Bardonecchia Any info?

Discodee!
Sounds like you had a great time! And glad to hear you found the locals as awful as we did! :lol:

I find that hard to believe the Italians awful ??? can you give some more information on why they were awful ??

Seriously Whickers...?
Rude, ignorant, disrespectful, pushing in, barging past, interrupting, inconsiderate, obnoxious. All on-piste and in-public traits. However I found the professional Italians such as hotel/waiting staff, shopkeepers etc to be totally the opposite it should be noted!
Looks like nothing gets in the way of an Italian on holiday....fun, fun, fun! (Just for them)
Seriously, it would have to be a REALLY good deal to get me skiing in Italy again. My wife nearly got in a FIGHT in Bardonnecchia, can you believe that?

Yes, exactly that. The Italians in the hotel were lovely, but on the piste? You can be in a queue for the lift and they tread all over your skis to get to the front! The kids were worse.
My hubby was waiting for the loo at Chesal and an Italian walked in in front of him. Needless to say my hubby gave him what for and reclaimed his place. On the small red run, shut most of the time for slalom training, on one afternoon when it was open, they lay across the piste at a drop. My kids had to ski between a 2 foot gap to get down! I saw one kid knock a oldish man over going so fast towards the lift queue to jump in, and my own kids were nearly knocked over a few times. When I had a word with a group of them, they jeered and shouted from the lift and then, as I was waiting for my kids to come down, as i was filming them, they swarmed past me, on each side, missing me by centimetres. Rude arrogant and no respect for piste etiquette! Randyrat, I can well believe your wife almost got into a fight, because I was so enraged I could've throttled the little b*ggers!!
Luckily though the piste was VERY quiet until Saturday which was the worst day.
Still very much enjoyed it. The scenery at Jefferau was breathtaking and you can't beat that feeling of going high into the mountains in the sunshine then meandering down the slope, wherever you are!

Wow....I thought we had it bad!
Shame really, but at least it didn't spoil your trip...We witnessed kids knocking people over in their rush to the list also....terrible behaviour.
It would be nice to think that these are isolated incidents, but I have spoken to several people who have skied Italy, and they all have had similar experiences. Maybe it's just us Brits that are too sensitive? I think not.
As I said, Italy for me is firmly at the bottom of my ski destination list....I would rather spend my hard-earned elsewhere thanks very much!

lol. That's our first italy trip, and we like to try different places but tbh we fgo wherever I can get a cheap deal. I think it'll be bansko next yr as good deals are getting fewer and fewer. Even if you get a good deal on hotels, lift passes etc are so dear, whereas in Bulgaria they're relatively cheap AND you get tuiton thrown in. This was just too good a deal to miss, and overall, a great value hol and the kids loved the ski-ing so I am glad we went. For less than £400 each it was a bargain. I never realised the Italians had such a reputation I have Di Matteo on the back of my old footie shirt too! Pah!

Well, thanks for the replies, I have been to Italy many times albeit not to Bardonecchia, and I have never found that kind of Rudeness, maybe it would be right not to tar all Italians with the experience you have had.
I have done some things like unclipping a queue jumpers bindings, and chasing after the odd idiot who has skied over my daughters skis but never got close to fisticuffs. :shock: :shock:

If you're going to Bansko ensure you all get your skis tightened properly. A few of our group had to take theirs back. This did little to ensure confidence in the safety of our equipment. The service on that side and in restaurants is nowhere near as good as Bardonecchia.

I prefer not to go to Bulgaria. I would not advise anyone against it though. We had a good enough holiday in Bansko and it is great value. Especially if you are a beginner and want a full course of lessons. Many of our group won't go there again though as they see it a much lesser experience and we're all well past beginner stage now.

The year after Bansko we went to Bardonecchia and much preferred it. The service in the ski shop and bars far outweighed anything I've seen in Bulgaria. The food was also much better. I've never seen aperitivo in Bulgaria and we've had some great stuff in both Sauze and Bardonecchia. I didn't have any of the problems Discodee and Randyrat encountered though.

The only problem we had was one ski theft/loss and that the bars were too spread out.

Bulgaria is cheap but it has little to recommend it on the service side.