Hotels in Smolyan
Book a winter holiday in Bulgaria
If you intend to spend your winter vacation in Bulgaria, don’t hesitate but book online a hotel in our top winter resorts Borovets, Bansko and Pamporovo. The winter in Bulgarian mountain resorts is mild and snowy, presenting excellent conditions for winter sports. The perfect ski conditions in the winter resorts, the low prices and the large investments, which they receive, make them highly competitive and attract foreign tourists to spend their winter holiday in Bulgaria.Ski conditions in the winter resorts
No matter how experienced a skier you are, in Bulgaria’s winter resorts you can always find a ski run which is suitable for you. The ski runs vary in difficulty – from beginners’ level, through intermediate, to advanced level for professionals. Thanks to the large investments of millions of levs, our winter resorts now boast modern ski equipment and facilities – ski-drags, gondola lifts and snow-cannons to ensure perfect skiing conditions even on warm days. The natural and technical conditions in the winter resorts make them suitable for all types of winter sports – skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, mountaineering, ice-skating, skidoos and toboggans. Combine your winter holiday with business – in the conference halls of the Rila hotel in Borovets , equipped with Internet connection and presentation technologies.Learn to ski this winter!
If you decide to try something new this winter, enroll at the internationally renowned ski-schools in Borovets, Pamporovo or Bansko. The professional ski-instructors of the winter resorts will teach you the basics of skiing and make your winter holiday an unforgettable experience. Once you have learned how to ski, you are sure to return to Bulgaria the next winter and gather more and more experience!Après ski in Bulgaria’s winter resorts
After a long day on the slopes you can escape from the winter cold in one of the Bansko’s mehanas or Pamporovo’s taverns and warm up with Bulgarian wine and traditional dishes. The winter nights in Borovets’ discos are always hot with dancing till dawn and cheap drinks. On our site you can learn the most popular restaurants, taverns, bars and discos in the winter resorts and visit them on your winter holiday.PROGRAM JULY JAZZ Smolyan 2009
July Jazz, 05.07.2009
Where: Smolyan town, Bulgaria When:5th of July-25th of July 2009I. MUSICAL ACCENTS: 5 – 12 July | subject of the week - work-shops and performances 9 July (Thursday) - Warsaw village band (Poland) 10 July (Friday) - Ralph Peterson (USA) 11 July (Saturday) - Florinda Piticchio (Italy) 12 – 19 July | subject of the week - guitars - work-shops and performances 17 July (Friday) - Mahavira (Bulgaria),Echoo (Bulgaria) 18 July (Saturday) - Subtone (Germany) and MCNKY (Turkey) 19 – 25 July | subject of the week - vocals - work-shops and performances 23 July (Thursday) - A Fula"s call* (Senegal/Germany/Caribbean island/Iran) 24 July (Friday) - Deborah J. Carter (USA), Asen Doykin quartet (Bulgaria/USA) 25 July (Saturday) – PERELIK – pure jazz – program acoustics*
II. PROGRAM ACOUSTICS: stage of Karluk/Perelik peak, 25 July, closing the festival – 20:00 h. – 06:00 h.: Boi Akih (Moluccan/Dutch) Margriet Sjoerdsma & Bodurov Ensemble (Dutch/Bulgaria) Melih Guzel & Dimitar Russev (Turkey/Bulgaria) Dimitar Liolev program for 5 saxophones (Bulgaria) Berkovskata duhova muzica etc.
III. FACES: 9 – 25 July - Jacek Bczar (Poland) – photo-exhibition “Unexpected meeting” 9 – 25 July - Mario Nikolov (Bulgaria), book of poetry “Jazz listen my dreams” - installation on cardboards – 10 July, at old centre, reading - 11 July, at piano-bar hotel Smolyan 24 July - “I, Thy Soul” theatre performance Pro Rodopi art centre and Rodopy drama theater “Nikolaj Hajtov” Smolyan 21 – 25 July - KWAG (Knowing, Able, Wanting, Giving) – youth discussing platform 10 July - Antony Donchev – 50 anniversaries 23 – 24 July - Daniel Atanassov (Bulgaria) present commix “Elements” (heroes Stoyan Yankoulov and Elitza Todorova) and work-shop how to paint a commix
IV. BRIDGES: A Fula"s call (Senagal/France/Germany/Iran) – briefing and concert on the 23-th of July Boi Akih (Mollucan/Dutch/India) – briefing and concert on the 25-th of July “Crossing point” – tales in music and texts – 18 July, Eslitza Popova, Diana Kovacheva, Lubomir Kunev, Amgel Zaberski - son
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