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Hi everyone! Grey dreich day here. Yay! It'll soon be snowing & here's hoping for another great winter in Scotland. I luckily live within striking distance of all of them except Aonoch Mor. Some fabulous days at Glenshee & Glencoe last year....
Looking for some advice please. Going to Italy for first time in years skiing this winter. Flights to Milan Malpensa & thought Cervinia looked like good poss option.
Been offered a few apartments but was looking for some advice re location. Cielo Alto. Is it a bit of a hike from there to get anywhere? Also any tips from anyone that's been to Cervinia? Grazie 😊Fiona
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Cielo Alto is a 'satellite' ( = hike ) area of Cervinia, a 70's concrete building more often seen in France than Italy. Should say I havent stayed there tho'.....
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I've just booked somewhere there, but haven't been yet. It seems a lot of places in the town are walk to the lifts, and there doesn't appear to be a great ski bus system (from experience in Italy, they are VERY laissez faire, or whatever the Italian for laissez faire is).
In the end I looked at google maps and pulled up the given places to see how far they were.
I could be wrong on all of the above.
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malarkey99, I stayed there a number of years ago with Crystal and it was overdue for refurbishment, there was a local bus sevice that went past it but stopped in the evening. albob, is right it is a hike uphill and not sure if there were any taxis.
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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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The hotels in the centre of town are convenient for the two chair lifts which do link to the rest of the area (although it is a bit convoluted). There are also a few hotels near to the Plan Maison lifts but these are an uphill (and up steps) walk back from the centre of town and lack the charm and doorstep amenities of the town centre hotels. You'll probably need to negotiate steps to get to and from the Plan Maison lifts too. Cielo Alto is not worth the bother, it's an ugly concrete complex with one lift that doesn't easily connect to the rest of the ski area.
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Thank you everyone. I thought alto looked out of the way a bit. Have been offered a few apartments in the Giomein building which may be ok plus another claiming to be at the bottom of the Ventina piste. Any other Cervinia tips?
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malarkey99, bottom of the Ventina piste should have reasonably good access to the Plan Maison lifts.
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The Hermitage used to be good....but that was a while ago
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http://www.lesneigesdantan.it/en
A wonderful hotel , just outside Cervina . The food is excellent and the wine cellar matches it , it's not ski in ski out but the hotel has a fleet of Land Rover defenders to taxi you to and from the lifts and piste . Very cool .
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Am sure hotel lovely but appears no availability for my dates. Feb half term unfortunately.
Think might go with apartment at ventina piste if still available. It ticks most of the boxes although living area looks quite cramped. Close 2 piste is definite bonus as not a fan of lugging my skis about or stumbling around in my boots!!
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I stayed here with my wife and [then] 10 year old son last year: http://www.matterhorn.it
We liked it but had not been to Cervinia before so nothing to compare it to.
They had a shuttle van that ran you back and forth to the lift, but it was not that far to walk.
greg
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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The Mon Reve is a fab hotel, ski in and out and great value. Phone for availability.
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You know it makes sense.
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Hotel Compagnoni v nice too, they only do b&b though.there are cheapish places to eat out though eg Linos
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Depends a lot what you're after, will you have a hire car? We stayed in this place last Easter (basic but certainly has character):
http://www.homeaway.co.uk/p6686541
It's in a little hamlet, a short walk from the red piste 1 back to Val Tournenche, so almost ski-in ski-out. But, you do need a car for access, as it's completely isolated from any shops/restaurants. From the gondola in Val Tournenche you can link into the whole Cervinia ski area, and it has the plus side that if the weather comes in it's often open when the higher pistes at Cervinia are shut.[/url]
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Poster: A snowHead
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Yes I looked at Valtournenche one time before for a larger group as it was the only self catering place I could find for 10+, but I think I've narrowed it down to 3 or 4 apartments in Breuil itself near cable car that look ok so just waiting to hear which ones are still available. Prices do vary it has to be said & as usual is immensely irritating to pay over inflated prices for half term. I am Scottish after all!
Been watching some guy on YouTube zooming down the Ventina piste on the telly with my 2 teenage sons to get us in the mood.....yes we are very sad!!!
Wishing today's torrential rain would turn to snow...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| malarkey99 wrote: |
Hi everyone! Grey dreich day here. Yay! It'll soon be snowing & here's hoping for another great winter in Scotland. I luckily live within striking distance of all of them except Aonoch Mor. Some fabulous days at Glenshee & Glencoe last year....
Looking for some advice please. Going to Italy for first time in years skiing this winter. Flights to Milan Malpensa & thought Cervinia looked like good poss option.
Been offered a few apartments but was looking for some advice re location. Cielo Alto. Is it a bit of a hike from there to get anywhere? Also any tips from anyone that's been to Cervinia? Grazie 😊Fiona |
Can I ask where did you end up Staying? I'm having the same dilemma as you in terms of only being able to find apartments I these apartment blocks. Do you have any details for apartments closer to the town centre? Cheers!
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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 stayed in the St Theodule condo through Immobiliare La Tour. It was a great location for skiing. It is right beside the gondola so you walk for hundred metres to that & off you go & you could ski back to the door off the Ventina run. It's not right in the town centre but you could walk down in 5 mins. I'd stay there again if I went back. Cervinia was a great half term choice too. No queues. Am already looking at Italy again for next year!
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