Contact information;
Website: www.banskoskiresortapartment.com
Email: banskoapartment@btinternet.com
U.K Tel: 01253 850 555
Apartment address: 3 Panayot Hitov Street, Bansko 2770, BULGARIA
Bansko has plenty to offer in the summer, activities include: Mountain Biking, Horse riding, Mountaineering, Rafting and many more.
Rafting
For the fans of outdoor adventures and adrenaline specialists Bansko offers several rafting packages, for a truly exciting and memorable summer vacation. The Rivers Struma and Mesta, bracketing Pirin National Park respectively on the left and the right, side are the two major rafting locations in the area.
The rafting trip on the Struma River kicks off over peaceful waters at first and
heads toward the exhilarating rapids of the Kresna Canyon providing the thrills and
adventure of white water rafting. The trip ends up in the memorable Valley around
the sunniest town in Bulgaria -
The rafting trip on the calmer Mesta River stretches over quiet water and allows YOU ample time to practice paddling and navigation techniques, to look at the picturesque surroundings while heading deeper into the saddle between the Pirin and the Rhodopi mountains.
The rafting clubs associated with the Bansko hoteliers are fully licensed and are carefully chosen on the basis of their skill and experience, their ability to make sound decisions and their knowledge of foreign languages.
Rafting in Bansko will be one of the emotional and physical highlights of your summer vacation or company outbound event. Regardless of age and technical ability YOU will have your outdoor fun in Bansko.
Mountaineering
Pirin, 2914 m. is the most rugged of all mountain ranges on the Balkans. This provides the scenery of Bansko summer resort with an amazing variety of mountaineering terrains. The craggy skylines have inspired generations of alpinists to challenge themselves.
The Pirin peaks, ridges, and valleys will provide even the most demanding tourists with an unforgettable mountaineering experience. The Rock Sites of peak Vihren (2914 m) , Sinanitsa (2516 m), Georgiytsa (2589 m), Glavnishki Choukar (2670 m) and around peak Okaden (2475 m) offer various courses of different difficulty for all mountaineers.
Adept instructors will introduce the beginners into the techniques of and enjoyable rock climbing and safe alpine behaviour.
More than 100 km of marked alpine routes situated in the Pirin National Park will please event the most demanding mountain fans.
The caves around Bansko with its beauty, underground rivers, stalactites and stalagmites are an opportunity not to miss.
Horse Riding
The horse riding trip is a perfect complement to your summer fun at Bansko. Being situated on the left shore of River Mesta in the upper part of the beautiful southwards opened valley, Bansko offers great opportunity to explore an untouched piece of nature by horse.
The valley itself is nestled amid three of the prettiest Bulgarian Mountains – the
Pirin, Rila and the Rhodopi. A horse ride will lead you through a wide diversity
of environments including lush green meadows, open pasture clearings, amazing rock
formations and through tall stands of century-
The Bansko hoteliers will provide YOU with happy, healthy horses for a safe enjoyable riding, regardless of age and levels of ability. YOU really don’t have to bother about riding gear – YOU will find it all there.
Apart from guided riding and free range riding You'll be offered also lead ponies, private and group lessons, BBQ food rides and village cart trips.
Bansko will please YOUR summer vacation in a very positive and unexpected way.
Mountain Biking
Bansko offers hundreds of kilometres of superb mountain bike riding. Whether YOU are looking for relaxing forest or valley trails, to get you away from it all or the adrenalin rush of the technically and physically demanding alpine rides – YOU will find it all in Bansko
The place encompasses the Mesta Valley dividing three of the most picturesque mountains
in Bulgaria – Pirin, Rila and the Rhodopi. This provides the scenery of Bansko summer
resort with an amazing variety of biking terrains. There YOU have the beautiful Mesta
Valley surrounded by towering peaks reaching up to 3 000 meters, the century-
Small, hidden villages that managed to preserve old crafts and habits with high ethnographical value, shape a landscape unchanged for centuries. The stunning remains of medieval and prehistoric artifacts speak for a place that has been in the heart of the Hellenic Civilization, has seen the greatness of the Roman Empire, the Old Bulgarian Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire.