Snowkite long weekend in Bulgaria

Snowkiting on Sofia’s doorstep, in a single long weekend

Vitosha is the one destination where you can be riding barely thirty minutes after landing. A long weekend is all it takes: fly in, ride the plateau, and still keep an evening or two for Sofia, one of the most underrated capitals in Europe.

The upper slopes of Vitosha are Bulgaria’s premier snowkiting terrain, held by steady winds and around three months of snow cover a year. A twenty to thirty minute ski tour brings you up to the spot, where local kiters have built a snow hut for lunch and a breather, with the whole city laid out below you.

Let me show you what you are investing in:

– 3 nights at the Moreni Hotel & Spa, on the mountain itself, with sauna and spa, a short drive from the spot.
– Bulgarian snowkite instructors who know every wind corridor on the massif.
– All levels welcome. Vitosha is one of the easiest places in Europe to take your first snowkiting steps.
– Transfers and daily wind chasing, from the airport and up to the spot every morning.
– A real plan B if the wind stays away: skiing on Vitosha, the Rila resort an hour and a half away, the Rila Monastery listed by UNESCO, thermal pools, and a night out in Sofia.