Mountain Posts

Is This A Record Bansko Restaurant Rip Off?

OBETSANOVA MEHANA, is a Bansko restaurant that is named and shamed in today’s review from Bansko Blog readers, Patrick and Sylvia from Ireland. Read on to see why their meal was as much fun as having a tooth pulled. Firstly my many thanks to them for sending this in. Restaurant owners and operators are changing […]

Aug 30th 2009

Jazz Fest 2009: Video

Blagoevgrad Big Band video at Bansko Jazz Fest 2009. For more on Jazz Fest 2009: https://banskoblog.com/bansko-jazz-festival-2009-programme/ Tomorrow, 11th August, be sure to check out Mind Trips (Bulgaria) on stage B (video here Â https://banskoblog.com/bansko-jazz-fest-2009/ ) and again on the 11th on main square stage check out Candy Dulfer (Holland). If you are looking for accommodation in […]

Aug 10th 2009

Pirin Golf Monthly Series: The Winners

The Third round of the monthly Pirin Golf Series took place on Sunday July 26th. Here’s the winning Ana Maria Vulkanova receiving her prize. She had 24 stableford points. Winning male in division A (less than 12 handicap) was Rouman Anastov with 31 stableford points. He has a 6 handicap. In division B (over 12 […]

Aug 5th 2009

Christian Maurer Wins Red Bull XAlps

Christian Maurer pulls off the most unbelievable finish in the Red Bull XAlps. Yesterday he covered 193km paragliding and hiking and landed on the beach in Monaco. Last night he walked up Mont Gros above Monte Carlo – and slept at the top. He even beat his support and the media to the summit! Maurer […]

Jul 29th 2009

How To Enjoy The Seven Rila Lakes

Waking up in Sapareva Banya on Saturday, the forecast was 36 degrees and looking up at the clear blue sunny skies and smelling the clear air and slight mist clinging to the mountain slope. Â This sensation confirmed my view from a visit last year, that this is a very special area and required an assault […]

Jul 25th 2009

The Bansko Song: The Man Behind The Music

It’s always a huge pleasure receiving feedback from blog readers. And today I received something that was a bolt out of the blue. And it put a huge smile on my face. The message was from Michael Green. He had just searched the internet for info on the Bansko Jazz Festival https://banskoblog.com/bansko-jazz-festival-2009-programme/. Michael told me […]

Jul 9th 2009

Candy Dulfer & Band: Jazz Fest, Tuesday 11th August

Bansko Jazz Festival 2009 Programme

The Bansko Jazz Festival 2009 Programme has arrived — like a homing pidgeon, direct from the office of Dr Iliev, I am delighted to be able to publish the FINAL Bansko Jazz Fest 2009 line up. Dr Emi Iliev is the mastermind behind the Jazz Fest in Bansko – Â since the very start. And this […]

Jun 24th 2009

Mountain Bike Event – The Road To Nowhere: Audio Interview

In future yearsÂ MTB (Mountain Bike) enthusiasts will look back to 2009 as the year it all started for Bansko’s mountain biking. The region, and Bulgaria, are now set to be placed on the MTB world map of destinations… I recently caught up with mountain bike enthusiast, James Hughes. James is the mastermind behind the […]

Jun 15th 2009

Bansko Events Guide

Bansko Events Guide — coming soon. In the meantime, if you have, or know of, a Bansko Event that you would like to publiciseÂ — or any charity, or fundraising events, in Sofia or elsewhere in Bulgaria, then please contact me. I offer a FREE article and audio interview: make sure your event is well […]

Jun 14th 2009

How To Find Cheap Flights To Sofia: A Reader’s Question

We’re all up to it now. Finding cheap flights. Taking a break – and with the economic crisis in full swing – this should mean a ton of cheap flights to Bulgaria. Well that’s what you should think. And this is, I am sure, typical of many a reader — here’s an email from Maeve […]

Jun 10th 2009

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