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2 skiing adults and 4 kids (8,6,4,2) looking for a family friendly resort within a decent transfer of Venice Marco Polo - 3 kids for ski school and small one for something like a snow creche. Adults will be happy with any sort of skiing a long as kids are happy.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi ado, I guess you should be looking for something in the Dolomites. The main languages spoken there are Italian and German, but in the more visited resorts there is quite a bit of English, but it's not routinely spoken.
The resort with one of the easiest transfers to Venice is Arabba, I read that the local ski school takes kids from 2 years in it's kindergarten. The problem with Arabba maybe for the older kids as there are almost no easy runs to progress to after they master the nursery slope.
More family-oriented resorts can be found in the Alta Badia area: Corvara, Colfosco, La Villa and San Cassiano or in Val Gardena: Selva, Santa Cristina and Ortisei.
I learnt to ski in Selva as an adult, it has nice large, sunny, nursery slopes and I remember seeing tiny tots learning there but I've never visited with kids so can't offer any personal recommendations about the childcare aspect.
The whole area is very scenic and you will have a lovely winter holiday there.
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I would try Nassfeld in Carithia (S Austria) its a 2hr 20 min drive, has a much better snow record than the dolomites and is pretty much motorway all the way. Its a very family friendly resort where there is a lot of English spoken. Plenty of intermediate cruising and the NTC snowpark which is great for kids as they can try snowbikes, mountain boards etc. Scenery good, food good, nightlife good but not in your face, not as expenesive as many of the larger resorts for food and drink although the lift pass is pretty hefy at E180 ish, although there are good childrens discounts for passes. The eng website is nassfeld.at/en , hope this helps. Oh and do like the dolomites, but not with kids!
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ado, there's a few suggestions to be going on with. The Civetta area (main resort Alleghe) is probably the closest Dolomite resort to Venice, the website shows Kindergarten facilities.
Nassfeld isn't so obvious as it's just inside Austria and more easily accessed from Klagenfurt or Trieste airports, but as JimSearle says good motorway link to Venice probably means it's easier to get to than most of the Dolomite resorts, which are often tucked up long valleys. Sounds like he's taken kids there too!
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JimSearle, is the Nassfeld pass open in winter?
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ado, have you found something you like?
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I dont think so, usually fly to Klagenfurt or ljubljana so not an issue. We came from venice once and just went to villach on the motorway then hermagor. I think the nassfeld pass is circa 1500m and runs right next to the resort, i dont remember seein loads of traffic streaming through. Its a v nice bike ride in summer thou!
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