http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T12:26:30Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1006 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/3/72733/2165 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/VillaRokaBulgaria.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>NYT columnist Matt Gross's latest expedition has been a skiing holiday in, of all places, Bulgaria. In particular, he set out to figure out whether the ski resort area of Bansko, the biggest in the country, was about to make skiing in Bulgaria famous.</p><p>The answer: possibly not. Amidst tales of queue jumpers in the lines for the ski lifts, and resort staff who groom away all the good powdered snow, Gross did manage to get in some good snowboarding, but it didn't sound all that great. What did look cute was the hotel he stayed in, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Villa+Roka/local/1006"><b>Villa Roka</b></a>, all modern and trendy-looking and with a spa center including solarium, sauna and steam bath.</p><p>The best part amandak 2007-12-03T09:27:17-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/