Pamporovo, "the Pearl of the Bulgarian mountain resorts", situated in the heart of Rodopa Mountain; 260 kilometers from the capital Sofia, 85 km south of Plovdiv and 15 km from Smolyan city. One day on the ski-runs of Pamporovo is enough to get a beautiful sunny tan because the resort deserves its name of one of the most sunny mountain resorts in Bulgaria - the sunny days during the year here are more than 240.