Chalet Jura and Bansko are a wonderful combination for a first ski holiday experience. The staff at Chalet Jura were superb; very attentive and flexible. Simon and Saria, our hosts, were both excellent, providing unobtrusive help and care throughout the week's stay. Their cooking was excellent! The chalet provides warm and cosy accomodation with the added bonus of free transfers to the slopes / ski hire shop. Overall Jura provides outstanding value for money.
Bansko is a great resort if you are not sure that you will become an avid ski fan, as well as being a great place for the seasoned skier, with pleanty of challenge on the slopes. I would strongly recommend Bankso for a much cheaper but equally good experience for a ski holiday. The flights in and out were straightforward and the transfer from Sofia to the resort relatively easy - 2.5 Hrs.

Saraya and Simon were great hosts and provided the most amazing food every evening...the roast duck was a particular highlight! Along with Jay & Laura they made our stay easy, stress free and great fun. I’d really recommend Method ski school...ask for Mike who got me doing things on skis I never would have thought possible after a terrible first day with a different ski school! The chalet is cosy and welcoming with good facilities. Bansko was a great place to learn to ski and was beautiful with 5 days of blue skies and great snow.

Just got back after spending Boxing Day - 2nd Jan 2012 at Chalet Jora. What a great choice! The owners, Laura and Jay couldn't do enough to help make our stay comfortable but real credit has to go to their day to day managers, Simon and Saraya who were totally professional yet friendly and always going the extra mile for us. Everything was always done with a smile and a "can do" attitude and with a group of 10 of us who are, let's say, not particularly shy in coming forward, they dealt with us with aplomb. Saraya's cakes were to die for but the next group who goes must make Laura commit to a bake-off with Saraya!!

The lifts to and from the gondola were very welcome, as was the very discounted entrance to the spa which Jay transported us to without question. The chalet was always warm and clean with an authentic rustic feel throughout.

We also loved meeting one of the dogs Jay is trying re-home - Brown; I would have brought him back with me if I could; I keep my fingers crossed he will find a good home soon. Woof woof!!

A group of 10 of us went back to Chalet Jora in March of this year, having first visited a few seasons ago when it first opened. We were really impressed with the quality of the service and the attentiveness of the hosts/chalet owners, Laura and Jay, then. We were even more impressed this year as they have improved the chalet substantially, with all of the bathrooms having been newly refurbished. Jay's hosting skills have refined to a black belt standard and Laura's food was even tastier than ever!
We can't recommend Chalet Jora highly enough, though, as you can see we're not alone.
We're planning our next trip to Bansko for next year, it's an absolute gem, as I said three years ago, still half the price of the Alpine resorts. Chalet Jora is a little gem!