News from Bansko

Overview of news from Bansko, arranged according to date. Check out what's happening in Bansko Municipality.
  • Bansko will offer new festivals during this summer

    Bansko will offer new festivals during this summer

    15.02.2010Bansko aspires to be not only attractive for lovers of winter sports but also offers various other attractions during the summer season. The development of the cultural tourism in Bansko is one of the objectives of the m...
  • Love and Wine show in Bansko

    Love and Wine show in Bansko

    15.02.2010The Nikola Vaptsarov center in Bansko decided to please their fellow citizens with a special performance dedicated to lovers and was themed by the title \"Love and Wine\". The reason for the special performance was be...
  • Bansko is struggling through a project on safe conditions for ski tourism

    Bansko is struggling through a project on safe conditions for ski tourism

    12.02.2010All institutions in Bansko have mobilized their collective efforts to create safe conditions for practicing winter sports. However, no less are the offenders that go beyond the tracks and provoke incidents. In the Pir...
  • Bansko 's glory went to China

    Bansko 's glory went to China

    07.02.2010Our beautiful winter resort Bansko crossed the borders of Europe. Some now talk about it in China. Tour operators are willing to organize the arrival of Chinese tourists in Bansko. The Ambassador of China in our count...
  • New avalanche near hut Banderitsa

    New avalanche near hut Banderitsa

    31.01.2010An avalanche fell from the Palashitsa area over the Banderitsa hut in Pirin, above Bansko ski resort. The group of nine people, are members of the Alpine Club in Sofia. They escaped from the Banderitsa hut, apparently to...
  • A ski instructor from Bansko was killed by an avalanche

    A ski instructor from Bansko was killed by an avalanche

    29.01.2010The Mountain Rescue Service in Bansko reported that today at 13.30 an avalanche buried a ski teacher Ivan Popov from Bansko. The avalanche fell from the top to Todorka Bunderishka meadow. The man was riding a snowboar...
  • Naoko Yuasa is the winner in Bansko

    Naoko Yuasa is the winner in Bansko

    23.01.2010In Bansko the race of the second run of the slalom was completed today in the race for the European Cup. The winner is again the Japanese player Naoko Yuasa. He was the winner in yesterday's slalom. The time he triumphed...
  • European Cup in Bansko

    European Cup in Bansko

    22.01.2010Over the weekend, Bansko winter resort will host two slalom European Cup, Alpine skiing competitions. Bansko was ranked among the best European ski centers for offering the best skiing conditions. There will be repre...
  • Blockade of the Greek border is detrimental to tourism in Bansko

    Blockade of the Greek border is detrimental to tourism in Bansko

    22.01.2010The chairman of the Tourist Association in Bansko sent a letter to Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, which informs about the huge losses of tourism in Bansko. The blockade of the Greek farmers who are active during our touri...
  • Incident snowboarding in Bansko

    Incident snowboarding in Bansko

    22.01.2010The Mountain Rescue Service in Bansko made a full mobilization in order to help the two snowboarders who were stranded in the Demyanishka Valley of the Pirin. The rescue team recovered them and gave the support the snowb...
  • Foreigners do not go out of the pubs in Bansko

    Foreigners do not go out of the pubs in Bansko

    21.01.2010The Standard commented that many foreigners in Bansko quickly forget about skiing and hardly leave the pub. They do not only forget about their ski's but their wives too, commented the owners of various establishments. ...
  • The capacity of the gondola in Bansko proved insufficient

    The capacity of the gondola in Bansko proved insufficient

    21.01.2010Huge queues of visitors formed a line in Bansko. The capacity of the facility can not accommodate those who want to ski. In the morning during the peak hours and over the time of the promotional price of the lift at lunc...
  • 1,500,000 Leva everyday from 15,000 tourists in Bansko winter resort

    1,500,000 Leva everyday from 15,000 tourists in Bansko winter resort

    21.01.20101, 500, 000 Bulgarian Leva was spent by 15, 000 tourists in Bansko everyday before New Year! Every hotel facility in the city was 100% occupied, the winter Season 2009/2010 seems to be more successful than last year, sai...
  • Opening race of the European Cup in Bansko

    Opening race of the European Cup in Bansko

    21.01.2010Today at 18:00 hours begins the official opening ceremony of the European Cup competition in Bansko. After the celebration all will be withdrawn, and the vest and numbers will be given to the competitors. Tomorrow at...
  • Bansko ski zone should be extended

    Bansko ski zone should be extended

    21.01.2010In an interview with Georgi Ikonomov, MP for GERD Blagoevgrad and former chairman of the Municipal Council for Bansko they talked about the problems of the Bansko resort and ways to resolve them. It is vital for the ...
  • Two cars were broken into and robbed in Bansko

    Two cars were broken into and robbed in Bansko

    17.01.2010Two cars were damaged and broken into in Bansko. One was a marked Mercedes while the other was a Toyota. The cars were parked on two different streets. Both cars were broken into and robbed as the window of the front doo...
  • Cameras will inform us about the conditions in the mountains

    Cameras will inform us about the conditions in the mountains

    17.01.2010Useful information about the conditions and meteorological conditions in the mountains will be provided for the mountain lovers from cameras, reported Kiril Russev, the director of the Mountain Rescue Service. The cam...
  • Bulgaria's Ski Resort Bansko Triumphs Over the Crisis

    Bulgaria's Ski Resort Bansko Triumphs Over the Crisis

    03.01.2010In the last week hotels, ski facilities and restaurants in Bulgaria's mountain resort Bansko (southwestern Bulgaria) work at full speed - not the slightest trace of economic crisis. For New Year eve the small town wa...
  • Serbian, Macedonian and Montenegrin citizens gain visa-free access to Bulgaria

    Serbian, Macedonian and Montenegrin citizens gain visa-free access to Bulgaria

    20.12.2009Serbian, Macedonian and Montenegrin citizens will be able to travel around Europe without visas, starting December 19 2009. The move has been hailed as a big step in the future of European Union integration. Europe...
  • Bansko tourism conditions are perfect

    Bansko tourism conditions are perfect

    15.12.2009The Pirin Mountains have good conditions for tourism, reported the duty of mountain rescue service in Bansko. In the resort town 2cm of snow has fallen. In the higher parts of the mountains the weather is calm. Tempe...