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Travel Home > Directory > Destinations > Europe > Bulgaria > Bansko
Bansko. Pop. 9,212. Currency Lev. Language Bulgarian Time Zone GMT + 2 hours. Nearest airport – Sofia. Best Time to go – All year round resort for winter and summer visitors. Bansko is a situated in south western Bulgaria and has developed a reputation as one of the best winter sports resorts in Europe. 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. Historically, Bansko started life as an agricultural stock trading centre and a hub for travelling merchants. Modern day Bansko has emerged as a premier winter sports resort and summer destination. New developments have exploded in Basko including – apartments, gondolas, chair lifts, and hotels. Other developments include golf course construction, transport infrastructure, and land investment.
Bansko Ski-ing Hotels Flights and Travel including Rodina Hotel Winter Sports Summer Activities Property Investment Bansko Travel and Tourism in South Western Bulgaria.
Grand Hotel, is a 3 star hotel with 38 rooms. The 3-star recently renovated Rodina hotel is a traditional property in the Bansko winter sports resort. All guests of the hotel benefit from its convenient city centre, which is close to most food and entertainment city facilities. There is also a cafeteria and a restaurant available at the hotel with 80 available seats.
The Rhodopes are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, with over 83% of its area in southern Bulgaria and the remainder in Greece. Its highest peak, Golyam Perelik (2,191 m), is the seventh highest Bulgarian mountain. The region is particularly notable for the Karst areas with their deep river gorges, large caves and specific sculptured forms, such as the Trigrad Gorge.
Rila is a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria and the highest mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkans, with its highest peak being Musala at 2,925 m. The massif is also the sixth highest mountain in Europe (when each mountain is represented by its highest peak only), coming after the Caucasus, the Alps, Sierra Nevada, the Pyrenees and Mount Etna.
Bansko is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, located at the foot of Pirin at an altitude of 1936 m above sea level. It is considered to be the most developed Ski and Winter Resort in Eastern Europe, and is one of the best in Europe.
The Pirin Mountains are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with Vihren (2,914 m high) the highest peak. The town of Bansko, an important tourism and winter sports centre, is situated on the northeast slopes of the Pirin Mountains.
