Long weekend Skiing

what2do

We are hoping to take a long weekend skiing - does anyone know any websites that provide an all in weekend package (4/5 day)... directski etc all seem to focus on a weeks holiday.

Plan is for March flying from Dublin and open to suggestions:)

TOOYOUNGTODIE

what2do wrote: »

We are hoping to take a long weekend skiing - does anyone know any websites that provide an all in weekend package (4/5 day)... directski etc all seem to focus on a weeks holiday.

Plan is for March flying from Dublin and open to suggestions:)

You can book it yourself if flights are good value, I have gone to Austria the following way six times in the last three years.

-Fly to munich or salzburg
-Hire a car, you can do train but a car gives flexibility- Great skiing within three hour drive.
-I didnt book a place to stay but got a pension/gasthaus when I arrived in a resort. The odd time we booked one in the airport after checking snow reports. Leaves much better options for snow, esp in late season
-We also stay in places 2 or 3km outside a resort, usually pay €25.00 a head per night so its cheap as chips, taxi in for pints/dinner and drive to the slopes each day. It does mean you need a designated dessie for apres ski.
-carry on luggage only-


We usually leave dublin 5pm friday, ski saturday/sunday/3/4 of a day on Monday, fly home monday around 9pm.

http://www.aerlingus.com/cgi-bin/obel01im1/bookonline/chooseFlight.jsp
Not bad, can be cheaper

howlett

highlife.ie do long weekends to France (Meribel and Morzine I think)

if you book your own flights to Italy (Bergamo or milano with Ryanair or Aerlingus) there are 2 options I'm aware of :

Bella Ski italia - for Madesimo, spell resort, intermediate skiing, limited in extent, lovely gastro skiing - 2 hungry italian style!

ski2.com specialise in monterosa ski area and also do packages i think of accommodation / ski hire / pass etc.

doing it yourself is handy enough for a long weekend - ive done madonna, madesimo and ski welt for long weekends

what2do

Thanks guys... food for thought (talking of food does make Italy sound appealing!!)

ezekel

I used www.activitybreaks.com a few years ago when we went to Italy for a ski weekend, booked the flights ourselves with ryanair into Bergamo.
Last year we went for a weekend in Scotland, stayed in Aviemore and you ski Cairngorm mountain 10 mins away (small but good enough for 3/4 days)

MadsL

Salzburg
Taxi to train
Train to resort one hour or so (Bad Gastein has a railway station slap bang in town, ski lift is right above it)
Local taxi to hotel, shuttle to lift.

I prefer Bad Hofgastein as the town is quieter and flatter.
Hofgastein also has a railway station just outside of town - ask your hotel to meet your train.

Or rent a car and hit the much quieter slopes around the area.

Donie75

We did a long weekend last year and we're doing the same this year but to a different resort.
7am Friday morning to Munich with Aer Lingus
We sort our own transfer because we usually have 8 to 10 people.
We were in Mayrhofen last year and Kitzbuhel this year.
We're skiing by 1.30pm on the Friday and ski all day Saturday to Monday and Tuesday morning and fly home Tuesday night on the 8.25pm flight.
We book accommodation direct and it all works out very handy.