Hotel Pirin

Coach driver had no idea where he was going once we got to bansko. Arrived at hotel gone midnight. Room ok, comfy and clean. Food atrocious, always luke warm or cold, stuck together scrambled and fried eggs, tasteless cereal and bread so hard it didn’t need toasting. Evening meal awful, once again luke warm and very unappetising. No English breakfast tea after the third day of our week. Staff not very helpful made worse by about 40 kids arriving on our second day treating the hotel like a racetrack. Running round the corridors and making a noise, 7 teachers taking no notice and letting them run riot. Kids sitting up at the bar with the teachers. Picked up to go home 90 minutes after our pick up time so a mad rush when we got back to Sofia airport. Total chaos and came home in desperate need of a holiday. Hotel pirin should be called hostel pirin.

You can't can't compare Bulgarian hotels with those in the UK as the styling is very different. I don't expect greatness, but somewhere comfy and clean at the end of a busy day exploring. Hotel Pirin fits the bill. It's very reasonably priced with a very good breakfast and dinner buffet with enough choices to meet most tastes and with good flavours. There is also a really nice pool, sauna and steam room for unwinding after a long day, which are spotless and the pool is a perfect temperature. Thank you Hotel Pirin.

Hotel is basic but more than adequate for a weeks stay for skiing. Its in the old town and is about 30 minutes walk to the Gondola. The hotel offers a shuttle bus to and from the gondola which operates from 0800 and times are posted. Never had a problem getting a space on it. There is a boot room with boot dryiers and ski storage, ample storage space. The hotel has a pool, a sauna and a steam room, all perfectly fine and we used everyday before dinner. The breakfast is basic, its edible but basic. Same as the evening meal limited choice and basic. We ate in there of an evening only once, the old town is very close with numerous restaurants at very reasonable prices and the ski resort is 30 minutes walk again with ample restaurants. Alot of these restaurants offer and pick up and drop off service. The bar has enough selection but i found the prices a little expensive from the surrounding areas. Rooms big with plenty of storage space, they are basic but clean. It misses a kettle and tea and coffee making facilities. Room cleaned every day. Overall it was a good hotel for our stay, it met our needs. Personally I found it a bit too far out of the main centre. A taxi is 10/15 lev so not too expensive. For the price we paid for the hotel I would stay here again. Theres a little shop opposite the hotel where you can get very cheap drinks, snacks and beers.