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Borovets is the largest ski resort in Eastern Europe and provides low cost skiing for beginners and intermediates. It doesn’t have the glitz and glamour of French resorts like Val d’Isere or Chamonix, and even the fare offered in various hotels and restaurants is a bit of a shock to western stomachs. It’s ‘solid’, ‘filling’ and there’s no need to be hungry but the Bulgarians do not seem to have quite got the hang of western catering in most of Borovets establishments.

It takes about four hours to fly to Sophia Airport and the transfer time is around ninety minutes, but the roads and the way drivers behave is certainly unnerving, especially if you are sitting in the front seat of a minibus.

There are a number of hotels and villas providing basic accommodation but the ski schools are excellent and the main hotels have their own. Private ski tuition can be had very cheaply and equipment is cheap to hire. Ski passes can be bought as part of holiday packages, or you can buy one on arrival.

There are various evening entertainments from functions in hotels to ski contests, ski racing by professionals, ice skating, swimming in hotel pools, music, or enjoying a fondue night at a small restaurant.

Borovets also has a ski school for the little ones and tiny tots can be seen in long lines, using ski sticks one day, then a single ski, and finally putting it all together, as well as enjoying snowball fights and riding on sleds.

This is an excellent resort for a budget ski holiday. There are no frills but you will pay less than half what a holiday in the Alps would cost.