Borovets accommodation
Borovets has many hotels, all of which are grouped around the central bus terminal, but finding accommodation from December through to early April can still be a problem if you're not on a package or haven't booked in advance. At any other time of year, there should be plenty of beds, although places may close for a while off-season. Remember, however, that rooms cost sugnificantly more if you arrive on spec - about 30 EURO per person for a double room - than if you come on a package. Alternatively, you could try one of the two "vacation villages" at the northeastern end of the resort: Yagoda (00359/712 8343), a huddle of wooden villas with pointed roofs, or Malina (00359/712 8435), where you can rent your own log cabin, many of which have saunas, for 40 EURO per person, per night (based on four people sharing). Of the hotels, you could do worse than the Alpin, bang in the centre of the resort (07128/201, alpin@mbox.infotel.bg; summer, winter), a modern building with mock-gothic turrets and chintzy, well-equipped ensuites inside. Slightly uphill from here, the Flora (07128/520; summer, winter) goes for dowdier colour schemes, but is a reliable mid-range choice.

There are innumerable places to eat and drink in the vicinity of the Hotel Rila, mostly hastily erected huts serving up pizzas, burgers, grilled chicken and beer. There are a number of places serving decent and inexpensive Bulgarian fare, including the Belija Kon and the Zeleniya Kral - both on a pedestrianized strip leading off from the Hotel Rila. Drinking joints come and go from one season to the next: Bonkers is a particularly raucous venue for (usually awful) local dance bands.

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