Hotel Lion Borovetz

“Excellent Hotel”

My family and I stayed at The Lion Hotel for 7 nights during our skiing vacation at the end of February. Just can’t fault this hotel, it’s an excellent choice for a stay in Borovets. It is located about a 15 walk away from the main ski village, which we found ideal if like us you might want to esc… more

My family and I stayed at The Lion Hotel for 7 nights during our skiing vacation at the end of February. Just can’t fault this hotel, it’s an excellent choice for a stay in Borovets. It is located about a 15 walk away from the main ski village, which we found ideal if like us you might want to escape from all that is going on in the busy ski village some evenings. The free shuttle bus which runs about every 20 minutes from 08:20 to 18:30 is there if you don’t fancy the walk, so that’s a useful extra facility laid on by the hotel for its customers. Whilst the room accommodation we had was the standard room it was still comfortable, clean, very warm, had a great hot shower, and generally had all we needed for the time we used the room. We had chosen to stay half board for the week. The breakfast and evening hot and cold buffets were excellent, plenty of choice on offer, very well cooked and presented, with two or three different main selections each evening. And to add to that (as has been mentioned by others), complimentary beer, wine and fruit juices throughout the evening meal-time, which was a nice touch. The lobby area was very welcoming with nice social seating areas and a wonderful open log fire. We spent a few evenings here having drinks from the very reasonably priced bar (cocktails too also very reasonable), chatting and playing cards. Very relaxing and a nice way to end a busy day of skiing. The bar food, which we had on a couple of occasions during the daytime, was superb and very reasonably priced. There is a swimming pool and spa available to those who stay at the hotel, again nice to have to relax at the end of a day’s skiing. All the staff in the hotel who served us were very friendly, attentive and helpful, they were all a credit to the hotel. Overall I would highly recommend this hotel to anyone visiting Borovets. The Lion Hotel is comfortable with a friendly atmosphere, is total value for money, and a great place to stay.

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“Great hotel”

Just come back from a week at the Lion in Borovets. We all have reservations about going to Bulgaria after a lifetime in the Dolomites and the Alps. My reservations were the food and the infrastructure getting up the mountain. I'm pleased to say I needn't have worried.The hotel is great, as is the … more

Just come back from a week at the Lion in Borovets. We all have reservations about going to Bulgaria after a lifetime in the Dolomites and the Alps. My reservations were the food and the infrastructure getting up the mountain. I'm pleased to say I needn't have worried.The hotel is great, as is the food, even for us fussy non meat eating types. Wine and beer with dinner included. Room was similar to a Travelodge. Spa and pool are great and unlike other hotels included.Ski room conveniently located. My only slight critisism is the hotel bus needs to be a little bigger. The busy times are between 9 and 10 and 3 and 4.30. It struggles to cope at those times. If you are contemplating Bulgaria then I would say give it a go and stay here.

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“Ski holiday in Bulgaria”

We traveled to the Lion hotel for a skiing hoilday in March . Hotel was clean , cumfy , and good value for money . Needed a shuttle bus to the lifts , but this was every 15 mins , or a 15 min walk The food was good , and plenty choice , with free beer and wine . The wine was good , but the beer , … more

We traveled to the Lion hotel for a skiing hoilday in March . Hotel was clean , cumfy , and good value for money . Needed a shuttle bus to the lifts , but this was every 15 mins , or a 15 min walk The food was good , and plenty choice , with free beer and wine . The wine was good , but the beer , not so good ! Will be back sometime

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“A lovely hotel in the pines”

Lovely setting in the pines, we had a large, clean room. It was no bother to get to and from the ski area on the frequent mini bus service from the hotel, quick, easy, and free. Skis are carried in the rear, if you choose to keep them at the hotel. The dining room was pleasant and efficiently run,… more

Lovely setting in the pines, we had a large, clean room. It was no bother to get to and from the ski area on the frequent mini bus service from the hotel, quick, easy, and free. Skis are carried in the rear, if you choose to keep them at the hotel. The dining room was pleasant and efficiently run, special mention to Vasil who was always friendly. We found the food choice good and salads fresh and different every day. Special mention to Michel, always pleasant and smiling, behind the hot buffet, thank you! Free wine and beer with dinner was a treat. Last and by no means least, big thanks to Alexander for keeping the wine flowing with the trials and tribulations of the wine pumping system to the barrels! Well done that man! All in all a lovely stay in a great place; pool and sauna/ steam areas very pleasant after skiing, & nice to chill out by the pool with views of the trees.

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