from Uk, 17 March 2010, 22:58

Comment: I wanted to learn to ski and so my focus was on the ski school. I chose the hotel on the basis of price. It turned out to be a good choice. In Borovets there are a few large hotels, the biggest is the Rila which is in front of the main nursery slopes where several of the main runs also end. The Iglika is just behind it. You get your rental skis from the Rila. We could be on the snow 15 minutes from leaving the hotel, just a couple of minutes to walk to the depot and once kitted out a couple of minutes to the snow. The hotel was basic but everything worked. Low pressure service which I liked and the food was fine. It is Bulgarian international so if you only wanted British food you might not like it but eggs, beans, bacon and fried bread for breakfast was not chalenging and there was always some sort of meat, veg and chips for dinner plus other things. We were there for New Year and the hotel put on a good table service meal but the best thing was the fireworks on the Rila. No sign of H&S just a lot of fireworks from all over the balconies and everywhere else. As I said I came to learn to ski and the ski school were very good although the nursery slopes were crowded due to a lack of snow on many of the runs. I travelled with my daughter who is a good intermediate, she enjoyed the challenge of skiing on ice but next time we will look for more certain snow. If you can travel when you want and can come when there is good snow this would be ideal. One thing is we had a superior room which was worth it, had a bath. I think the standard rooms have a wet room whicch is fine but a bath was nice.