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Vitosha opens its 2009/2010 ski season with a night show

Thu, Dec 17 2009 12:11 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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Vitosha opens its 2009/2010 ski season with a night show

Vitoshko Lale ski run

Photo: Nikolai Doichinov


The ski season on Sofia's Vitosha Mountain will officially open on the evening of Friday December 18 2009 with a special night show on Vitosho Lale slope, concessionaire Vitosha Ski said.

The event will start at 7pm. It will include demonstrations by professional skiers.

The good news for skiers this year is that daily ski passes for all Bulgaria's major ski destinations, including Vitosha, will remain unchanged from the previous year.

In Vitosha skiers will be able to enjoy the delights of the mountain for 35 leva a day.

Prices in Bansko, Bulgaria's most developed ski resort, and arguably the most modern in southeastern Europe, will remain at 50 leva a day. A daily ski pass for Pamporovo in the Rhodope is also pegged at 50 leva, while skiing in Borovets, in Rila, will cost 55 leva a day for all facilities on a weekday and 35 leva on a weekend.

Three-day passes and weekly discount passes will also remain unchanged on the previous year. A three-day pass in Borovets will cost 154 leva, 147 leva in Bansko and 146 leva in Pamporovo. Weekly passes are 268 leva for Borovets and 283 leva in Bansko and Pamporovo.

Skiers must note that the "weekly" pass only covers six days' skiing.

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