SUPER BOROVETS GO AHEAD!!!

The official start of the super Borovets Project was marked on 8th October 2007. New opportunities for the appearance of Bulgaria on the international tourism market.

The ground-breaking ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev, former king and former Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, as well as Oman's Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said, who is one of the main investors in the project.

The Super Borovets Project aims at turning the existing Borovets ski resort into a modern ski region with world-class ski runs and leading market position in Eastern Europe with potential for becoming a year-round resort destination.
The first level in the project, the so called "Low Borovets", will be situated at 1100 m above the sea level, 6 km away from the town of Samokov. The second tier will cover the nowadays Borovets resort situated at 1300-1350 m above the sea level . The third level "Super Borovets" will accommodate those tourists who are looking for the luxury and will be located at 1600-1800 m above the sea level.

The Super Borovets is projected to sport 19 new ski tracks with a joint length of 42 kilometres, lifts with capacity for 37,000 tourists, ski facilities, hotels on a built-up area of 100,000 sq m and around 400,000 sq m or no more than 4,000 units of vacation homes.