Property Type:
Apartment

Sleeping Capacity:
5

Rates:
£140 - 295

Description of Holiday Apartment

This large apartment, 85 sq metres, comfortably sleeps 5 and includes kitchenette facilities with a dining area, twin beds, single bed and double sofa bed in lounge area, 2 bathrooms with shower and WC.

Located on the 5th floor, with lift access, the apartment has great mountain views and views down to the town from the balcony.
After an exhilarating day on the piste, relax in the sauna and indoor pool located on the lower ground floor of the complex. Other on-site facilities include a lovely modern bar/restaurant (with large flat-screen TV's showing Sky Sports), and Spa centre. Ski storage and underground parking are also available.

You can prepare a meal in the kitchenette whenever you want to eat. Alternatively, an English chef prepares international dishes in the attractive on site restaurant.

Located just off Bankso's main street, with its' bars and restaurants within a short walk. With near proximity to the Pirin National Park with breathtaking mountain views.

• Restaurant on 2 levels
• Indoor heated swimming pool
• SPA Facilities
• 24 hour Reception Area
• 24/7 Security throughout the complex

Luxuries: Sauna, Indoor Pool, Internet access, Staffed Property
General: Central heating, TV, Telephone, Safe, Satellite TV
Standard: Kettle, Hair dryer
Utilities: Cooker, Microwave, Fridge
Rooms: Shower rooms (1), WCs (1)
Furniture: Sofabeds (1), Single beds (2), Dining seating for 2, Lounge seating for 4, Sleeps maximum of 4
Other: Linen and towels provided.
Highchair available.
Outdoors: Balcony / Terrace
Access: Lift access to property, Secure parking
Further details indoors:
There is a safe provided for added security.

Wired internet is available in public areas only and is free of charge. Room services, currency exchange and laundry services are available.

Further details outdoors:
Reception & Lobby Area with bar
Restaurant & Bar on Ground floor
Ski storage and ski hire.
Underground parking subject to availability

Skiing Facilities

Bansko / Gramadeto area
Bansko is situated in the Southwestern part of Bulgaria, at the foot of the Pirin mountain. The picturesque town offers its guests a 16 km uninterrupted ski run, starting from Todorka Peak (2600 metres) all the way down to the base station of the cable car on the outskirts of the town.

With a total ski run length of 75 kilometers covering 14 pistes and a ski season that lasts for five months Bansko is the new place to be.

State of the art facilities - good variety for all types of skiers, off piste and x-country skiing.
• Highest Lift: 2560m
• Km of Piste: 65km
• Longest Run: 16km
• Cross Country Trails: 9km
• Beginner Slopes: 8 (Blue)
• Intermediate Slopes: 11 (Red)
• Advanced Slopes: 1 (Black)
• Mtn Restaurants: 10
• Lifts: 15 (1 Gondola, 7 High Speed Chairs, 7 Drags)
• Night Skiing

Piste map can be found below:
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Further Details

The apartment is situated 5 minutes from the main Gondola lift and local amenities, bars, restaurant and new ice rink.The bars and restaurants are known locally as Mehanas. There are reportedly over 350 in and around Bansko and most produce their own wine. When you order the house red that really is what you are getting!! Most of the local "Mehanas" even offer live folk music.

But Bansko is a year round resort. In the Summer tourists can enjoy horse riding, hiking, mountain biking, paintball, extreme adventures (off road jeep safari, rock climbing, white water rafting etc), excursions to Bulgaria's famous Rila Monastery and a trip on the country's oldest mountain railway. Bansko also hosts an annual traditional jazz and Bulgarian folk music festivals and numerous other cultural events.
Activities near Bansko
Sports:
Ski resort location
Horse Riding
Golf within 30 mins drive
Fishing
Great for:
Walking holidays
Rural / countryside retreats
Good nightlife
Cycling holidays

Location of Holiday Apartment

Surrounded by the Pirin, Rila and Rhodopi mountains, Bansko is a climatic mountain resort and the town is listed as one of UNESCO's World Heritage sites.
The Pirin mountain range is the second highest mountain range in Bulgaria. Extending over an area of 27,400ha and lying at an altitude of 1,008 - 2,914m in the Pirin mountains, the Pirin National Park has a limestone Balkan landscape, with lakes, waterfalls, caves and pine forests. The rugged mountains, with some 70 glacial lakes scattered throughout them, are home to hundreds of endemic and rare species, many of which are representative of the Balkan Pleistocene flora. The so-called Baikousheva mura (a Rumelian pine - Pinus heldreichii), whose age is estimated to be more than 1,300 years grows near to the Banderitsa chalet.The mountains also have diverse and unique landscapes of great aesthetic value.

Directions to Holiday Apartment

Flights to Sofia or Plovdiv airports can be found with;
www.wizzair.com - Airline that now offers direct flights from Luton airport
www.britishairways.com - National airline that offers flights to Sofia direct from Gatwick and Heathrow
www.air.bg/en - Bulgarian national airline that offers flights from Sofia direct to London and Manchester
www.easyjet.com - Budget airline that is offering flights to Sofia from Gatwick and Manchester
www.thomsonfly.com
www.cheapflights.co.uk
www.hemusair.bg
www.bulgaria-air.co.uk

Taxi to Bansko takes approx 2.5hrs and costs approx 150 euros Return
Coach from central bus station takes 3hrs and costs approx 5 euros (first bus leaves 7:30am) and departs every hour.

Nearest Travel Links
Airport: SOFIA: 150 km
Railway: BANSKO: 1 km
Transfers to and from the airport can be arranged on behalf of clients, using a locallly recommended company. Well recommended and very good rates.