The best of ski and summer comes together for a fraction of the cost!
Pamporovo offers extremely good value for money and is probably one of the best places in the world to learn to ski. It is particularly suitable for beginners and children and is also one of the cheapest places, with a cost of living of around a third of other European ski resorts. It has a number of first-class ski schools with English speaking instructors.
It has a unique claim to fame – this bright, modern ski resort is the sunniest mountain resort in Europe. It boasts no less than 270 sunny days a year on average, and in the winter provides an ideal combination – plenty of snow (average snow depth of 140 – 150cm) and plenty of sparkling sunshine to show off the resort at its best. Being an all year round holiday resort, summer temperatures range from 20 - 30c.
Nestled in the heart of the Rhodope Mountains, set within a beautiful Nature Reserve, this beautiful region is said to have once been the home of Orpheus. Set amongst magnificent pine forests, it’s tailor-made for skiing, having well designed ski runs for beginners to advanced skiers as well as cross country skiing and snowboarding. Pamporovo has just benefited from the opening (2011) of a brand new state of the art ski lift beng the only one of its kind on the Balkan Peninsula and ranked second in Europe. This lift has enabled the ski season to be extended by using the wonderful conditions of ski tracks on the northern slopes and now takes the total length of ski tracks in Pamprovo to 25km!
In the resort itself, Pamporovo offers a whole host of contemporary bars, restaurants, shops and other facilities catering for the every need of the tourist. Also nearby is the very picturesque town of Smolyan, which again has a whole array of restaurants, trendy bars, shops, boutiques and leisure facilities catering for everyone.
During the summer months the area offers wonderful cycling, as well as trekking with a guide, fishing and hunting, outdoor paintball, alpine climbing, quad bikes, horse riding and lots of variety and facilities for people who prefer to be with nature. The border with Greece is now open, so within a couple of hours you can drive from Pamporovo through to Greece, if you would like to make your holiday a 'two-centre' adventure.
Enjoy breathtaking walks or hikes amongst some of the most beautiful scenery Bulgaria has to offer.
