Bulgaria Holiday Reviews

Borovets is great for learning to ski or board . Great for a cheap winter break . Some lovely restaraunts .

Borovets is an excellent little Resort. The entire place you could probably walk around in about 20 minutes as it is all compact and close together.

I dont understand the people who have written bad reviews on this place? They must either be very old or very sad!

If you are an advanced skier or snowboarder then Borovets probably isn't the ideal location for you. If you are an intermediate or beginner then Borovets caters sufficiently for a weeks holiday and lots of fun.

There are two mountains which both run into Borovets - The more accessible of the two is the Rila mountain. This is made up of a mixture of Green, Blue, Red and Black runs. The entire mountain takes about 15 minutes to snowboard down dependent on how good you are - for someone like me - thats probably more like 25 mins with me having to pick me self up every two minutes!

The other mountain is allot bigger and will take an advanced Snowboarder dependent on what run they should choose about an 45mins - 1 hour. My self it took me about 1hr 30mins to get down using the blues and long red runs. If you are a beginner Snowboarder do not do what we did and take the Masala Pathway - it looks easy and is advertised as a long blue run but unless you are advanced enough to keep your speed up you will have to keep unclipping and walking every so often. If you are a skier or advanced snowboarder and can keep the pace up then this is a great twisty run. Took my friend about 45 mins to do from top to bottom non stop! Took me about 2.5hours however due to my inability to travel at high speeds on my snowboard without falling over!

We where so lucky with the weather - we had massive snowfall twice in the week - and where riding thick powder about 1.5ft deep on day 3. Next day gorgeous sunshine!! Again giving us amazing conditions and the opportunity to go up the main gondola and check out the stunning views.

The weather fluctuates quickly at the resort - one day it was thick snow fall the next gorgeous sunshine!! - I think we where very lucky however so prob worth keeping tabs on the weather reports to get a better picture.

The resort isn't cheap cheap - its about UK prices to eat out on a day to day basis - however, expect to pay no more than £10 - £20 for a good quality evening meal and probably alot less! Our favourite place was a little hut next to the main lift Gondola. Looked very modest however was really nice place -The guy who runs the place looks like an old version of Fonzzy so we nick named it Happy days! - The food in there was excellent - On our last night we went and had flaming satch - which was a mixture of vegitables, different meats and had vodka poured on it (i think) and set alight! Was so nice and tasty! Didnt last long lets put it that way!! + if you want to be forced to drink shots then - this is the place!! Our entire meal we where being given free shots of Sambuca and other local shots!! - Drunkeness on exit is probable!

Another great place to eat was the Mexican opposite our hotel. (Royal Plaza) We had to book a table and we could see why!! The place was heaving - they had a band playing who where fantastic!! The whole place was full of atmosphere and the food was tasty too! We also went to Chinese - Red Dragon - Again - really nice!

Negative things about Borovets - if you are going with small kids - then there is an element of sleaze about the place - there are a couple of strip clubs etc with a few scantily dressed women on the decor of the buildings - however it is non intrusive and we where never hassled by anyone to go in the clubs - so if you do have a family and worried about this - dont be!! Its not going to impact your stay in anyway apart from you maybe having to put your hands over your kids eyes when you walk past bars!

Club to go to in Borovets is the Buz Bar - Plays a mixture of UK Chart music and general tunes you here on Radio 1 over here and a mixture of old tunes you will recongise! Reminded me of being in my old student union!

Overall opinion of Borovets - Fantastic!! - Location is excellent - Transfer is quick - (1hr from sofia) Food is good - Slopes are good fun but not too taxing and people at the resort are all fantasic! Our Hotel was top rate too so if you want somewhere nice to stay at a competitive price check out the royal plaza! www.rentapartments.bg

Dont go expecting a Alps type ski resort - do go expecting great atomosphere lots of fun and a feeling you wish you could stay longer!

We really liked Sunny Beach, there were loads of bars and shops and stuff. Plenty to do at night. The beach was quite nice, and everything was pretty cheap we thought. The waterpark is really good too. We would consider going back there again.

Terrible place . After 35+ years of skiing hols i can say that this is definately the worst resort on the planet

Skiing ok if you prefer skiing uphill! Nothing works properly Everything is on the menu but non existent when you ask for it

What can I say really good value for money, everything is close to the slopes, food resatuarnts, bars, ski hire depots, hotel, etc etc

This UNESCO Heritage site is definitely worth visiting! Best thing to do is stay overnight in one of the monk's cells. Just go there in the morning/early afternoon and ask for a room in the reception area at the back of the monastery. Then look around in the monastery and the beautiful church and marvel at the detail of Rafael's Cross. The next you can hike up yo the cave where Ivan of Rila lived in, and then return to Sofia in the early evening.

We went as a group of 11, including 10 guys (aged from 19-22) and one girl. It was the first time any of us had been skiing, and we absolutely loved it.

Skiing by day is awesome, drinks by night were plentiful. For some reason we all ended up in either a kareokke bar or strip club at some stage of the night. Drinks are reasonably priced as most places do bogof.

Locals are really friendly, our Skiing instructor was an absolute ledge and came out with us almost every night!

Nothing to do everything was closed to the point they borded up all shops and took away telephone boxs.

Would have liked to see more but it was towards end of season, our own fault really. There was still alot to do. We enjoyed riding around on the golf buggies to see more of sunny beach. We like to go in main season to see more. would go again.

Found the resort of Elenite and location to be ok and you can always catch a bus or get a taxi into nearby much more busier and hustly Sunny beach

If you want enjoyment then this place will suit and at a third of the price of Euroland. A hub for nightlife and relaxation during the day. Will also suit families.

The noise at night or should I say early morning was shocking people running around shouting and screaming totally drunk on cheap beer and the security and staff done nothing about it. Would never go back to this hotel or Bulgaria as this has put us off PACKAGE HOLIDAYS for life.

We are Euro refugees, what with Spain being really expensive now. Sunny Beach offers everythig we liked about Mallorca really - nice beach, lots of bars, English newspapers and food. No reason to go back.

Sunny Beach as a Resort is very commercialised and if you decide to stay at the north end of the resort you won't be able to tell if your in Bulgaria or Tenerife!! The Hotel Nessebar Beach is one of the last hotels at the Southern end of the resort and therefore is a lot quieter but the busier part is only a few minutes walk away if you fancy a bit more of an English night out!

me and my girlfriend had a good holiday in sunny beach, i would definately go there again. really good bars and a nice beach, also the weather was great.