Bulgaria's Chepelare Resort season begins
08.11.2007
Bulgaria's Chepelare winter resort in the Rhodopi Mountain will begin the new winter season with four new hotels with 300 beds and a vacation village of 10 houses. Subi Madankov, head of the hotel and restaurant owners union in Smolyan, told that, with the new lodgings, Chepelare would be able to host 1600 tourists at a time.
In winter season 2007/2008, in Chepelare two centres for biathlon with ski runs of one, two, and three km, will open, Focus news agency announced. One of the centres is in the town, while the other is on the Mechi Chal peak. The snowboard park in the town will be made longer.
According to Madankov, no 'drastic' raise in the price of the ski lift tickets is to be await Currently, the lift and the amenities are being examined. Some 90 per cent of the ski runs are ready, Madankov said. With the new tracks, Chepelare has 22 km of alpine ski runs and 20 km of ski and biathlon tracks.