Flying to Bergamo, Italy - where to go skiing from there?

All booked!! Found a nice apartment in Foppolo (all hotels bookecd out!!). Apartment+ski pass+ski hire+transportation for family of 5....€1280!! Flight were only €180, so I'm well under target. I'm trilled and the kids are soooo excited. Arranging ski school now. Just have to buy the silly hats now

sam h have been there twice ,loads off snow at the moment good webcam link from this site the bottom cam is on top off hotel cristallo,good place for a drink,always give you a free snack,great little place and with the good snow at the moment will be superb make sure you go on the single chair before health and safety shut it down.

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Hi there,

We too are a family of 5 and are looking at going to Foppolo early Feb. I have sussed out the flights but can you tell me where any good apartments are and how we book ski-school/ski passes and ski hire.

Cheers

Baggie

baggie not sure about apts but ski hire shop on parade off shops by main slope very good ,buy pases at kiosk by main chairlifts.

http://www.brembanaski.com/ingleseski/foppolo.html

for accom ski pass etc, three villages carona, foppola, san simone all three have accom

www.scuolasciavb.com

Thats the address for the ski school. I hope you can get sorted for accomadation early Feb as I found it hard to get sorted for the end of Feb. Italian midterm is early Feb.

hi,
I'm 17 but thought i might have the perfct answer for you! - the dolomites
Its about a 3-1/2 hr journey from Bergamo, but is worth the drive. In my opinion the dolomites are far more impressive than the alps, sceanery wise, and has the same standard of runs.
Im going back to a place called corvara in the alta badia area (1500m). It's not the most atractive place, but is set in a very beautiful area. It is an ideal base to explore the 'sella ronda' circut. mostly blues and reds, long winding runs...some through trees.
I think it would be a good starting point for learning how to ski. It may be worth looking at the other towns in the dolomites, as i have only ever stayed in covara.
we are staying in the 'hotel la perla', which for me, no other hotel will beat. Their is a bigger hotel next door, 'sporthotel panorama' (is more touristy, big pool, spa ect...ect), as well as a few other nice hotels.
just as an extra, im travelling by train to corvara this time, so you might want to look in to the rail network from verona to bolzano. I know that the trains are about every 1-1/2. (not sure if they run from milan - i have a feeling that the station is not handy from the ariport) from bolzano its about an hour to corvara.

hope this helps

- corvara seems to be a well kept gem by the italians. plus, and heres the best bit, the food in the moutain restaurents is to die for!