 Poster: A snowHead
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I mentioned in an earlier thread that I was looking to put together a trip that would be a bit more special for a big 0 birthday. I was looking in Austria but a poster mentioned Italy.
Looking for
Gentle Blue Slopes
Resport with some night life, a few pubs and restaurants that wont break the bank
Nice SC apartments, maybe attached to hotel that would have a swimming pool
Not more that 2 hours from airport.
I have never researched Italy, so dont even know where to start.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I have heard great things about Cortina D'Ampezzo, but never been there. Courmayeur is nice, Sauze D'Oulx is young and lively (is the birthday 20 or 80?) and has an extensive ski area so anywhere on that circuit...I didn't like Cervinia, too open and motorway ish for me. Livigno is a long transfer. Pick up some TO brochures?
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San Cassiano............
easiest, widest blues I've come across
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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We skiied in Madonna di Campiglio this year. Very impressed. Most of the runs are blue and red, and IMO many of the reds would be graded blues elsewhere. Maybe more than 2 hours from airport, but still worth a look.
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+1 for Corvara
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+2 for Corvara
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2waterford, once you have settled on a place to stay, you could ask for ideas of places to go, trips to make, sights to see in the Dolomites.
Things like a meal at Scotonis half way down the Hidden Valley. A trip to the Marmolada (and a visit to the First World War museum there). A visit to the Santa Croce chapel. A meal out at a Ladin food restaurant. A trip around either the Sella Ronda or one of the other 'tours'
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One downer -- There doesn't seem to be a lot of SC in the Dolomites
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albob, there is enough. Pick a resort. Go to the website. There is usually a search for accommodation tab. On many resort websites you can fill in what you are looking for, dates, size of accommodation etc and email that to the tourist office. They then pass that out to local owners who will e-mail you back with offers. It works
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Just to add, Innsbruck is probably the best access point to this area, but it's doable from Verona, Venice & Treviso too.
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You know it makes sense.
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Easy drive from Venice - and a day there would be a lovely addition to your special trip.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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| pam w wrote: |
| Easy drive from Venice - and a day there would be a lovely addition to your special trip. |
Certainly doable from Venice and a day or two there at the end of a ski holiday is magical, perhaps could be timed with the famous Carnival in February. The transfer involves at least one moderate Alpine pass to access the Alta Badia resorts, kept open through the winter except maybe immediately after an exceptional snowfall when they can be closed for some hours until it's cleared.
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OP I think most of the Italian resorts are 3 to 3 and a half hours from the airport. Assuming you're travelling from Ireland there are a few options (Aer Lingus to two Milan airports, Ryanprick to another one, Aer Lingus to Venice) but they all seem that far away. There are no direct flights to Innsbruck but you can get Lufthansa flights via Frankfurt usually relatively cheaply.
I have been to Cortina and ski'd a bit of the neighboring areas, definitely get the feeling the eating and walking around, as well as the scenery is as big a part of the holidays there as the actual skiing so Italy might be a runner if you're after that kind of holiday (transfer times aside).
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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8611, it's a while since I drove it, and the roads were very clear, but I don't remember Cortina being that far - google maps says it's 2 hours. 150kms. Corvara 2h 38.
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Thanks for all the replies guys. Lots of homework to do.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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2waterford, I always stay in Arabba (last 6 years) but Corvara is really nice and will have more accommodation choice and certainly more nightlife. Been to Cortina and again it's nice but off the Sella Ronda, so less skiing within easy reach. That said the town is lovely and has a lot of character. The whole Dolomites area is beautiful and the skiing is great for cruising, with some challenging skiing in places. We did the Great War ski tour last year and really enjoyed it, with the Serrai di Sottoguda canyon and it's frozen waterfalls being a highpoint. The enhanced photo below is one I took looking down into Arabba from the black run, after some mist.
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| pam w wrote: |
| 8611, it's a while since I drove it, and the roads were very clear, but I don't remember Cortina being that far - google maps says it's 2 hours. 150kms. Corvara 2h 38. |
You're right Pam, seems to be 2 hours from Venice which is the way I would have went (have no recollection of journey)
OP skiing in Cortina was very spread out, you'd have to be willing to drive
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| 8611 wrote: |
| OP skiing in Cortina was very spread out, you'd have to be willing to drive |
The two main access points are the Tofana & Faloria cablecars which are on either side of the town centre about 800m apart, there is a free bus service for ski-pass holders that runs around the town linking the main hotels and these lifts, so no need for a car. A ski bus also runs up to the Cinque Torri area a few miles out of town.
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