The first designated sledding run on Vitosha Mountain near Sofia opens this Saturday, January 23, as part of the Vitosha Winter Festival 2021. The event is in the framework of the initiative "Sofia - European Capital of Sport". The..
On January 16, the resort of Pamporovo will be open again for winter sports and the operator of the ski area has announced that reduced prices of the lift passes would be kept until January 22. For the past 5 days snow-making..
The rescue operation in the Balkan Mountains continued late in the evening as rescuers reached two severely injured tourists and brought them down the mountain on stretchers, BNT has informed. For two days, seven people were injured in the area of..
Today, December 28, Minister of Tourism Mariana Nikolova will personally get acquainted with the conditions for winter sports in the resort of Borovets, the Ministry of Tourism has reported. Minister Nikolova will check whether the anti-coronavirus..
During this winter season, Bulgaria will rely on domestic tourism, as well as on tourists from the Balkan countries. This was what Minister of Tourism Mariana Nikolova told journalists in the ski resort of Pamporovo, BTA has reported. Minister..
Astronomical winter starts on December 21 at 12:02 o'clock. This is the shortest day of the year - only 9 hours and 2 minutes for the latitude of Sofia. On this date, the Sun will pass through the point of the winter solstice in the constellation of..
On December 19, under strict anti-epidemic measures most of the Pamporovo ski area is officially open. Snow conditions in the resort are very good for mid-December. There is enough snow and a total of 6 slopes are open. The facilities operate at..
The Bulgarian resorts of Borovets and Bansko ranked second and fifth, in the chart of the best ski resorts in Eastern Europe by website Emerging Europe, 24 Chasa has reported. Among the advantages of Borovets are about 50 kilometers of immaculately..
The Bulgarian government has approved a rise in the budget of the Ministry of Tourism by 1,245,000 euros, BTA has reported. The money is aimed at a massive advertising campaign to promote winter tourism in Bulgaria, both in the domestic and in..
Sofia and the first snow for this season – to the delight of Sofia residents. In the early morning of November 30 the snow in the centre of the capital city was still not cleared. Urban transportation, though, was running on schedule...
