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Our kids are 6 and 9 and both came on brilliantly this season. Elder has done a black, is at ease on reds and pulls away from me on blues. The little one is as cool as I have ever seen a little one on skis - blues and reds aren't a problem and he just chills the whole way.
We would like to take them away for 2 nights and 2.5 days skiing (shhh: a day out of school ;-) ) and we live 20 minutes from Stansted. So our criteria is:
*Ease of transfer in Europe, ideally no more than 75 minutes
*Reasonable prices
*Accomodation could even be self catering (anyone got an apartment to let??)
*Good, long intermediate pistes
Any bright ideas?
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Peter Leuzzi, early flight to Turin? Land aroundd 10am, 90 mins to Serre Chevalier, and you can be on the slopes by lunchtime for three or four hours skiing . There's usually a late flight back if you want to ski on your final day. Plenty of long intermediate pistes, and I know of a good apartment, although it is normally only available for three nights or more.
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It may depend on the dates you had in mind.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Peter Leuzzi, how'd you find Champoluc? Accom might be tricky depending on dates though...
If not peak season, Morzine would work - just make sure to book flights as soon as
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Peter Leuzzi, a Cheeky weekend is hard to beat in the Ski Amade resorts. Many are 40 minutes from Salzburg, pre booked taxis are just over €40 return pp and there is a plethora of B&B's and appartments that do day rattes. Good, cheap food, and a great lift system.
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under a new name, loved it. Owe you an email too, don't I? Sorry about that. It is a place I would love to go back to but probably not straight away. We skied all of it very quickly (pistes, that is) and I think I need a little more sedate runs for the kids. Italy is always a winner with kids though.
Considered Morzine as well as I think theyd love it and Les Gets.
Frosty the Snowman, already in mind. I'm a big fan of Schladming but there are tonnes of resorts alongt that stretch are there not?
Helen Beaumont, thinking after February half term and before end of March as we have our family trip proper at Easter. So, early March?
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Marcellus - come forth please!
Helen Beaumont, will you PM me some info please?
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Peter Leuzzi, Kitzbuhel? It's an easy transfer from Munich by road or (slightly longer but very conveniently) by train. Plenty of pensions which will happily do short stays outside the busiest times (Xmas, NY, Hahnenkamm race, HT). Les Carroz would also be a good choice, although Kitzbuhel is a jollier place.
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Peter Leuzzi,
Les Carroz! 50mins from Geneva by car, very reasonable prices, good links to Flaine, haven't stayed with Marcellus but spoke to him when I was there and he was very helpfull, top bloke!
We went in Jan, 7am flight from L'Pool to Geneva, we were skiing at 12.30 that afternoon. On the last day we skied until 4pm and caught the 9pm flight home.
Do us a favour though, keep this between ourselves, it's a great little resort and we don't want too many people finding out about it!
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Peter Leuzzi, when? Fly to Salzburg. Hundreds of resorts/stations within about an hours drive including the Kitzsteinhorn glacier (stay in Kaprun, a few minutes easy drive each morning to large carpark at glacier station).
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You know it makes sense.
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slikedges, likely first two weeks in March.
What about Italian resorts? Any thoughts?
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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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Courmayeur is pretty close to GVA, an easy drive, and would make a great weekend, I'd expect. Good restaurants, lovely scenery, what more do you want?
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Courmayeur is also an easy motorway drive from Turin - accomodation is not ski-in skit out, but they are well used to weekend stays there
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Turin then if good snow Milky Way very near, else Courmayeur, Pila/Aosta
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Sauze D'Oulx is an hour up the motorway from Turin and flight times are pretty good from Stansted. Avoid the school holidays you should be able to get somewhere to stay in Sauze (or San Sicario next door).
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Ray Zorro wrote: |
| Turin also gives you ready access to resorts like Cervinia, |
Peter, you know it makes sense! 
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| nbt wrote: |
| Courmayeur is also an easy motorway drive from Turin - accomodation is not ski-in skit out, but they are well used to weekend stays there |
We tried to arrange one last year, but still didn't find anything for a short break, hints and tips welcome as we get free lift pass for Courmayeur with our Serre Che season pass.
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Helen Beaumont
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We tried to arrange one last year, but still didn't find anything for a short break, hints and tips welcome as we get free lift pass for Courmayeur with our Serre Che season pass.
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For easy access (by car) to Courmayeur you could stay in Aosta - a historic Roman town with an old centre that's full of character (cobbled streets, amphitheatre and triumphal arch) - and bargain food and drink. On the accommodation front there's a cheap place (currently 50-55 euros/double room) we've used which is flexible on dates. It's called Albergo Mancuso - basic but clean and comfortable enough and a short walk from the historic centre. (http://www.albergomancuso.com/default.asp.) There's also a Holiday Inn if you're a bit more fussy/upmarket orientated - though that's a bit further from the centre. We've also turned up on spec and got a one night stay at a central B&B (can't remember the name...) via the tourist office.
Pila (direct gondola access from Aosta) won't be on your lift pass but is also worth a look for a day or two.
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Helen Beaumont, to be fair I've only ever gone with organised breaks where a travel agent has organised it, but there are lots of places: We stayed at the Hotel Dei Camosci on our last trip
http://www.hoteldeicamosci.com/
Nice enough place (starters are far nicer than main courses when you're there with Crystal, I suspect they cater to a budget), it's about 15 minutes walk into town but they will run you down to the lift in a minibus and pick you up from the lifts at the end of the day. Did you get ion touch with the tourist info office? It really is a place that caters for the weekend people from Turin and Milan so I'd be surprised if no-one was willing to do a weekend stay, although I suppose it depends how far in advance you want to book
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mountainaddict, we need somewhere reasonably close to the slopes, as we normally have our dog with us. Finding somewhere for her wasn't a problem, it was the weekend accommodation that was. Perhaps it was because we wanted an apartment?
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| nbt wrote: |
| starters are far nicer than main courses |
I reckon that is true of most meals that I've had in Italy. Delicious anitpasti or pasta followed by a rather dull bit of grilled meat and veg or an uninspired casserole thing. There have been notable exception, of course; excellent calves liver in Venice, great steak and unctuous tripe in Tuscany, but usually main courses are a bit ho hum.
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| Helen Beaumont wrote: |
| Perhaps it was because we wanted an apartment? |
I think that's your problem, these places seem to be geared to people looking for hotels
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Marcellus has a place in Les Carroz and another 
