 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi All,
Firstly, just want to say what a great forum this is for both novices and experts.
A few people recommended this site to me so I hope some of you can spare the time to help or push me down the right slope!
Organising a bit of a 4 night (leave Friday, come back Monday) ski trip at the start of March but have no idea where to start.
Leaving from London and open to anywhere in Europe.
There is about 6-8 of us, all varying degrees of novices, some can stand while others cant.
While we are looking for cheap and cheerful, we also don’t want to be in these benedorm type of resorts.
Self accomodation might be the way to go so we can do our own thing.
If anyone has recommendations or thoughts on where we should be looking, I'd be really greatful.
TEAK x
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You could try Tignes, there are some studios that are rented Weds to Weds which I've used for long weekends in the past. Maybe you could get a couple fairly near each other? I know you wouldnt occupy them for the full week, but they are pretty reasonable and it might work out for you. Try www.tignes.co.uk
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You might want to try changing the days from a weekend to midweek, if you can. I've just booked a 5 night stay in La Clusaz, Sunday to Friday to avoid the busy weekends. The beauty of it is the ESF ski school runs it's lessons from Monday to Friday which fits in perfectly. The transfer is an hour from Geneva and for 2 of us all in its cost just over £1,000. (EasyJet flights and a hotel on booking.com) Now I'm just praying for some snow!!!
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HI
we've done quite a few short breaks in Italian resorts, always struggled elsewhere to get short term accomodation but in alot of Italian resorts near Turin or Milan they are used to the weekend visitors that come up from the cities to ski.
Also i recently found quite a few hotels in Obertauren Austria (very close to Salzburg) who were happy to take 3/4 nt bookings (google thier website and follow links to hotels, but contact hotels directly for prices as Obertauren's website just tells you there is no availability.
Resorts in Italy who we have had joy over short term bookings are;
Marilleva
Madesimo
Pila
Folgaria
Gressoney
or as a total alternative try Abetone near pisa, good skiing for short breaks!
hope that helps.
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Hi Soldeu in Andorra is excellent for beginners because once you've mastered the basics you'll find that it has loads & loads of really easy, long, wide blue runs so that you can go right to the top of several mountains & ski all the way to the bottom on blue runs (some 8k long).
I'm taking my 2 kids at Feb half term for 5 nights & it's costing us £1200 (for all of us) for Flights, transfers, s/c accommodation, ski & boot hire, lift passes, & ski school.
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Given the school holiday timing - I'd say austria. I'm a big ski amade fan for long weekends (from salzburg)
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Might be better to leave Saturday, return Tuesday if that works for you. Many (not all, before I'm contradicted) hotels will be looking for 7 day Sat to Sat bookings, if you are only taking up one week rather than straddling 2 I've always found it easier to obtain a shorter than one week stay.
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We use carole at Pilaski.co.uk to get a very good deal at Pila in Aosta Valley, Italy. It is very good for beginners.
It is 2.5 hrs drive from Geneva so not too bad to get to, even closer to get to from Turin airport if you can get flights there.
Such a short trip would suggest somewhere closer to an airport like Morzine for example.
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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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+1 for the Pyrenees, which seem much more accustomed to random bookings of n days, since many of their clients - and, outside of Andorra, Baqueira and one or two others, their main clients - are people who live in cities within reasonable driving distance, hence booking for weekends is totally normal. Soldeu (Grandvalira) or Vallnord, both in Andorra, would be good choices.
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SO WHAT HAVE YOU DECIDED?
WE'RE ALL WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH!
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FAQ
It's often slightly problematical booking long weekends as many resorts are geared up to 7 day Sat/Sat stays. That's particularly the case in France, and that time is also bad for crowds in France, as it's peak holiday time.
) i.e. people who have already done a bit of skiing.
