New ski and golf centre to be built in Bulgaria
An extravagant new ski and golf centre, designed to bring in tourists from around Europe, is to be built in Bulgaria it has been announced.
To be built in the Kulinoto area near Bansko resort, the centre will be aimed at year-round tourism, reports the Dnevnik Daily.
The ski area alone will boast 20 installations, with 20 kilometres of lift routes and ski tracks measuring 60 kilometres long.
And the golf area will include a hotel, clubhouse, commercial complexes and a golf playground.
Currently Bankso is Bulgaria's primary ski resort with a season lasting from December 15th to May 15th, the longest of any Bulgarian resort.
Bansko is approximately 160 kilometres away from the capital of Sofia and a mere six kilometres from Razlog.
The resort has only come to the attention of skiers in the last decade or so, but in that time has become one of the most popular in Europe.
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