It’s Snowing on the slopes above Bansko. Powder days are here. I’m forecasting 90cm+ of snow from yesterday until Sunday evening. From Monday 28th January 2019 should see the sunshine and colder temperatures. There will be rain in town and on the snow road which will cause some damage. But I don’t think anything to [...]

Skidoo (or snowmobiling) is something that many people have asked me about for many years. But somehow I had not found the time to go one for at least 6 years. But, finally, I’ve found something interesting on skidoo for Bansko Blog App users: the Bansko Skidoo Safari. (book activities in-app http://bit.ly/BanskoAppiOS    or   http://bit.ly/BanskoApp_Android) [...]

World Snow Day in Bansko comes around every year. And this time it’s held on Sunday 20th January 2019. Bansko ski resort celebrates the World Snow Day by reducing the daily ski pass to just BGN 1 for all children up to 12 years. Whilst I can recommend a trip to Bansko, unfortunately you won’t [...]

What a fabulous first few Bansko ski weeks of 2019 we’ve been having. Loads of smiles and as the queues melted away around 8th January the cold came in and ensured the most light powder snow and wondrous conditions. Check out my last vlog here:   Snow forecast After a little warming up yesterday temperatures [...]

Oscar wine bar and Gastro, os 10 Pirin street, is  the new kid on the block in the Bansko restaurant scene. So much so I think this is a new category of restaurant. A proper wine bar with proper refined cooking. There were many interesting wines by the glass to choose from, Most were from [...]

The snow is tumbling out of the ski and has been doing so for 24 hours. 20cm has fallen. This means that Chalin Valog can now open up and some Nice powder routes through the trees are available for advanced riders and skiers.   Snow forecast for the next week More snow Sunday 6th and [...]