 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello,
3 of us have flights booked into Geneva on Wednesday 6 March / flying back on Sunday 10 March (4 nights in total + 3 full days skiing).
What we didn't realise is that this is bang in the middle of the French school holidays - this is making it pretty hard to grab a hotel in places like Val d' Isere etc (never had trouble booking hotels for less than 1 week in the past).
I was wondering what the transfer time between Geneva (we need to make an early start on Sunday as flight back to UK is at 10:50AM) and somewhere like Cervinia or any of the other Aosta Valley resorts is? Is it doable over a weekend?
We’d also be grateful for any other resort recommendations (we are mileage hungry strong intermediates).
Many thanks!
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About 2.5 hours to La Thuile when we did it at half term once. You might have to hang around a bit at the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
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Incidentally for 'strong intermediates' Cervinia would likely be the wrong choice. You'll get bored unless you haul over to Zermatt, or do the long descent to Valtournenche over and over. It's generally a very flat domain. Pretty well every red is more like a blue.
La Thuile would probably be a better base, and then you can day trip to Courmayeur one way, and Pila the other way. That's tons of variety and quite a few good testing runs (try the La Thuile blacks!) for a 3 day getaway.
I don't especially rate La Thuile for a week's hol, but it would fit the bill here very nicely.
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franga, If I recall Cervinia is about an hour from Aosta so again perhaps 2.5hrs from Geneva. Google seems to agree.
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franga, Plenty of hotels in Courmayeur and Aosta.
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I would strongley recommend the Casa De Giorgis in Aosta. Lovely appartments http://www.appartamenti-aosta.com/sito/pagen/chisiamo.htm aqnd they do split weeks. Parking nearby and some cracking restaurants within 100m. You will need to get up early to miss any Gondola queues. We had a fab short break staying in Aosta and skiing Pila. 2.5 hrs should see you ok on a sunday am. Ask for a return ticket at the tunnel, saves a good whack.
Some friends were in Cormayeur the same week and skied Pila for the day with us. They much preferred Pila.
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| Some friends were in Cormayeur the same week and skied Pila for the day with us. They much preferred Pila. |
Out of Courmayeur, La Thuile, Cervinia and Pila: the one I'd most readily go back (to ski*) to is Pila.
*I'd more likely choose to holiday in Cervinia in actual fact, but only to ski Zermatt, not for Cervinia itself!
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Staying in Aosta gives a lot of options for skiing, Pila, Monta rosa, Cervinia etc. plus small places like Crevicol. And good eating in the evening 
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Great - thanks for your advice.
Given that we only have 4 nights to play with, can we choose a base and drive to a different resort each day? Any bus links between resorts (I'm assuming they're not linked by lift)?
Thanks again
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Fantastic - thanks for all your input.
We're set on Aosta now .. on with sorting practicalities out.
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