Balkans

Real year-round towns under real vertical, at prices the Alps have not seen in decades — with one gondola doing most of the lifting.

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Ski areas covered: 3
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Countries: Bulgaria

Blagoevgrad·Bulgaria

Bansko

Town · Blagoevgrad, BG · 3 ski areas

Bansko's gondola rises from the town itself — Bulgaria's tourism ministry states the cabin lift runs "from the starting point of the ski lift station in the town of Bansko" — above a real year-round market town with a municipally documented coworking scene and prices far below the Alps, and with a single bottom station carrying the entire mountain's mornings.

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