Mountain Biking

Bansko offers hundreds of kilometers of superb mountain bike riding. Whether YOU are looking for relaxing forest or valley trails, to get you away from it all or the adrenalin rush of the technically and physically demanding alpine rides – YOU will find it all in Bansko

The place encompasses the Mesta Valley dividing three of the most picturesque mountains in Bulgaria – Pirin, Rila and the Rhodopi. This provides the scenery of Bansko summer resort with an amazing variety of biking terrains. There YOU have the beautiful Mesta Valley surrounded by towering peaks reaching up to 3 000 meters, the century-old pine forests, the sharp slopes with racing torrents and the high alpine places with their regally-rising peaks and deep-blue, ace aged lakes.

Small, hidden villages that managed to preserve old crafts and habits with high ethnographical value, shape a landscape unchanged for centuries. The stunning remains of medieval and prehistoric artifacts speak for a place that has been in the heart of the Hellenic Civilization, has seen the greatness of the Roman Empire, the Old Bulgarian Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire.

Take this amazing quest to discover a place made up of rich cultures, habits and senses, so different of what we all know.