Salut,
Vreau sa ajung la Bansko la sfarsitul lui ianuarie si ma intrebam care e cea mai buna metoda. Cu trenul Bucuresti - Sofia se rezolva usor, nu-i bai, dar legatura Sofia - Bansko m-a bagat in ceata, si mai ales cum pot sa o leg de tren.
Exista undeva un mers al trenurilor in Bulgaria, se pot face rezervari din Ro, sau vreun autobuz, ceva?
Multumesc anticipat
QUOTE (dj50 @ Jan 5 2009, 12:40) 
Salut,
Vreau sa ajung la Bansko la sfarsitul lui ianuarie si ma intrebam care e cea mai buna metoda. Cu trenul Bucuresti - Sofia se rezolva usor, nu-i bai, dar legatura Sofia - Bansko m-a bagat in ceata, si mai ales cum pot sa o leg de tren.
Exista undeva un mers al trenurilor in Bulgaria, se pot face rezervari din Ro, sau vreun autobuz, ceva?
Multumesc anticipat
Vreau sa ajung la Bansko la sfarsitul lui ianuarie si ma intrebam care e cea mai buna metoda. Cu trenul Bucuresti - Sofia se rezolva usor, nu-i bai, dar legatura Sofia - Bansko m-a bagat in ceata, si mai ales cum pot sa o leg de tren.
Exista undeva un mers al trenurilor in Bulgaria, se pot face rezervari din Ro, sau vreun autobuz, ceva?
Multumesc anticipat
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Din Sofia ai autobuz.
QUOTE (Ntim @ Jan 5 2009, 13:05)
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Din Sofia ai autobuz.
Din Sofia ai autobuz.
Salut,
ai la adresa asta mai multe informatii despre variantele de transport Sofia-Bansko: http://banskoaccommodation.blogspot.com/20...fer-update.html
Dar daca mai ai cum sa te razgandesti in privinta vacantei, eu te-as sfatui sa renunti la Bansko si sa mergi in Austria, o sa te enervezi mai putin si o sa te coste de asemenea mai putin. Eu tocmai m-am intors din Bansko. Vezi mai jos review-ul meu... e in engleza pentru ca l-am pus initial pe facebook, in grupul Bansko
Just been there for New Year's Eve holiday. Definitely not a good idea to be there in this particular week - very crowded.
ACCOMMODATION:
I got an apartment at Mountain Residence 3 which was absolutely fine and elegant. One of the best part about it is the positioning: it's 3 minutes walk from the gondola, 5 minutes walk from the center of the town. BUT be aware that it is a NON SMOKING residence which they don't really advertise very loud and it was a pain in the ass for me as I'm a heavy smoker. While I can understand the NON SMOKING policy, the thing that's a bit absurd is they don't allow ski equipment inside the apartments... in a ski resort; they don't provide lockers or any other option for this purpose, so you basically have to keep them in your car at night. The wireless Internet is very bad - I've hardly been able to connect once and check my e-mails.
The apartment I stayed in is advertised at the link bellow and if you can deal with the small inconveniences I described, then it's a very good place to stay: http://banskoaccommodation.blogspot.com/20...-in-bansko.html
You should have no trouble finding data about the rest of the residence via Internet.
MONEY EXCHANGE:
The fair exchange rate at this moment (January 2009) is 1.95 Leva for 1 Euro, but you can get this fair rate only if you exchange money at a bank or at the reception of a big hotel - Strazite Hotel is a very good idea, it's in the center of Bansko. At the exchange kiosks on the street you get 1.9 Leva for 1 Euro. At the kiosks near the gondola you get 1.85 Leva for 1 Euro. Up the plateau, you get 1.6 Leva for 1 Euro - funny, huh?!
SKIING:
First step into climbing up the ski roads is to take the only existing gondola to the first plateau - this means you have to wait in queue for over ONE HOUR with no exception.
From the plateau you can:
1. go down by ski on a 12 km ski road and wait for another hour to go up again with the gondola
2. wait in queue for half an hour at the teleski of a very soft and short (300 meters) ski road
3. wait in queue for half an hour at the two chair teleski that take you up to several ski roads (a few km long)
If you don't want to wait in queue at the gondola, you can reach the first plateau by driving, which I did, BUT it's not a very good idea UNLESS you drive a 4WD car with winter tires and maybe wheel chains (it was not may case, unfortunately).
Once up the plateau you can't separately pay for the teleski or any other facilities that you might choose. You have to buy a complete ski pass (27 Euros for one day) - it means you don't use the gondola, you don't necessarily want to ski, just want to go up for the view at 2 600 meters altitude, well, you just need to pay 27 Euros.
Returning town by car at the end of the day took me 1 hour and 20 minutes for 9 kilometers, that's how crowded it is.
HAVIN' A COFFEE, HAVIN' A BEER, EATING, SPENDING SOME TIME IN TOWN:
1. There is no coffee shop it town as far as I know.
2A. The best and sort of THE ONLY pub where you can have some drinks, listen some fine non traditional music, having some fun after 11PM is Lion's Pub right in the center of Bansko. One Bulgarian draft beer costs 4 Leva, but there is a blond attractive bartender there and if you give her a 10 Leva bill for 2 beers, don't expect any change as she's not planning to return it to you. A bottle of wine is 19 Leva, if you pay with a 20 bill, don't expect any change also.
2B. Another good place is Friendly Pub. A very good band is singing non traditional music. EXCELLENT non traditional food. But it's that kind of a pub where you need to sit at a table, so if all the tables are full, you have to go to Lion's Pub (seems both have the same owner)
3. There are tens of "mehanas" as they call them (small traditional restaurants) where there's usually someone singing traditional music, quite often quite loud. Many of them have a guy in the street aggressively pushing you to go inside which is pretty annoying. For something to eat and a couple of beers you pay 20-25 Euros - pretty expensive in my opinion.
NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY:
Most of the NY'sEve holiday offers include a NYE "party" of 50-60 Euros. It means you are forced to sit in front of a table they choose, and pay for that. I was lucky to stay in an apartment hotel, so I didn't need to deel with that - instead I went off the streets with a friend hoping to find some bars pubs or places to hang out for the New Year's Eve night, but the streets were EMPTY like it was a deserted town. Everybody was nailed down on a chair in front of a table like it was a traditional wedding going on. Everybody was forced to have this kind of entertainment on they're own expense. Some animation around Zero hour, so we went to Lions Pub where there was free entry after 12:30 (60 Euros entrance fee before 12:30).
Mobile networks were too crowded and went down at midnight till 2AM.
VISITING BANSKO AS A ROMANIAN:
I'm a Romanian. Bulgaria is one of the most talked about tourism destination in the last couple of years for young working professionals in Romania - it means people earning they're money hard by being good at what they do (the other ones, being part of Romanian post communist establishment usually go to different places and I'm not sure they really care about how they are treated on they're own expense as money comes easy - but that's a different story).
So for us Romanians it started with Bulgarian seaside as a destination, then Veliko Turnovo, and this year Bansko. I've been to Veliko Turnovo, and Balcik and other seaside places and they were all very very pleasant experiences. Absolutely decent treatment at an affordable price. BUT: while in Veliko a coffee costs 1 Leva, in Bansko it costs 3 / while a Bulgarian beer costs 1.7 Leva in Veliko and 2 - 2.5 Leva in Balcik it costs 4 in Bansko / while a traditional Bulgarian meal costs 6-8 Leva in Veliko, 9-12 in Balcik it costs 24-30 in Bansko.
OVERALL COST OF "ENJOYING" BANSKO:
I arrived on late December 30th and left at noon on 3rd of January. 3 full days and 4 nights. Except from transportation and accommodation cost I spent 300 Euros.
I work in advertising, so every one week in June I'm in Cannes France for the advertising festival which is the highest tourist peak of Cannes after the one in May when there's the film festival going on. Except from transportation and accommodation cost I usually spend 100 Euros a day, to eat in french restaurants, go to the beach, buy some silly things, get drunk in the night, go back to the hotel by taxi...ENJOY THE SOUTH OF FRANCE - I mean sort of like the same costs like in Bansko Bulgaria. Is this ridiculous or is it just me?!
Merci de info.
Pana la urma am rezolvat cu transportul. Am sunat la agentia CFR si locul in vagonul de dormit de 2 locuri costa 160 RON dus pana la Sofia. De asemenea am sunat acolo la autogara si exista o gramada de autobuze zilnic la 15 leva (aprox. 7.5 euro).
@emilianozet: Sper sa fie legat si de perioada in care ai fost. Eu planuiesc sa merg la sf. lui ianuarie, exclusiv pt. schi. Sper sa fie mai liber pe-acolo, avand in vedere ca e perioada de "Low Season".
Pana la urma am rezolvat cu transportul. Am sunat la agentia CFR si locul in vagonul de dormit de 2 locuri costa 160 RON dus pana la Sofia. De asemenea am sunat acolo la autogara si exista o gramada de autobuze zilnic la 15 leva (aprox. 7.5 euro).
@emilianozet: Sper sa fie legat si de perioada in care ai fost. Eu planuiesc sa merg la sf. lui ianuarie, exclusiv pt. schi. Sper sa fie mai liber pe-acolo, avand in vedere ca e perioada de "Low Season".
Salut,
O varianta mai ieftina de transport pana la Sofia gasesc? Am intrat si pe site-ul cfr dar nu-mi gaseste Sofia.
O varianta mai ieftina de transport pana la Sofia gasesc? Am intrat si pe site-ul cfr dar nu-mi gaseste Sofia.
Uite un tabel cu preturi la vagonul clasa. Pt Sofia, dus-intors, e 54 de euro. Daca vrei vagon de dormit, mai adaugi 10 euro/segment la T3 vagon bulgaresc.
CITAT (alexxxxx @ 23rd October 2009, 14:44)
Uite un tabel cu preturi la vagonul clasa. Pt Sofia, dus-intors, e 54 de euro. Daca vrei vagon de dormit, mai adaugi 10 euro/segment la T3 vagon bulgaresc.
Mersi frumos pt aceasta informatie. Pare cam scump. Sti cumva cat timp face pana acolo? Oare gasesc un autocar ceva?
Bulgaria Express, pleaca la 20:04 si ajunge la 06:00 a doua zi.
La intors pleaca din Sofia la 19:30 si ajunge la 05:44.
Mai poti sa pleci si cu rapidul Romania, pleaca pe la 12:16 si ajungi in Sofia pe la 10 seara.
Autocar din cate stiu exista din Ruse. Pana acolo nu stiu cu ce ajungi, poate sa iei o duba pana la Giurgiu si de-acolo vezi tu....
La intors pleaca din Sofia la 19:30 si ajunge la 05:44.
Mai poti sa pleci si cu rapidul Romania, pleaca pe la 12:16 si ajungi in Sofia pe la 10 seara.
Autocar din cate stiu exista din Ruse. Pana acolo nu stiu cu ce ajungi, poate sa iei o duba pana la Giurgiu si de-acolo vezi tu....
CITAT (alexxxxx @ 23rd October 2009, 15:12)
Bulgaria Express, pleaca la 20:04 si ajunge la 06:00 a doua zi.
La intors pleaca din Sofia la 19:30 si ajunge la 05:44.
Mai poti sa pleci si cu rapidul Romania, pleaca pe la 12:16 si ajungi in Sofia pe la 10 seara.
Autocar din cate stiu exista din Ruse. Pana acolo nu stiu cu ce ajungi, poate sa iei o duba pana la Giurgiu si de-acolo vezi tu....
La intors pleaca din Sofia la 19:30 si ajunge la 05:44.
Mai poti sa pleci si cu rapidul Romania, pleaca pe la 12:16 si ajungi in Sofia pe la 10 seara.
Autocar din cate stiu exista din Ruse. Pana acolo nu stiu cu ce ajungi, poate sa iei o duba pana la Giurgiu si de-acolo vezi tu....
Multumesc!
Am vazut aici ca au CASCO cu 5% mai ieftin. Pentru Renault e oferta in principal! Pare OK... uitati-va si voi!
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