10 Best Budget ski Resorts in Europe
If you are tired of over-inflated prices of well-known and famous ski resorts, it might be time to
try new, with the best price-performance ratio. It's possible - enjoy the
infrastructure of the Three Valleys, but at a lower price, or stopping in one
of the less fashionable villages on the slopes or a few minutes in the valley.
To obtain the most effective benefit, it is best to take a big, well-known ski
area, but choose an area resort, which is only open tourist flows.
.1 Sauze d'Oulx, Italy - it is
difficult to find the best price-performance ratio in the Alps
Once Sauze d'Oulx had a
reputation as one of the capitals of night life for skiing, a kind of Benidorm
on the snow, where, in the end the tradition of beer took over the ski. But
Sauze d'Oulx long cleansed his karma and become again a charming Italian
mountain village, which once was.
Slopes Sauze d'Oulx, even in
high season - never crowded. Maybe you'll have to stand in line at the bottom
station - a maximum of ten minutes, but then you find yourself on the slopes
blissfully empty, as just to the right in the direction of smaller and less
well-known villages. If you like resorts with lots of red runs, good food and
unsophisticated atmosphere, you'll love this place. As a self-organize a trip to the Italian
Alps.
.2 La Norma, France - small but perfectly
formed
This ski resort, where the
dish in a restaurant on the mountain will cost you about 9 €, instead of 20 €
or 40 €. Where a ski pass for an adult costs only 25 € per day (cheaper than
Ukrainian Bukovele). Here you can even buy property in a small studio in just a
few tens of thousands of euros. And the prices for accommodation and service in
January, starting from the second week, just unprecedented.
In the resort 65 km of ski
slopes, it is not the biggest in the Maurienne Valley. But what it lacks in
size, he makes up for in quality. The resort runs dozens of large - much larger
than usual at the ski resort of this size.
As a self-organize a trip to the French Alps.
.3 Alpbach, Austria - very
cute and cuddly
The last ten years the fashion
dictates that would chalet was old but recovered. People like to live in
mega-comfort, but that would seem ancient housing, for this many barns in the
Alps (and the Balkans) were dismantled in the blackened wood.
Not have to be a millionaire,
what would enjoy this atmosphere. Just spend a week in Alpbach, the atmosphere
is included as standard. Built around its church, the whole village is a
picturesque confusion pitched roofs and creaking wooden balconies. It is in the
past was one of the most beautiful in Austria. On Sundays the locals go to
church in traditional leather trousers. After a carefree week in Alpbach, you
are likely to feel the desire to join them.
Looks like a perfect ski
resort? Most recently, ski lifts Vayldshonau merged into a single ski area Ski
Juwel, with decent 145 miles of trails. The new gondola lift runs between
Inneralpbah and Auffach, combining two ski areas. If you want to spend time
with your spouse, children, or go through a romantic adventure, the Alpbach
right place. As a self-organize a trip
to the Austrian Alps.
. 4 Le Grand Bornand, France -
good prices near Lake Annecy
If you like red route,
beautiful scenery and authentic Savoyard atmosphere, the Le Grand Bornand you
can enchant. This is a classic village just a box of chocolates. However, most
visitors prefer to stay in Shinayon in which more choice of accommodation, yet
it still manages to retain a traditional appearance. La Clusaz, along with
located in the next valley - a living, present, year-round community that was
here long before the ski fever. As a self-organize a trip to the French Alps.
.5 Madesimo, Italy - great ski
slopes and excellent restaurants
Little is heard of Madesimo.
But as soon as the steel travel alone and save all changes. During the week,
the slopes of Madesimo blissfully quiet and emptiness, no queues at the lifts.
The atmosphere is a little animated on weekends, when the residents come to
Milan. Local trails are mainly medium, long descents, leading to the
neighboring Valle di Lei, with its red trail and several sophisticated black,
including the famous track Canalone. And the compactness of the village means
that you can get on the mountain quickly.
In Madesimo good selection of
restaurants, cafes, pizzerias, bars and shops. So if you want to spend a few
days in sebaritstve and do not take a bank loan, pay attention to
Madesimo. As a self-organize a trip to
the Italian Alps.
. 6 Les Menuires, France - or
anyone not a beauty, but great skiing
Do you know where the owners
of chalets in Meribel send their guests when they ask quieter and better place
for skiing in the Three Valleys? They send them to Les Menuires. This place is
famous as an eyesore architecture, but for high-rise residential buildings
awaits one of the most interesting parts of the whole ski area skiing - Pointe
de la Maza. It is the birthplace of great runs and excellent off-piste area. If
you stay in Les Menuires, you will track long before the inhabitants of Meribel
just get to the bottom of the gondola station Masse 1.
And most likely, you will pay
a lot less for your stay. Many of the apartments in Les Menuires not great and
quite simple. But a week in one of them can cost as much as a dinner in one of
the trendiest restaurants in other parts of the Three Valleys. As a self-organize a trip to the French Alps.
This place is famous and
popular. It has everything you need: comfortable, average cost chalets, hotels
and apartments. Mountain restaurants where lunch should not cost more than 20
euros for one. Wide and well-groomed trails that flatter us, rather than to
make us feel inadequate and stunning mountain views. And here is a little
cheaper than in neighboring Selva, better known starting point for skiing in
the Sella Ronda (the famous ring of trails that encircles the Sella Group).
Because of the relatively dry climate of the Dolomites, snowboarders and
hunters Powder find here a lively shelter. But there will be no unhappy, all
are invited to the ball. As a
self-organize a trip to the Italian Alps.
.8 Pas de la Casa, Andorra -
for fans of après-ski
Pas de la Casa provokes strong
emotions. Beer drinkers who are ready to have fun as much if not more than
skiing or snowboarding, here patrons. F course they like the price: a portion
of beer costs 3 euros less than in the Alps.
On the other hand, those who
are looking for a cute little chalets and old charm of the resort or families
with small children in tow, can be on the road to France a few hours after
registration. Please make no mistake: this is not a compromise resort. Coming
here get ready for a whole week après ski. Or do not come at all.
However, all agree with high
level ski aspects. Pas de la Casa ski lifts combined with Soldeu-El Tarter,
creating Grandvalira ski area skiing, which offers 200 km of pistes. This ski area
is as big as the combined ski area of Tignes
and Val d'Isere. However, Grandvalira is more suitable for beginners and skate
on average, they will find here a lot of ski and snowboard schools for
training. Maybe so, everyone is in a festive mood at the end of each day.
.9 Monterosa, Italy - winter
is a good off-piste paradise
Monterosa is a three valleys
connected lift system linking the resorts of Champoluc, Gressoney and Alagna
over the valley of Aosta. Monterosa cannot compete with the Three Valleys in
France in terms of size, but the relative obscurity made it attractive in another way. The cost of placing a week in
three-star hotel, cheaper by more than two times higher than in similar hotel
Meribel or Courchevel. As a
self-organize a trip to the Italian Alps.
.10 Mayrhofen, Austria - one
and all
Especially those who are used
to ski-in ski-out at such resorts as Tignes, find a big disadvantage
accommodation in Mayrhofen. Have to travel by bus or cable car back to the
resort at the end of the day. If this fact does not bother much everything else
was very good: many traditional chalet-style hotel; stormy night in the Ice Bar
and Sporthotel Strass; variety of trails - from forest glades to wide snow
fields. One of the many attractions of Mayrhofen fan park at the highest level.
Importantly, the Zillertal ski pass also gives you access to the Hintertux
Glacier - Glacier better served by ski lifts in the Alps. You cannot worry
about the quality of the snow.
