Messages posted by : AllyG
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That's a pity you've got to stick to the 1st March. It was available when I checked, but more expensive at 1,330 euros for a 4 person studio for the week.
If anyone else is interested - it's only 600 euros on 11th Jan, and 670 euros on 22nd March. And if you do decide to go there don't forget that the reception doesn't open until 1700 hrs! And also remember you have to pay the taxe de sejour - it's only a few euros but they want it in cash. You also have to pay a deposit which I think is 200 euros, but I just gave them my passport to keep safely for me because I didn't want to be given back 200 euros right at the end of my holiday! |
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Davidsa2 has now filled the last place in the mini-bus taxi between Verona airport and the Gran Baita hotel in Folgarida :) We've currently got 20 skiers and boarders booked to come with us (Sunday 2nd to Sunday 9th February) occupying 12 rooms in the hotel. We're waiting for one person to book his flights and then there will be 21 people in the group :) I block booked 10 rooms for the group months ago, which then increased to 12 rooms as more people decided to come with us. If anyone else wants to come with us I will have to check with the hotel to make sure they have a suitable room available for them. And there aren't any more single rooms left so the options are either twin, double, triple, or family rooms. |
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I stayed in the Pierre et Vacances apartment block Les Ravines in Meribel, when I was there. It's very central and to get to the piste you either walk a short distance down the road or walk across the road and go up an escalator to the piste and ski down a short way to the Chaudanne - where all the lifts go from.
I don't know what you count as cheap. It's available for 4 people from 8th March for a week either with Igluski at £489 per person including flights and transfers, or directly with P&V for 1,160 euros which is currently around £930 (at 1.20 euros per pound) or £233 per person. |
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My tip would be to watch out for the blue Santons run back into Val d'Isere. There's no way this should be classed as a blue run. It's got a half-pipe section, followed by a schuss which runs into a long flat piece where you have to pole into Val. If you're a good skier then you will manage the technical difficulties of the actual piste OK (and it can be really good fun if you get there early before the crowds), but the trouble is that it can become littered with the 'corpses' of blue run skiers who find it much too hard for them, and trying to avoid all of them can be something of a nightmare :shock: The black 'Face' run is pretty steep if you like that sort of thing :) And if you go over to the Tignes side the black Sache run which goes down into Les Brevieres is a really long piste which can be quite challenging - it varies a lot according to how mogulled up it has become. I think my favourite piste is the 'Double M' down from the Grande Motte glacier :) The mountain restaurants tend to be very expensive, but the cafes down in the villages are generally much cheaper. You take your choice - you pay for the view! |
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Don't worry about it! I think practically everyone reverts to a snow-plough for their first half-hour or so on a dry ski slope ;)
I was at a dry ski slope once, and the young instructors were having a good laugh because they'd had a visit from some really good skiers, who were horrified to find they couldn't ski (as well as they usually could) on the dry slope. If you go from a dry slope to a snow dome, or real snow, it's fine. But doing it the other way around is much harder. |
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It's OK David, his name isn't really David ;) |
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Great news :) Excellent decision ;) |
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