 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone had any experience of ski-in, ski-out accommodation at any Italian resorts?
Hotel, chalet, apartment.
How does it / does it compare with US or Canadian ski-in, ski-out in terms of convenience and the size of rooms etc?
Thanks in advance
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mike Pow, I know the Dolomites pretty well, there are plenty of hotels and apartments that are right next to a piste or lift, so pretty much ski-in ski-out.
Normally, this kind of convenience increases the price and lessens availability compared to other accommodation that isn't so well-located.
All the resorts in the area are based around established villages, but there are some purpose-built resorts elsewhere in Italy that might provide the soulless North American experience.
Room sizes and facilities are usually proportional to price and there will be a great variety to choose from. Quality in the northern Dolomites is usually good, on a par with Austria, a notch higher than other parts of Italy.
Here's an example or two in Selva:
http://www.villa-erna.com/en/lage.htm
http://www.hotelmiravalle.it/en/index.html
Here's one in Colfosco:
http://www.luianta.it/benvenuti-e.htm
All directly on the Sella Ronda with approx 500km linked slopes.
Hope this helps! 
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Wed 17-02-10 12:13; edited 1 time in total
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there are some purpose-built resorts elsewhere in Italy that might provide the soulless North American experience.
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luigi, 
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Brilliant. Many thanks Luigi.
Enquiring on behalf of a family I was teaching in Niseko.
So the next question is which ski-in, ski-out resorts are the best bets for snow - on the ground and falling from the sky - Christmas into the New Year?
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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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Mike Pow, you'll be very lucky to get Hokkaido powder in the Dolomites as it's statistically one of the driest parts of the Alps, but I've never known the the Sella Ronda area to not be open for Xmas-New Year (probably on an artificial base), which is about the busiest week of the year.
If they need big snow and reliable off-piste, maybe Cervinia or the Monte Rosa area in NW Italy, or even better somewhere in Western Austria like Lech, Zurs or Ischgl.
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Brilliant thanks once again.
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Not that often in Aosta valley. Pretty much impossible in Courmayeur and La Thuile you'd have to stay at the Planibel only. I think some of the accommodation in Cervinia is fairly near the lifts but I've not been there myself.
Most accommodation in Passo Tonale is within a couple of minutes walk from the lifts.
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Theres one small hotel at Livigno in the Neilson brochure that is at bottom of the San Rocco nursery slopes, and the Carossollo lift is availble near by, not sure what is called
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We are staying at the Stella Alpina Hotel in Sauze D'Oulx, right at the bottom of the clotes lift, has great tripadvisor reviews.
http://www.stellalpinahotel.it/
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Pila in Aosta valley is ski-in-ski-out. It's a smaller version of Les Arcs.
Gressoney in Aosta has some SISO accomodation at the end of the valley - Stafal. But then you have to take the car to go to the village; Stafal is only a small cluster of farms, chalets and hotels.
Colfosco (Val Badia in the Dolomites) is right on the middle of the slopes.
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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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Colfosco (Val Badia in the Dolomites) is right on the middle of the slopes. |
Here's an accommodation list for Colfosco, as Onnem says a good spot as over half the accommodation is next the piste that runs down the side and along the bottom of the village, you can follow the union jack links to the hotel's website, there's a map to find the exact location in relation to the piste. There are 4 pages here to look at. Nice nursery slopes too:
http://www.miaaltabadia.it/operatori/colfosco.html
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Good thread - keep 'em coming, please!
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You know it makes sense.
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Yes thanks all. Superb info.
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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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Mike Pow, Monterosa has decent snowmaking if you're that early in the season.
Rifugio Guglielmina isn't the snazziest place ever but has an awesome location.
Hotel Mascogna is lovely - not quite ski in/out but located high up.
Couple of other hotels near the tops of the Crest or Frachey lifts too.
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Poster: A snowHead
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great info. thanks
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