News from the Bulgarian ski and mountain resorts

The construction of highway ???Rila' is now being considered. The road is foreseen to be 80 km long, informed Georgy Krumov, executive director of Rila - Samokov 2004 after the first sod of Super Borovets mega complex. The road will pass through Dupnitsa, Samokov, Vakarel, Vitinia and will link the highways Struma, Trakia and Hemus. After the constructions end the distance Sofia centre - Borovets resort will be 35-40 minutes. Regional...

Snow Covers Mountains in Bulgaria, Lower Parts See Warm, Sunny Weather Snow is expected to fall over the high mountains in Bulgaria in few days, while the lowest parts of the country will see warm and sunny weather, forecasts say. The temperatures will drop by up to 12C in the forthcoming weekend. The cold spell is likely to be accompanied by frost blanket in the same period. The warm weather is expected to come back for a couple of days, starting October 15, when the mercury...

The official start of the super Borovets Project was marked on 8th October 2007. New opportunities for the appearance of Bulgaria on the international tourism market. “We are among the dreamers of this project” – these words echoed from the mouths of elderly people proudly standing on the festive scene, raised specially for the ground breaking ceremony of the Super Borovets project. The ceremony took place on 8th October 2007 in the Pashenitsa site, in close vicinity to Samokov. The...

Citizens to Reach Rila Mountain in 30 Minutes The Super Borovets project starts with the construction of a cable car to the region of Markudjitsite for fifteen million euros In three years' time Sofia citizens will need only thirty-five minutes to reach the ski runs in the winter resort of Borovets, because this is the deadline for the construction of the Rila Highway, which will connect Sofia with the town of Samokov. "The Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works...

Developers break ground for expansion of Bulgarian ski resort Borovets The much-anticipated expansion of Bulgarian ski resort Borovets, dubbed the Super Borovets project, is set to finally get underway on Monday with the ground-breaking ceremony for a lift connecting the city of Samokov with the Markudjik ski runs. The Super Borovets concept has been tweaked to avoid the mass-marketing of the resort as a destination of second homes and ski runs, said Georgi Krumov,...