The main aim of the "Super Borovets" Project is to expand the current resort of Borovets and turn it into an all year round holiday destination. It will incorporate the town of Samokov and the village of Beli Iskar, thus transforming Borovets into a super resort. The existing facilities will be improved and expanded along with infrastructure. Around 300 to 400 million Euros is to be invested and the Bulgarian Government are supporting the project.
The "Super Borovets" project has also been designed to help Sofia's bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics. If Sofia wins this bid for the Olympics, then it will be Borovets that will be hosting the games.
Samokov
- A 672 decare golf course is to be built, which will include a large feature lake.
- One gondola connecting the town with Borovets and Beli Iskar.
- The are also plans to connect pure mineral water to the town and introduce spa facilities.
- Improvement to infrastructure.
- Construction of Shopping Centres.
- Construction of family hotels. An area has been designated for this.
- There will be 120 cultural monuments, 7 of which will be given national importance.
- A walking and biking trail will be built, connecting the town with Beli Iskar, It will be built alongside the Beli Iskar river and will cover an area 2697 decares, It will be designed to look like a forest, so many trees will be planted.
- Another eco trail will be built along Samokov's Bistritsa river and will connect the town with Borovets. The total area covered will be 1658 decares.
- Sports centres will be built, There will also be encouragement of such activities like fishing, horse riding etc, since facilities for these will be improved.
Beli Iskar
- Numerous ski runs to be built connecting the village to the present resort of
Borovets.
- All roads in the village will be improved. The main Beli Iskar to Borovets road is to be expanded and improved. New roads to be built.
- Two 4 person chair ski lifts will be constructed to connect the village to the current resort of Borovets. One of the chair lifts will be 100m from the apartments front door.
- An area just outside the village has been designated for the building of chalets, with a planned capacity of 7,000 beds.
- Activities such as "Mountain Safari" will be started.
- Sport centres will be built. These include snow stadiums with facilities for children, indoor ski runs and sledging.
- Entertainment facilities will be built, which will include cinemas.
- The Beli Iskar river will be improved to make it suitable for swimming and fishing.
- A big emphasis is being placed on eco tourism. Family hotels will be built, integration with locals will be encouraged as well as the teaching of local traditions. In order to do this, activities and courses will be set up for tourists to learn traditional Bulgarian arts and crafts, the areas folklore, icon making, woodcraft and traditional cooking. An art centre will be built to accommodate this.
Borovets Resort
- New and improved snow board runs.
- A brand new golf course. No ordinary golf course, a mountain golf course
with spectacular views over 5 mountain peaks.
- An enclave of exclusive luxury 5 star hotels will be built in the mountains.
- A new gondola will be constructed to take tourists to the luxury 5 star hotels. The gondola will also be connected with the existing one. This will be done high up in the Rila mountains and the views will be spectacular.
- Tobogganing facilities will be constructed. It is expected that the toboggan will start outside the Rila Hotel and finish just south of the Sokolets gondola station.
- A new reservoir will be built in order to expand and improve the Borovets artificial snow making facilities.
- The lake next to the only apartment development in Borovets (Villa Snowdrop), is due to be made suitable for swimming and fishing etc.
- A number of swimming pools and tennis courts are to be built.
- Borovets ski lifts and gondola will be improved and more are to be built.
- A sports centre is to be constructed.
- A new eco-trail will be built going through four mountains.
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