Sofia Region
Sofia, Sofia province
Sofia is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Bulgaria. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of the mountain massif Vitosha, and is the administrative, cultural, economic, and educational centre of the country.
Sofia's development as a significant settlement owes much to its central position in the Balkans. It is situated in western Bulgaria, at the northern foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the Sofia Valley that is surrounded by mountains on all sides. The valley is the largest one in the country .Three mountain passes lead to the city, which have been key roads since antiquity, connecting the Adriatic Sea and Central Europe with the Black and Aegean Seas.
Sofia is located 130 kilometres (81 mi) northwest of Plovdiv , Bulgaria's second largest city, 340 kilometres (211 mi) west of Burgas, 380 kilometres (236 mi) west of Varna, Bulgaria's major port-cities on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. The city of Sofia is one of 28 Provinces of Bulgaria . Besides the city of Sofia, the capital province encompasses three other cities and 34 villages, being split into a total of 24 municipalities: Anton ,Botevgrad , Bozhurishte, Chavdar , Chelopech ,Dolna Banya, Dragoman , Elin Pelin ,Etropole, Ihtiman, Godech ,Gorna Malina, Koprivshtitsa ,Kostenets (town),Kostinbrod Mirkovo , Pirdop,Pravets ,Samokov, Slivnitsa,Svoge, Zlatitsa.
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The largest and most developed ski resort in Bulgaria is Borovets. Other famous international ski resorts are Pamporovo and Bansko.The Bulgarian ski resorts are attraction of Bulgaria because of their high standard of instruction available at a much lower cost than is common in the ski resorts of western europe.Borovets offers perfect conditions for ski-sports - ski for debutantes and masters - Alpine and Nordic disciplines, cross-country skiing, ski-jumps, biathlon, heli-ski, snowboard, motor sledges, etc. The resort has hosted twice a stage of the World Cup ski alpine discipline.The Bulgarian winter resorts offer : Curving ski and mini-ski,Snowboard,Classical ski ,Snow-walks, SledgesRenown ski schoolsSki rental of world known marks, Winter kindergarten,Warm meals by the ski runs, Winter shows: night runs on lighted ski run, horse pulled sledges, snow jet.Rentacar 5 offers car rental Sofia, Sofia Airport and cheap rent a car Borovets,24/7 .Rent A Car Sofia, car rental Borovets provides cars for every kind of journey and every occasion ,all of them are equipped with the maximum of facilities for your better comfort.With Rentacar 5 Sofia you are able to make reservations 24hrs/day – 7 day/week.
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Borovets ,known as Chamkoriya until the middle of the 20th century, is a popular Bulgarian mountain resort situated in Sofia Province, on the northern slopes of Rila, at an altitude of 1350 m. Borovets is 12km from Samokov, 73 km from Sofia and 125 km from Plovdiv.Borovets is the oldest Bulgarian winter resort with a history that dates back to 1896. The ski resort Borovets is located 10 kilometres south of Samokov and 27 km west of Kostenets .Rent A Car with Rentacar 5 and you receive a reliable vehicle at a competative rate and outstanding costumer From Borovets to Sofia Airport it is a 1.5 hour drive via road 82 from Samokov. To Plovdiv Airport it is a 2 hours and 10 minutes drive by rental car . Borovets was originally established at the end of the 19th Century as a hunting place for the Bulgarian Kings, Borovets gradually developed into a modern ski resort of budget and luxury hotels, haute-cuisine restaurants and seedy bars and an average network of ski runs and lifts along the slopes of the Rila Mountains, providing excellent opportunities for a whole range of winter sports.
The ski resort sits at an altitude of 1350 m. 58 km of marked pistes cover the generally north facing slopes up to an altitude of 2560 m, with many runs terminating near the village centre allowing skiers to ski almost to their hotel door. The longest run is a gentle 12 km return to the resort along the maintenance road.The lift infrastructure of the resort is very well developed by drag lifts, baby tows, seat chain lifts, plus a gondola lift.
For night skiing there is a special lift pass that has to be bought separately at the kiosks on the pistes. It is valid from 5 pm till 10 pm.
Aleko is a site on Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria situated at the northern foothills of Malak Rezen Peak (2191 m), in the watershed of Yanchevska River draining eastwards towards the village of Bistritsa, Sofia.Aleko is the principal tourist and winter sports centre on Vitosha, offering accommodation at Aleko Chalet (1820 m) and few hotels, and several chairlifts, surface lifts and ski runs, cafeterias and restaurants, and ski and snowboard schools. The oldest and most popular ski run is Stenata (‘The Wall’), while the longest and most difficult one is ‘Vitoshko Lale’ originally built for the 1983 Winter Universiade held on Vitosha. Nowadays Aleko is among Bulgaria's top ski resorts together with Bansko in Pirin Mountain, Borovets in Rila Mountain, and Pamporovo in Rhodope Mountains.
The site is accessible by a 6.27 km gondola lift from Sofia’s suburb of Simeonovo, and by road from the suburb of Dragalevtsi. Aleko is also the starting point of a number of tourist tracks leading to Cherni Vrah and further south to the villages of Chuypetlovo and Yarlovo, to Bistrishko Branishte Nature Reserve to the east, and to Zlatnite Mostove to the northwest.
