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Small friendly resort in Italy

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Can anybody recommend a resort in Italy that is not too big and a 'real' place with Alpine charm?
We've got one intermediate skier and one non-skier who needs something else to do all day!

Thanks,
Ralph
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Hi rjmusto, welcome to the happy place snowHead

How long are you going for and when are you planning to go? If it's for a shorter period, Courmayeur would be a good bet. Easy to get to and quick to get to. Great place for a few days and really friendly with charm and without all the massive development of the larger "resorts". It's also got Mount Blanc so amazing area.

Not sure about what else to do as i slide all day wink but the town is lowish so very easy to get away by car, good bus service as well. There's also a big leisure centre that has a relaxation/massage type place. Theatre & Cinema...........and a libary but most books may be in Italian Wink
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Thanks for info Dan.
We'ed be going in March for a week.
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Can I suggest a resort called Pila, which is reacheable by cable-car from a market town called Aosta which is a very pretty Roman built proper town. I am told that the snow cover is almost always - north facing pistes and high - very good in Pila. For the non-skier there is lots to see and do in Aosta.

I know taht Interski goes there and I think that Crystal also.


Have a look here pila, aosta valley


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rjmusto, do a search on here for more info. Courmayeur is too small really for a week but has good connections with Chamonix and a coupleof other resorts via a bus ride. 3-4 days is best for Courmayeur.
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Had a look at Pila website - could be a winner?
Thanks for that.

And ok on Courmayeur thoughts.....
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rjmusto, Aosta, it's a proper town not just a ski resort and you can ski Pila directly from Aosta. With a car you also have access to Courmyer and La Thuile, actually you don't even need a car, there's a bus service to the ski stations in the Aosta valley.
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Pila/Aosta, Champoluc, Gressoney
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Thanks for the suggestions folks.

Like the look of Pila and of Champoluc.

Anyone got views on snow reliability for these two?
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Historical snow reports from SCGB - can you get this link ( as a non-member? ) -

http://www.skiclub.co.uk/skiclub/reports/historical/report.asp?intContactID=45616

http://www.skiclub.co.uk/skiclub/reports/historical/report.asp?intContactID=44822
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Hello,
My girlfriend and I are thinking about a four day trip to go skiing in the beg of March.
Due to a little time press it would be nice to enter mountains by rental car from Milano, Venize, Geneva or Münich
How many hours to drive to Pila from Milano / Geneva ?
How many hours to drive to Ischgl from Münic?
Anyone care to share a little experience on nice BB , car hire and such?

Regards,
Jan

hibernia wrote:
Can I suggest a resort called Pila, which is reacheable by cable-car from a market town called Aosta which is a very pretty Roman built proper town. I am told that the snow cover is almost always - north facing pistes and high - very good in Pila. For the non-skier there is lots to see and do in Aosta.

I know taht Interski goes there and I think that Crystal also.


Have a look here pila, aosta valley
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 You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
rjmusto, champoluc snow not great at present (wrong weather pattern) but lots of man made stuff. Pila is in similar shape.

Champoluc is small, very friendly but I'm not sure what one would do if not skiing...There's a small ice rink but not a great deal else...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
If in the Aosta valley, the Pila/Aosta combination is far more likely to appeal to the non-skiers. The villages of Champoluc and Gressony, while small and attractive are a long way on a bus from anywhere interesting.

As well as the interest in Aosta itself, it's on a railway line back down the valley which allows non-skiers to visit other towns all the way along as far as Turin (which I think you could do in a well organised day trip if sufficiently motivated !). Italian trains are so cheap you keep wondering if they've given you the right ticket !

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For something completely different, why not try somewhere in the Central Apennines? Accessible within 1.5 hours from Rome and they've had miles more snow than the Italian Alps this year. You could stay somewhere like Aquila which is a proper old Italian town and a very attractive place and drive out to the nearby resorts.
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Anyone have any opinions on Madesimo?
There is a group of 10 of us going there Feb 11th for a week
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