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Pamper Treatment at The Lodge in Bulgaria's Borovets

by MacBesT on 01/08/2007 04:33   0 comments , 326 views
Categories: Things to know, Sport, Places To See, News, Local Events, Hotels, Business of the Week
Tags: skiing, Borovets, sport, Lodge Collection, investmen

 

The Lodge Collection, the first in a chain of apartment hotels, opened its doors in Borovets, Bulgaria's most distinguished ski resort. Photo by Nadya Kotseva (Sofia Photo Agency)

The Lodge Collection, the first in a chain of apartment hotels, opened its doors in Borovets, a Bulgarian distinguished ski resort.

The hotel was constructed in 2006 by Octopus Developments Ltd, owned by one of the leading investors in London.

"This is the first hotel in...
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Skiing Conditions in Bulgaria Attract Foreigners

by MacBesT on 01/08/2007 04:20   0 comments , 281 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 Medi...
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Artificial Snow Saves Ski Season in Bulgaria

by MacBesT on 12/21/2006 09:24   0 comments , 347 views
Categories: Trips, Things to know, Sport, News, Local Events
Tags: Bulgaria, Smolyan, Pamporovo, ski resorts, lifts, snow gun

Artificial Snow Saves Ski Season in Bulgaria

by MacBesT on 21 December 2006, 09:05 AM

Categories : Things to know - 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 wo...
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Snow Business in Bulgaria and Switzerland

by MacBesT on 12/05/2006 08:36   0 comments , 311 views
Categories: Things to know, Sport, News, Local Events, History, Business of the Week
Tags: Bulgaria, Pamporovo, EU, Bansko, UK, Snow Business, Switzerland, Boroverts, Brits, Rhodopi Mouintin, Pirin Mountun, Rila Mountin



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 historically significant as the venue for the earliest British ski holidays. The other is an impoverished former socialist republic whose low-cost skiing experience "bears no comparison to skiing in the mainstream Alpine countries" according to the Good Sk...
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St.St. Theodor Tyron & Theodor Stratilat church - the village of Dobarsko

by MacBesT on 10/25/2006 04:48   0 comments , 505 views
Categories: Things to know, Places To See, History, Cultural Heritage
Tags: St.St. Theodor Tyron & Theodor Stratilat church, Dobarsko, Razlog, holy Rila mountain
St.St. Theodor Tyron & Theodor Stratilat church - the village of Dobarsko    
The village of Dobarsko is located some 17 km away from Razlog, on the southern slope of the holy Rila mountain. According to the local legend, the first inhabitants of the place were the soldiers from the army of Tsar Samuil, who were blinded by the Byzantine ruler Basil II after the battle at Kleidion (Belasitsa) in 1014. They were on their way to the Rila monaste...
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