Tourist Places to Visit in Pamporovo, Bulgarian, Europe

Tourist Places to Visit in Pamporovo, Bulgarian, Europe

Pamporovo is a famous ski resort situated in the Smolyan Province of Bulgaria at an elevation of 1620 meters, around 18 kms north of the provincial capital, Smolyan and 230 kms northwest of the national capital, Sofia. It is one of the popular ski resorts in Southeastern Europe attracting a large group of tourists, especially beginners and intermediates for skiing and for snowboarding activities during the winter months.

Pamporovo resort features 38 kms of cross-country skiing tracks and 25 kms of ski-runs and about 100 skilled ski instructors. Pamporovo also houses numerous reputed accommodation centres including a five star hotel, Hotel Pamporovo.

Geography of Pamporovo:

Pamporovo is placed amongst splendid pine forests in the southern Rhodope Mountains between 41°39′ N latitude and 24°41′ E longitude.

How to reach Pamporovo?

Pamporovo is served by Plovdiv Airport located around 75 km from Pamporovo operating scheduled flights to London, winter seasonal flights (from December to March) to Dublin, Kiev, Belfast, Moscow and Rostov-on-Don and summer seasonal flights to Hahn.

There are buses generally available near the airport and also tourists can take taxi at the airport to reach Pamporovo.

Buses and taxis are common in the town of Pamporovo and also many major hotels arrange vehicles for their guests.

Food and Shopping in Pamporovo:

The ski resort of Pamporovo is open from 8:30AM to 4:30PM and also there are many events organized in Pamporovo every week with traditional Bulgarian music.

Pamporovo is home to a supermarket, jewelers and clothing shops and many shops provide ski gear and other ski related equipments.

The reputed food corners in Pamporovo are listed here below:

Gloria Mar
The White Dog
The old house
Alexs Pub 1
Black Horse

What to do in Pamporovo?

Skiing
Snowboarding
Hiking
Shopping

Tourist Attractions in Pamporovo:

Pamporovo Ski Resort:

The ski resort of Pamporovo is Europe’s one of the southernmost skiing resorts as well as one of the renowned hangouts in Southeastern Europe and is ideal for beginners and intermediates. It boasts 18 lifts that has a capacity of 8500 persons per hour.

Snezhanka:

Snezhanka is a show cave measuring a length of 145 meters and the history dates back to around 3.5 million years ago, a few kilometers away from the town of Pamporovo. In 1961, it was discovered. Tourists can see some amazing cave formations inside.

Golyam Perelik:

Golyam Perelik is the maximum peak in the Rhodope Mountains and the 7^th highest peak in Bulgaria with an altitude of 2,191 meters. It is situated around 21 km away from Pamporovo.

List of other places of interest in Pamporovo includes:

Fun Park Pamporovo
Devil’s Throat Cave
Devils Bridge
Diavolsko Garlo- The Devil’s Throat
Waterfalls Canyon
Fairy Waterfall
Rozhen Observatory
Chepelare Ski Center

Best time to visit Pamporovo:

Throughout the year is best, especially the winter months from December to March are ideal to enjoy skiing and snowboarding in Pamporovo.

Accommodation options in Pamporovo:

Pamporovo hosts plenty of well facilitated accommodation centres including rental apartments. Hotel Pamporovo is a five star hotel located in the vicinity of ski fields offering world class facilities and services. Most of the major hotels are offer advance booking facility through online and list of prime hotels in Pamporovo include: