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Long Weekend

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:15:23 GMT

Need your help

My employer has refused me holidays once again - time to look for a new one - all I can get is a couple weekends, any ideas, preferably italy?

Re:Long Weekend

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:26:06 GMT

Your choice of UK airports? I normally fly Friday morning and fly back on a Sunday night.

Re:Long Weekend

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:27:58 GMT

Would you get say Friday and or Monday off. If not its a long way for a day mabe day and a half skiing. However if you can get a least one extra day you could go to Turin and then on to Sauze it's good roads motorway so shortish transfers . You should be able to get accommodating for a couple of days.

Re:Long Weekend

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:36:55 GMT

Hi thanks, should have wrote long weekend, was meaning to. I can have Thursday, Friday off, Friday, Monday or Monday, Tuesday

Manchester or Liverpool are my local airports and Leeds is doable although I guess Birmingham is possible too

I was looking at Sauze, one of my fav resorts.

Re:Long Weekend

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 23:26:41 GMT

Easyjet offer Thursday and Friday MAN~MUN flights, and MUN~MAN returns on Sunday and Monday.

Fri~Mon GBP152. Thurs~Sunday, GBP130. Plus baggage.

So you can choose a train or car hire into Kitzbuhleralpen, Kitz, Soell,Scheffau. Many other choices. Join me in the Wildschonau.

For a short time, I generally use the train from Munich Airport.

A good shout is travel out Thursday. Arrive early evening. Ski Friday, Saturday, Sunday until about 3.00pm.
Train to Munich, Sunday evening flight at 9.35pm. The Easyjet check-in is right beside the station.

B&B around Euro30/35 per night.

Re:Long Weekend

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 23:34:14 GMT

Or, if you live anywhere near London, Ebbs Fleet or Ashford so that you can get the Eurostar, you could get a night sleeper train from Paris to somewhere with a ski resort, and do the same on the way back.

Re:Long Weekend

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 23:40:12 GMT

Ally, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds is a clue!!!

Re:Long Weekend

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 23:43:56 GMT

Oh yes, so they are, Dave Mac! I didn't think of that! :(

Re:Long Weekend

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 23:55:28 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:Easyjet offer Thursday and Friday MAN~MUN flights, and MUN~MAN returns on Sunday and Monday.

Fri~Mon GBP152. Thurs~Sunday, GBP130. Plus baggage.

So you can choose a train or car hire into Kitzbuhleralpen, Kitz, Soell,Scheffau. Many other choices. Join me in the Wildschonau.

For a short time, I generally use the train from Munich Airport.

A good shout is travel out Thursday. Arrive early evening. Ski Friday, Saturday, Sunday until about 3.00pm.
Train to Munich, Sunday evening flight at 9.35pm. The Easyjet check-in is right beside the station.

B&B around Euro30/35 per night.

That sounds good, how much is the train ticket.

Save me searching how much are the ski passes, might take my nieces along.

How far is it by train/car

Re:Long Weekend

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:05:08 GMT

Fly to Geneva-short transfer to Chamonix (france) or if Italy try Turin, 2 hours to Champoluc/Gressoney/Aosta valley. Good luck.

Re:Long Weekend

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:19:22 GMT

My Sister and Niece did Geneva to Courmayeur with a taxi transfer included in cost.
Said great for a few days but not enough for a week.

Re:Long Weekend

Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:51:35 GMT

Some interesting suggestions I never thought off, spent most of the morning researching were I can get to from Munich (I have a friend who lives in Munich, must make contact) tomorrow I will do the same for Geneva

Re:Long Weekend

Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:16:55 GMT

Bonfire wrote:Some interesting suggestions I never thought off, spent most of the morning researching were I can get to from Munich (I have a friend who lives in Munich, must make contact) tomorrow I will do the same for Geneva

You can jump a train in Munich Airport, change at Munich Ost. Then go to Kufstein bahnhof which gives access to the Skiwelt, (Soell, Ellmau, Sceffau, etc), by taxi or bus. You can also go to Woergl, then get a taxi/bus to Niederau. You can also carry on further down the Inn Valley to other places.

Re:Long Weekend

Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:31:14 GMT

Better off grabbing a Turin flight and heading either to your preferred sauze, or try bardonecchia nearby, up to the aosta valley where champoluc is fabulous and amazing snow right now, or courmayeur would be great for a short break.