J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dublin1

We are hiring a car, but the hotels in Foppolo San Simone or Carona, will quote for a car pick up, didnt get many quotes but was about 160 euro, which is not much less than car hire for five days. One of the hotels (albergo carona) mentioned a bus from airport to bergamo and another bus to Fopollo/Carona, about 3-4 euros fare, so check with albergo carona or tourist office on that.

Some resorts will have direct coach connections, which I'd guess are once a day, so would need to co-incide with your flights.

Theres lots of skiing, head north from bergamo and your in the Alps. We are off to Fopollo end Jan, which at 60km away is one of the nearest http://www.brembanaski.com/ingleseski/foppolo.html

Its a smallish resort, so after 3/4 days we will have skied it all. As u will see from the above website there are other ski resorts nearby if u want to branch out. Height wise I think its 1600 to 2100 m high, so medium height. The higer a resort is the more snow sure it will be, but at the end of feb height shouldnt be too important. If you are prepared to drive approx 150 km from Bergamo you are in hi altitude terrain - Livigno , Passo Tonale etc 2000-3000m Livigno is duty free too

I've been to both and the sking is excellent there and English is widely spoken ; assuming you are taking lessons. The kids might prefer to be in a class with other English speaking kids so might be an idea to see if the lesser known ski resorts teach in English

Bergamo and the ski resorts near it are in the province Lombaridia , so do a search for Lombaridia and Ski and you'll find lots more.

You need to have a look at the piste maps online for any resort, I think the ones u mentioned are limited and one of them is not suitable for begineers

Good news : It's been snowing heavily today http://www.snoweye.com/?page=it-lombardy

To calculate your drivig distances www.viamichelin.com

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Hi Pjheystack,

Do you remember is poss to Ski to Carona or do we need to take the lift

Anyone been to Foppolo, Italy ;

Thinking of going there, and will either stay in Carona or Foppolo, looking for advice on where to stay, where not to etc.

Foppolo is linked to Carona- there is a Gondala from Carona, which takes you to the main skiing area. Some piste maps show a piste back down to Carona, some dont. Is it possible to ski to Carona or do we have to take the Gondola down ?
What is the sking like in nearby Piani di Bobbio

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I see Ryanair fly to Brataslava, if we hire a car is there much sking withing 2/ 2.5 hrs or there, including Austria as well as Slovakia

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Looking for info on notre dame de bellecombe,flumet aka espace diamant area ; accomdation, quietest runs, where to eat, where not to etc

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snow isnt brill there but enuf to ski on see www.bulgariaski.com webcams etc