News & Events- update February 2012

PRICES FOR SEASON 2012 !!!

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Extract from http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/1628 :- 7 December 2009 - The Chepelare ski resort awaits tourists for a new winter season, with the country’s longest ski run, artificial snow-making machines and a series of improvements. The total length of the ski runs of the Rodopi Mountains resort now reaches 20 kilometres, the mayor of the Chepelare municipality Georgi Popov told media recently. The main run, which is 3,250 metres long, is the longest in Bulgaria. It boasts a total of 47 artificial-snow-making machines, which can cover it with snow for 100 hours when the temperature reaches -3°C. It and all the other runs are serviced by a four-seat lift, which was opened last year, and several tows. The lift has the capacity to transform 2,000 people per hour and it covers the 2.7-kilometre distance between the beginning and end stations for nine minutes. The lift’s capacity, according to Popov, is larger than the number of guests that the town of Chepelare can accommodate, which means that lines don’t get very long. In addition to the ski runs, the Chepelare resort also boasts 20 kilometres of biathlon paths and other routes. All of them have been marked according to European standards, according to Popov. For the first time, all ski runs also have wi-fi access, making it possible for skiers to access the Internet in between runs or while taking a break in one of the tea houses near the slopes. This winter season, daily passes for the lift and tows cost 38 leva (around 19 euro) for adults and 22 leva (around 11 euro) for children under 12 years of age. For half a day, passes cost 25 and 15 leva (around 12.50 and 7.50 euro), respectively. Two-day passes cost 69 leva (around 34.50 euro) for adults and 39 leva (around 19.50 euro) for children. For 13 days, passes cost 315 and 223 leva (around 158 and 112 euro) respectively. In addition to the lift stations themselves, the large hotels in Chepelare and the nearby Pamporovo resort will also be selling lift passes.

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Extract from Novinite.com (Feb 09)

The construction of a new passenger terminal at the Bulgaria second biggest city Plovdiv's Airport began Monday, a press release informed. The Bulgarian Prime Minister, Sergey Stanishev, and Bulgaria's Minister of Transport, Petar Mutafchiev, were special guests of the opening ceremony. "I am convinced that the Plovdiv Airport will become one of the modern airports in Bulgaria, despite the close deadlines", Mutafchiev commented. He also reminded that was the second modernization project at Plovdiv Airport, after the expansion of the main terminal. The new Plovdiv Airport terminal is going to be build 250 m away from the current one, on an area of 6 759 square meters. The terminal will boost a modern system for passenger services, valued at BGN 3,6 M. Another BGN 19 M are going to be invested in the infrastructure. The Plovdiv Airport was first opened in 1981, and is situated 12 kilometers South-East direction from Plovdiv. It has been a substitute for the Sofia Airport in case of bad weather or other emergencies. There are no regular flights to the Plovdiv Airport. It operates passenger, cargo and business flights. In the winter tourist season the Plovdiv Airport operates daily charter flights with passangers, headed to the Bulgarian winter resorts Bansko, Pamporovo, and Borovets.