Cable cars and lifts
The Bansko gondola and the Dobrinishte chairlift, summer and winter.
Up the mountain, summer and winter
With the gondola or the chairlift you are high in the mountains in half an hour. In winter for the slopes, in summer for hiking, tubing and views.
Where can you go up?
Gondola to Banderitsa
From the town you glide above the forests in about 25 minutes to Banderitsa at 1,600 m. In winter the start of the slopes, in summer of the hiking trails. On the way you see the valley getting smaller and smaller.
Bunderishka Polyana
At the top of the gondola there is a large mountain meadow with mini golf, a tubing track, a biathlon shooting range and a 400-metre inflatable water slide. Or you hike on, to Baikushev-den or the lakes.
Bezbog chairlift
From the Gotse Delchev hut at 1,400 m you glide up to 2,200 m, by Bezbog lake and the hut. From here you walk to the peaks of Bezbog, Polezhan and Dzhangal, or take it easy to Popovo lake. Down below and up top you can eat fresh fish. For hikers, this is our favourite lift.
Sunset on Bezbog
Take one of the last lifts up and watch the sun set over the valley. Ask at the lift what time the last ride down leaves.
Opening hours vary by season. Check before you go whether the lift is running.
Hiking from the lift
From Bezbog Hut you walk to Bezbog Peak and back in about 3 hours, with views of Popovo lake.
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