Cheap Skiing holidays Italy
Fancy a skiing holiday in Italy this year?
You can either book a ski holiday in Italy or snowboard
package to Italy or book any holiday components separately. Choose from
ski flights, hotels or skiing chalets in Italy, accommodation, lift pass,
equipment hire, tuition, car hire and ski insurance. This directory offers
holidays and packages to a number of different skiing and snowboarding resorts
in Italy. Popular skiing and snowboarding resorts in Italy include Alagna,
Alba, Alleghe, Arabba, Bardonecchia, Bormio, Campitello, Canazei, Cervinia,
Champoluc, Claviere, Cortina, Courmayeur, Gressoney, La Thuile, Livigno,
Macugnaga, Madonna Di Campiglio, Passo Tonale, Pila, S Cristina, Sauze D'oulx,
Selva, Sestriere and Val Di Fassa.
Apres-Ski
Italians are renowned across the globe for taking life's pleasures seriously and they tend to enjoy their skiing as much as they enjoy their rich food and fine wines! The ski resorts here vary from charming mountain villages with a real Italian flavour, to the chic haunts of the jetset.
You can experience some of the best skiing on offer, aimed at all levels, particularly in the Milky Way with over 400 kilometres of piste, running amidst some of Europe's most stunning scenery.
In the village resort the pace can be fast and furious, with plenty of lively apres-ski in the bars and discos, or traditional and relaxed. A wonderful holiday destination, in Italy you can enjoy a combination of real value-for-money together with exuberant and often unforgettable Italian hospitality.
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In the north-west of Italy, Turin is one of the most convenient budget airports for ski holidays. It is also the base for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Directly west of Turin, and very close to the border with France, lies the Valle di Susa, a valley on the Turin-Paris trainline. In this area there are several busy ski resorts, including Sauze d'Oulx, Bardonecchia and the fashionable and modern Sestriere (2035m). Sestriere lies in the Valle del Chisone, and is a well-developed resort with 20 ski-lifts, an ice-skating rink and cross-country trails. Buses run to Sestriere from Turin; alternatively local buses travel from Oulx station on the Turin-France railway.
Further north lies the Valle d'Aosta, a large area with a distinct identity of its own. French is spoken here as well as Italian. Castles, pine forests and wooden chalets shelter in the shadows of high peaks including some of Europe's mightiest mountains: Gran Paradiso, Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, Monte Rosa. Courmayeur is one of Italy's best and most glamorous ski resorts; offering masses of downhill skiing, ice-skating, cross-country skiing, cable-cars, chairlifts and helicopters. The resort lies at the foot of Mont Blanc, and caters for summer as well as winter skiing. Other good destinations in this area include Breuil-Cervinia, the spa town St Vincent, Pila and Cogne.
Over to the north-east of Italy are the Dolomites (Dolomiti), an extensive mountain range offering countless possibilities for winter sports and summer holidays. 12 different skiing areas are linked together to form the 'Dolomiti Superski' network. Resorts in this area include the popular Madonna di Campiglio and Cortina d'Ampezzo, one of the most well-known ski resorts in Italy.
> Skiing in the Dolomites
Although the Alpine areas of northern Italy offer the most well-known and developed resorts, Italy's mountainous backbone creates plenty of more southerly opportunities for winter sports. The Gran Sasso, east of Rome, is home to the Campo Felice ski resort, with 16 lifts and a ski school. In Calabria, the Sila Massif offers 35km of cross-country skiing trails, although only 2 downhill slopes.
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