Along with Borovets, ,it is one of the best-known mountain resort complexes in Bulgaria, situated at an altitude of 1,650 m above sea level in the heart of the Rhodopes, 80 km south of Plovdiv. It is surrounded by mountain slopes covered with pines and with sunflooded glades, fragrant with forest flowers. The climate of the resort is influenced by the warm air of the Aegean Sea – mild, with an average annual temperature of 5°C, a cool summer, sunny autumn and comparatively long winter, with plenty of snowfall but warm and sunny. The incised i chef of the region and the forests protect it from the cold winds. From December to March it is covered with snow and from May to September there is no snow at all.
For tourists there are several first-class hotels run by Balkantourist: Panorama (1st class) with 170 beds in single and twin-bed rooms. The restaurant of the hotel can cater for 180 persons at a time. In summer meals and snacks are served on the terrace, too. There is a folkstyle tavern, a night club, a spacious lobby in the Rhodope style, a souvenir stand, postal service and a hire service for skis, equipment, sleds, etc. Orphei Hotel (1st class) has 182 beds in single twin-and three-bed rooms. At the hotel there is an original restaurant with 360 places, a night club, a folk-style tavern, currency exchange and tourist information bureaux, a sunny terrace, etc. Snezhanka Hotel, with 50 rooms, and a total of 106 beds, has a restaurant and a folkstyle tavern, too. The new 10-storey Mourgavets Hotel has 160 beds local ephesus tour guides, a restaurant, bar, etc. The Rozhen Hotel (1st class), with 178 beds and a restaurant seating 287, with a folk- style lounge, day and night bars and a terrace, and the Prespa Hotel (1st class), with 176 beds and a cafe, day and night bars, folk-style room and games room, are linked with a covered passage.
Holidaymakers
During the winter the resort is a veritable paradise for skiers. Holidaymakers can use ski-tracks to suit even the most exacting requirements: a downhill track (1,800 m with a drop in height of 400 m), a slalom track (800 m with a drop of 300 m), a giant slalom track (2,200 m with a drop of 520 m), ski-tracks for 15 and 10 km runs and a ski-jump. There are two chair lifts and two tow lifts.
The resort is renowned as a treatment centre for diseases of the liver, ailments of the respiratory ducts, bronchial asthma, hypertonia, atherosclerosis, etc.
The road to Pamporovo branches off from Plovdiv and leads through the valley of the Assenitsa River, past King Assen's Fortress and the Bachkovo Monastery, well-known for its valuable mural paintings dating from the Middle Ages. Almost midway to Pamporovo, some 45 km from Plovdiv, lies the international spa of Narechen. Pleasant hikes>may be undertaken from Pamporovo to Stoudenets Chalet at an altitude of 1,735 m, with 200 beds, showers, a restaurant and a lift which then goes on toSnezhanka Peak; to Snezhanka Peak by lift of on foot; to Mourgavets Peak (1,850 m) via Stoudenets Chalet; to Shiroka Luka village, Chepelare and Stoikite, where the visitor can see original, gaily-coloured blankets, hand-embroidered clothes and other unusual souvenirs. Also of interest, though somewhat farther away, are the picturesque localities Dyavolski Most (Devil's Bridge), Chemata Stena (The Black Wall), the Ledenika cave, the natural Rock Bridges, the town of Smolyan and the beautiful Smolyan Lakes.
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