July 7, 2023 - July 9, 2023
All about the Borovets Bike Park Weekends.
At a glance
Bulgaria is one of Greece’s neighbouring country with strong mountain bike scene and some of the best bike parks in the Balkans! Borovets bike park, offers a huge variety of trails from easy blues to technical black downhill tracks. Most of the trails can be accessed both by using the chairlifts or pedalling the bikes up the hill, depending on the mood! Of course, post-ride beers and local food with friends at the bottom of the trails is the riding day’s highlight!
Tour Highlights
- Transfers by 9seat Mini Van and appropriate bike trailer
- Ride at mtb purpose – built trails
- Skills improvement
- Trails for almost every riding level
- Post ride beverages next to the trails
- Taste the local cuisine
Please note: A mountain bike adventure may be affected by numerous factors, with more common the weather conditions. Outline Adventures and its people have the experience to adjust the itinerary and proceed to what is needed in order to update the tour and provide you the best experience depending the conditions.
The tour package inclusions and exclusions at a glance
What is included in this tour?Items that are included in the cost of tour price.
- All transportations required by the itinerary
- Chairlift ticket
- Two (2) night accommodation and breakfasts
- Maintenance toolset available
Whats not included in this tour.Items that are not included in the cost of tour price.
- Lunch and dinner each day
- Alcoholic / non-alcoholic beverages
- Bike rentals
- Travel and health insurance
- Anything not mentioned as included
Fitness Level:
Borovets Bike Park Weekends are for All Fitness Levels
Skills Level:
Borovets Bike Park Weekends are for All Skills Levels
Preparation of your Bike
Here is our Bike kit list in order to help you get prepared for your adventure. Please read and check it carefully. The ideal bike for this mtb trip is a high quality full-suspension mountain bike with not less than 140mm of travel. Make sure, that your bike has been professionally and authorised serviced, including all suspensions and your equipment is in proper condition.
Accommodation
The majority of accommodation that we use on this mountain biking adventure, is mainly, family-owned lodges and small hotels. We have researched these areas extensively to select the most comfortable accommodation in the region and we have planned the itinerary accordingly.
Food & Beverages
For Bulgarian people, food is a really important part of their culture! The areas we will be visiting at this MTB trip offer a big variety of traditional restaurants and taverns to discover the Bulgarian (and not only) flavours!
Please note: We are more than happy to help you understand all of the trip aspects. Feel free to ask any kind of question you may have for this trip.
Arrival & Departure Details – Transfers
This tour starts and finishes at Outline Adventures office in Thessaloniki, Greece.
In case you are arriving to Thessaloniki with any form of public transportation (train, bus, airplane) let us know if you need shuttle service from the station to Outline Adventures office. This shuttle service comes with an additional fee of 15€.
Do not forget to inform us by mail about the details of your itinerary, at least 7 days before the arrival day, in order to schedule your pickup on time. On your departure date, if you wish, we will drop you off to the station, with no extra charge.
Please Note: All transportations from and to public transportation stations are scheduled to take place within 9:00 and 15:00 at the starting day of the trip and within 22:00 and after at the final day of the trip.
Travel Factors
Please read and accept our Terms & Conditions before you book one of our adventures. It is very important for us, to know that all of our customers have read and agreed to our terms.
We hope that you will never have to cancel your trip. Although, if for any reason you have to cancel, make sure you are aware of our cancellation policy.
You are required, as a condition of booking, to be insured against medical and personal accident risks. In this policy you must include cover for mountain biking and we recommend that you take out a policy which covers cancellation and baggage.
The duration and dates of this trip are specific. If you want to book your own group, we can tailor the trip in any way you want and you can choose many and different dates for a Bike Park Weekend tour.
We only run small to medium groups to ensure that everyone has the best experience possible and there will generally be between 4 to 6 people in each group. The minimum number of people we require for this trip is 4.
We welcome anyone 18+ years old. As long as the riders fulfil the Skill and Fitness level for this trip, age does not really matter.
Our tours are addressed to mountain bikers. Still if you would like to bring your partner please inform us in order to help you and your partner to have a great time without losing any of the rides.
This is a typical mountain bike park trip. You will have the chance to choose between flow tracks and fun single tracks to rough and demanding downhill tracks.
Typical high-altitude mountain weather. Borovets Bike Park is located in high altitude so no matter the hot day - time temperatures, the nights will have a pleasant breeze so make sure you get some warm clothes with you.
The trip price is 200€ per person based on two sharing a room. We are more than happy to welcome single travellers. If you wish to have a room by yourself, an additional fee of 40€ will be required.
We can arrange for you a Scott Genius 950 2019 full suspension bike hire for the duration of the trip. The rental cost is 70€ for the whole weekend. Let us know as soon as possible in order to arrange your request. Also you could address to the Borovets Bike Park, since there is also a bike rental department.