Inside the boozy ‘Benidorm of ski resorts’ in Bulgaria with wild drinking games and ‘erotic shows’ FIRE blazes atop my metal helmet as I knock back a shot, before I’m whacked on the head with a bottle.
Comparing the area to another Bulgarian attraction, engineer Liam told me: “Bansko is the Magaluf of ski resorts, Borovets is the Benidorm of ski resorts.
Cool Runnings offers festival nights, including a drinking challenge that sees four full shot glasses stuck to a ski, and revellers tasked with rotating the plank to reach their tipple without spilling a drop.
Some 95 per cent of the bar staff here spend the summer working in Bulgarian holiday hotspot Sunny Beach before heading to the mountain town for jobs in the winter.
He told The Sun “it was a bit chilly”, before wrestling himself back into salopettes (ski trousers to those of us who don’t do winter sports) and thermals to warm up.