates its public holiday. Besides for the rich history, the region is known also for its breathtaking nature. The Bayuvi Dupki – Djindjiritsa is one of the Bulgaria’s oldest reserves (established in 1934). It is located close to the town of Razlog, in Pirin Mountain. The reserve was created to protect the two rare species of Macedonian pine and Bosnian Pine, as...
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