J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by sam h

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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.

Love it....last time I skiied it was 11 years ago...obviously I will be soooo out of touch next month when I return....but do I care??????

Have a friend who was a ski instructor & I reckon he will relate to most of this list.

Sorry....posted last message twice

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 :D

Thanks Dublin1, we're also going from Dublin....abit of research shows some pretty good reviews for this resort and abit more digging brought up some nice apartments, so i reckon I can do it for under the €2k. Not too keen to hire a car as don;t plan to do any more driving once there - hope to be on the slopes contantly!!! getting really excited...hope to be able to book accomadation (either the Cristallo or an apartment) tomorrow and then will tell the kids. They will be hyper for the next 6 weeks. Thanks for the help.

Dublin1 - do you have details of a ski school & a hire shop by any chance as I can;t seem to find one on-line. Thanks

Thanks for the replies.

I have looked at Fopollo and there seems to be very few hotels there. Have e-mailed a few and will see what they come back with....they are about 30% more expensive than Presolana but I guess thats as they are higher so better chance of skiing.

4.5 hours is probably too much of a transfer for the kids - can anyone recommend a closer (with direct transfer) resort?

Are there any other easy connections from Bergamo or do we need to hire a car. Don't want to sound cheap but was hoping to keep the cost below €2000 (excluding flights)....am I being too optimistic - it's really just to give them a taste as I dread getting there and for 1 or 2 of them to say...."hate it!".

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We are flying into Bergamo (really good deal on flights) at the end of Feb and we would like to give the kids their first taste of skiing, without blowing the bank. Can anyone recommend a good location to go skiing that is not too far from the airport (1 to 2 hours) and has good facilities for kids? We have both skied before but not too advanced so ideally a spot suitable for beginners to intermediate.

We got details of a option inCastione della Presolana (a 3 star hotel is allocated after booking), accommodation is located from 900 mts. a.s.l. and 1300 mts. a.s.l., while ski resorts : Presolana till 1630mts, Monte Pora till 1880 mts, Colere till 2250 mts. The altitude figures are double dutch to me and wonder if anyone could suggest if that altitude would be sufficent to have a reasonably good chance of snow or do we need to go futher north.

Any advice or suggestions will be gratefully appriciated!!