i am going skiing in two weeks to Bansko- any recoomendations on decent but cheap ski companies that facilitate english speaking private lessons and provide decent ski equipment hire?
Also any suggestions on where to eat and go out?
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Ski equipment & ski school in Bansko
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Started by Aoife mcg in Bulgaria 08-Jan-2009 - 1 Reply
Aoife mcg posted Jan-2009
Nikifinbow
reply to ' Ski equipment & ski school in Bansko' posted Jan-2009
Hi there,
I've just retruned from Bansko this week. We used the Inghams ski rental people as we'd pre-booked passes and hire etc before we went. Equipment was fairly basic and standard but we didn't have any problems.
The main ski school was Ulen. Two of our party had ski school with an English speaking instructor. One day, four of us hired a private Ulen instructor which worked out about £60 between the 4 of us for an hour. Wasn't great cos the guy was really shy and his English wasn't great but I managed to understand him. On the plus side, it meant we got to queue jump on a very busy day!
Up on the slopes, avoid the Goat restaurant as it's horrible and expensive. Best bet is to either ski back down into Bansko or eat at the Shilginarka (not sure if that's spelt right) lift stop/general meeting place. They did really nice pizza slices and chicken kebabs - cost about 10 lev for either and a drink. You have to sit outside but it was really quite nice in the sun and not too cold.
In the evenings, we tended to go to the Hotel Ida for drinks as it was right opposite our apartments (Antilia) - nice cocktails and happy hour. We also went to the Irish Pub a few times. They served good, cheap food in the Irish Bar too. Avoid Angels Steak House. Some nice restaurants the further down Pirin Street you walk and there was a good italian restaurant at the top of Pirin Street opposite the Lion Pub, can't remember the name. Food was good but they seemed to struggle getting 13 meals out at the same time - some people were waiting a while.
We just bought cereal and bread for breakfast as we were self-catering but there was a nice little caravan called the English Kitchen (maybe? not quite sure) where you could get homemade soup and bacon/sausage sandwiches and other food. Always smelled lovely as we were walking past.
Skiing was best in the morning as it got icy in the afternoon and it's definitely worth being at the gondola for 8.30. Mind you, it was New Year when we were there so extra busy.
let me know if you want to know anything else.
I've just retruned from Bansko this week. We used the Inghams ski rental people as we'd pre-booked passes and hire etc before we went. Equipment was fairly basic and standard but we didn't have any problems.
The main ski school was Ulen. Two of our party had ski school with an English speaking instructor. One day, four of us hired a private Ulen instructor which worked out about £60 between the 4 of us for an hour. Wasn't great cos the guy was really shy and his English wasn't great but I managed to understand him. On the plus side, it meant we got to queue jump on a very busy day!
Up on the slopes, avoid the Goat restaurant as it's horrible and expensive. Best bet is to either ski back down into Bansko or eat at the Shilginarka (not sure if that's spelt right) lift stop/general meeting place. They did really nice pizza slices and chicken kebabs - cost about 10 lev for either and a drink. You have to sit outside but it was really quite nice in the sun and not too cold.
In the evenings, we tended to go to the Hotel Ida for drinks as it was right opposite our apartments (Antilia) - nice cocktails and happy hour. We also went to the Irish Pub a few times. They served good, cheap food in the Irish Bar too. Avoid Angels Steak House. Some nice restaurants the further down Pirin Street you walk and there was a good italian restaurant at the top of Pirin Street opposite the Lion Pub, can't remember the name. Food was good but they seemed to struggle getting 13 meals out at the same time - some people were waiting a while.
We just bought cereal and bread for breakfast as we were self-catering but there was a nice little caravan called the English Kitchen (maybe? not quite sure) where you could get homemade soup and bacon/sausage sandwiches and other food. Always smelled lovely as we were walking past.
Skiing was best in the morning as it got icy in the afternoon and it's definitely worth being at the gondola for 8.30. Mind you, it was New Year when we were there so extra busy.
let me know if you want to know anything else.
Topic last updated on 08-January-2009 at 15:18