Borovets
![Borovets Town from the slopes](/Images/godic/202501/01/Borovets5231.jpg")
![An old villa in Borovets](/Images/godic/202501/01/Borovets_center_25231.jpg")
![The Gondola in Borovets](/Images/godic/202501/01/BorovetsGondola5231.jpg")
![Borovets in summer](/Images/godic/202501/01/Borovets-gruev-25231.JPG")
Borovets (Bulgarian:Боровец), known as Chamkoria (Чамкория) until the middle of the 20th century, is a popular Bulgarian mountain resort situated in Sofia Province, on the northern slopes of Rila, at an altitude of 1350 m. Borovets is 10 km from Samokov, 73 km from Sofia and 125 km from Plovdiv.