Place InfoPropertiesHotelsPostal codesPhone codesPopulationCoordinatesDistancesArea sizesPhoto GalleryVideo & WebcamsNewsSchoolsThe Pamporovo ski resort is situated in Smolyan district at 1650 m above sea level. It is situated in the south parts Rhodopes Mountain - at the foot of peak SNEJANKA (1926 m). The distance to capital city of Sofia is 260km and 85 km to Plovdiv (Bulgaria’s second-largest city) . A major motorway construction is underway from Smolyan to nearby Greece (just 30 km), which is expected to boost tourist inflow from Greece. Pamporovo is the sunniest winter resort in Bulgaria there the winter is soft, but with a lot of snow, and the number of the sunny days during the season from December to May comes up to 120 days. The average January temperature is about 3 C. The climate is exclusively healthy and it is no miracle that most of the centenarians in Bulgaria are found in this district. Pamporovo is a ski-centre for all categories of skiers,it has excellent ski runs including even a racing ski run for giant slalom, as well as a first class built-up ski lift system. There is a ski-school of international category too, with more than 100 highly qualified instructors.