Dolomites Ski

I looked at it last year and concluded it was 3 hours anyway. But I was looking for four days skiing not the full week so that might have limited my options.

tech wrote: »

any one else got any good ways to get here?

Sadly not, I think Verona is the closest airport, and it's over 200KM away! There is one closer but don't know the name of it, & I don't think there are direct flights from Ireland

I was talking to my uncle who was talking about doing it via austria. I know some of the airports there are as close as the italian ones. Innsbruck is the best but I think only charters fly there from ireland.

Why not look at going through the uk it must open up more airports? Maybe search the better known resorts for descriptions of the transfer times then see what uk airports fly to them?

Either way would love if you could post your results here in the hope I might use them myself.

Frank, build your holiday around the flights to suit. Ideally you want to be able to maximize your time on the slopes, for the most part this means an evening or night time flight back, means you get a full day on slopes. No point in paying for a night in the hotel to get up and just go home. From recollection Dublin flights to Geneva, Munich and Zurich can be done this way.

If you're mad for it you can sometimes get an early flight out and be in the resort for lunch. Geneva flights have this, though be careful - I had mates who took the red eye flight to get an extra half day on the slopes, the poor bastards got in and had paid for gear rental and lift passes but, it being France, the fcuking shop was closed after lunch so they got not one run extra for their troubles.

If short transfer is priority then from Geneva you can be in Porte De Soleil (Morzine and Avoriaz) in about an hour and also Flaine (can't remember the name of the broader area Flaine is in). Both of these resorts are quite low though and if the snow isn't great they might be suffering in March. Chamonix is a little better for snow and is prob a further 15 mins up the road, it has pros and cons as a resort though (read other threads here its been done to death).

From Munich there are once again tons of options within about one and a half hours. Most resorts will be low though (with exception of Hintertux in the Zillertal valley which is only small but very high.

Mightnt be a bad idea to just book the flights and then wait and see where best conditions are. For instance if you book Geneva and the snow is bad you could do the two and a half hour drive to the 3 valleys, one of the best resorts in the world with quite a lot of high skiing. A lot of places won't take a booking for just four days in advance anyway so sometimes you'll have to wait until the week before you go to get accommodation (most of the resorts I've mentioned above aren't like that though).

Arelingus were going to Verona a couple of years ago it was very handy for the dolomites. Imo they'd be better off flying into one of the Milan airports and Verona.

I flew to brescia from Belfast a few years back but cant even remember who it was with now.

To be fair, bergamo or either Milan airport does give plenty of options for skiing. Montecampione is a short spin for a weekend of skiing or push up towards trento for any of the resorts around there, Madonna di campiglio isn't hard to get to either if you're looking for a big resort.

The transfer cost can be a killer I find. It was ok a few years back when it was just a gang of lads going, now I'm looking at paying for two adults and the kids.... Different ball game. Don't know how people afford to ski with their kids, its crazy expensive.

also was looking there on Skyscanner , it seems AerLingus fly direct to Verona all year round

Hi , the Belfast one i cant find so i presume its a one off charter?

on sky scanner I got direct flights and after checking again ive figured it out
if you put the whole year in it gives the option of direct flights but it seems to end in Oct and start again in April.
so looks like winter is out , seems a bit odd considering there would be a large demand to ski the area.

did you look at the link i posted for the belfast flights?
i think thats a stonking deal ,miles cheaper than i could get close to on a DIY
after paying only need the beer tokens


£549 for We are Vertigo Ski Members
£599 for Non-Members
What do you get? Well...

* Return flights from Belfast City to Verona
* Return transfers from Verona to Andalo or Marilleva
* 7 nights Half board in a 3* Hotel
* 6 day lift pass
* 6 day ski/boot & helmet hire
* 6 days x 2 hours ski lessons
* Designated Topflight for Schools Representative
* All taxes and 20Kg bag carriage

i make it about €760 on a currency converter which makes it even better value

Not sure about prices but from what ive read online it appears to be much cheaper than the French resorts and around the same as Austrian ones.

I don't know too much about it but I don't think there are any kids.
I think a wide range of ages going
We are 52 and 42 so the older end of the spectrum :-)
Happy to hang out with the group but will be doing our own thing too, going more for the skiing