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Borovets Reviews
10 reviews of Borovets in Bulgaria.
Voted 2nd out of 3 reviewed ski resorts in Bulgaria
- Superb(1)
- Good(7)
- O.K.(1)
- Poor(0)
- Awful(0)
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Excellent & Friendly Service!
Reviewed 20 Oct 2020
We arrived late in the evening & were quite tired after a long day travelling. As arranged Chris was there to meet us & he kept us entertained for the whole trip to our hotel with stories & lots of useful info about where we could eat & which bars were good to drink in. The bottles of water & sweets in the minibus were a nice touch. We will definitely book again!!
Go to Bobby's!!
Reviewed 23 May 2016
Borovets was nice! You get bartered to come into the restaurants and bars a bit, but overall it was ok. It’s a good resort for beginners. Definitely, no matter who you are, go to Bobby’s Bar. It’s amazing for families, young people, everyone. We ate there pretty much all week; they do all sorts of food and it’s really good and well-priced. We didn’t do many other things, it was near the end of the season and things like snowmobiling were at a standstill.
Enjoyed skiing in Borovets
Reviewed 21 Apr 2016
I enjoyed my first trip to Borovets, I was lucky to have good snow conditions in January, and the people there were friendly. I suspect it wouldn’t appeal to really experienced skiers, but that’s not my level anyway so I was fine.
Group holiday in Borovets
Reviewed 20 Apr 2016
The snow was pretty good while we were here – we were mostly boarders and a few skiers and the terrain was fine with varied slopes and a lot of beginner-ish terrain.
Borovets’ nightlife is good fun but it was annoying having all the club reps hassling you to go into their bars when you’ll probably end up there at some point in the week anyway... It’s not a particularly family friendly resort but for a young group of lads on holiday it’s great. Everything’s really cheap and every bar you go into you get free shots.
Cannot fault Borovets
Reviewed 20 Apr 2016
I can’t fault Borovets and will definitely ski here again. I’d without a doubt recommend it to anyone who wants to learn and anyone else really!
We had no problems whatsoever with the journey here - flew into the main airport, Sophia International, which is a very modern airport and got on the coach to the resort with no problems. From Sophia to Borovets took about 1 hour 15 - 1 hour 20 minutes.
The people in the resort are so friendly and they couldn’t do enough for you. There are lots of lads when you walk up and down the high street who try and get you into the restaurants, offering you free drinks etc, we ended up getting to know one lad who called himself Diamond and really looked after us throughout the week.
Borovets is the oldest resort in Bulgaria, it’s a little shanty town and is all lit up at night in all different colours. Unlike other ski resorts, it’s a really lovely place to be in the evenings with plenty of restaurants, shops open and lots to do – the night skiing was amazing.
I enjoyed Bulgaria more than Austria, I’ve been to places like Neiderau and Mayrhofen and the snow conditions are better. The snow was very good in January but if I go back I’ll probably look at mid to end of February as they have a later season and that’s when the best snow is. The lifts can be a lot busier at times but it depends on the time of year, and that’s the same as any resort. Apparently in the next couple of years they’ll be spending a lot of money to improve it even more.
Brilliant half term in Borovets
Reviewed 22 Apr 2015
We had a brilliant week in Borovets. It was half term and there were a lot of families there but we didn’t experience any queuing for lifts. The weather was good (5/6 days of clear blue skies) and the snow was amazing. The skiing’s really good, with a lot of nice, wide and quiet runs. If you were a super skier after loads of challenging black runs it might not be the resort for you, but for a week of family fun it’s great. The area’s self-contained so you couldn’t find yourself 3 valleys away and missing the last lift back, which meant the kids could go off on their own. All in all a great week.
Been here loads, good beginner resort, Bobby's bar is great
Reviewed 22 May 2014
I've been coming here for years as I have a friend who lives here. Borovets isn’t very big and hasn’t got the infrastructure of resorts in France. If you’re a beginner going skiing for the 1st time, it’s a good starter place but if you’ve been to France and Austria and then go to Bulgaria, you might be disappointed.
The ski area is beginner-intermediate, there are only 2 black runs I can think of and even those aren’t that challenging.
I always book last minute because the biggest problem is making sure there’s enough snow there. The best time of year is usually early Feb – March, but even at the beginning of February this year we were quite limited to only a couple of runs that had snow machines on.
The whole village is half a mile, it’s set around three roads that form a triangle and you could probably walk around the whole place in 10 minutes. It’s not a huge place but there are clubs, restaurants and bars. A lot of the restaurants are traditional Bulgarian and like with any ski resort, any place on the mountain will cost twice as much. Check out Bobby’s Bar – Kas is English and her husband is Bulgarian, they have a kids club and the food is really good there. Just make sure you don’t do something wrong or you’ll have to do a punishment shot of their own particular brand of rakia! You can get a taxi into Samakov town (which takes about minutes) which is worth doing for something different.
I would go back if I went skiing in Bulgaria again
Reviewed 18 May 2014
I would rate this resort as very good. Literally everyone speaks English, all the staff, everyone. There are loads of English people who go there, so I wouldn’t come here if you want a particularly foreign experience. In terms of difficulty I would rate it difficult enough. There’s not really enough to do for very, very advanced skiers but there are enough difficult slopes to keep even the better skiers happy. It’s a decent size. There are quite of few groups of children. I think it must be in the top 3 resorts in Bulgaria - I would go back if I went skiing in Bulgaria again.
A lively resort, great for beginners
Reviewed 14 May 2014
I was learning to ski and it was great for me. The snow was ok but it was coming to the end of the season. I think it’s great for everyone, all levels, but advanced skiers probably want to go there when the snow is better. It is varied, there are blacks and harder runs for the better skiers. There’s plenty to do other than skiing. They offer trips, for example you can go out with a skidoo. The town is lively. There are plenty of bars offering quiz nights and such like. Buzz Bar was good, and we went to the Red Lion pub a bit, and then there was BJ’s right on the corner (don’t laugh) which had music and sky sports and happy hours. The drinks were quite cheap.
Great baptism of fire
Reviewed 29 Dec 2013
First place I ever went skiing- it gave me the bug. Family friendly and very picturesque, I remember the the horse drawn carriages and tree lined cobble roads making it a wondrous place as a child. The beginner runs were entertaining, mostly snowed over roads which for a kid, you didn't have any fear about blasting round them while the instructor screamed 'SNOWPLOW!!!!' Would definitely like to go back since skiing it 10 years ago.
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