Bar BaseCamp, Bansko
No, we do not have embroidered tablecloths, orchestras or a traditional barbecue. Quite the opposite.
Base Camp is on a quiet street at the start of Bansko. It offers a pleasant atmosphere, alternative and rock music and prices like any non-resort town. Perhaps that is why our friends and the people who come back every year keep growing in number.
The bar has become the place where extreme winter sports fans gather for the opening of the season.
We never get tired! We can proudly say that since it opened, the bar has not closed for a single day. We work all year round, with Bulgarian and foreign bands, DJs, improv theatre groups and all sorts of open-minded people with different ideas, escaping the routine. People say it is a rock bar, but we don't like being framed, so we don't put a label on it.
We love diversity. That's why here you can hear different styles of music, drink a different cocktail every time and meet a lot of people with different interests.
Come and join us for a drink. We can assure you that unlike many other places, we do not divide our customers into foreigners, tourists and locals. And no, the start of the winter season does not mean our prices double.
We are a modest but close-knit crew that has made it through good times and bad. We are all tough Bansko locals – hard as the local stone. Now and then there are conflicts in the group, of course, but we try to smooth them out with simple logic.
We have had hard times too: lonely nights, days without money. We have probably given you, our customers, plenty of headaches and hangovers – but we have also made you shout, laugh and jump… And we keep doing it with love, for you.
Our little rebellious Bansko ginger. Always bustling behind the bar in mind-blowing sync with the rest of the crew. You have probably run into her in the summer at Gradina, mixing you her grand mojito. Now she generously hands out smiles, shots and beers at BaseCamp too, always keen to hear about your latest winter adventure.
An essential part of BaseCamp, of Bansko and of the fun park. This iconic character hardly needs an introduction, but for those who don't know him yet: Yopev is the most devoted fan of beer, snowboarding, Samoyeds and real music, and a long-standing member of the crew of our favourite bar.
Open all year round.
