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Location:
Bansko is situated in Southwestern Bulgaria, at the foothills of one of the most beautiful Bulgarian mountains Pirin. Pirin is a National Reserve, included in the World Natural Heritage list.
Bansko is on E72 road 160 km south from Sofia.
Climate: The skiing conditions in Bansko are excellent. The climate is typical for a mountain resort with short summers and long winters. The average temperature during the coldest month January is -1,9 °C. The skiing season starts in the middle of December and ends in mid April.
Sightseeing:
The town itself attracts visitors with its 120 cultural monuments, museums and permanent ethnographic exhibitions. A very interesting sight is The Holy Trinity Church with its 30 m high bell tower and clock, splendid murals and woodcarvings.
A Ski resort of national significance, much visited also in summers as a starting point for excursions into the mountains.
Bansko is close to many other interesting places. Melnik and Rojen Monastery, Sandanski and Velingrad, Rila mountain and Rila Monastery (40 minutes driving).
Southeast of Bansko you can find remains of the late-medieval single-nave churches "St George" and "St Elijah".
Visitor’s Review of Bansko:
- yup I was right about the trees, had some great powder days here in bansko all in all a good season the new lifts work out really well, when the link between the two stations is put in the resort will work for all levals of skiier.
- I was in bansko the first week of february. Great value, and some fantastic skiing. The first couple of days were best, since there had been new snow the week before. They have to do something about getting back and forward between the top of the gondola and the other lifts for beginners, but for an experienced or expert, there is plenty to keep you going for a week! Obviously a lot of new uplift and investment, and a lot prettier than i was expecting. Highly recommended!
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