Snowboard Beginner

Hi Guys,

Im travelling to europe for the first time...
will be visiting France & Italy & im wanting to do some snowboarding.
Can anyone tell me the best resort for snowboarding & proximity to either Paris or Rome?
And are these resorts easy to get to from the capital cites?

:D

Hi SuziQ,
The French ski/snowboard resorts are all several hours drive/train journey away from Paris. There is a map here:

http://www.j2ski.com/ski_resorts/France/French_Ski_Resorts_Map.html

We go on our French ski holidays by train, sometimes changing in Paris, and there are quite a few very easily reached by train (followed by a short bus/taxi journey), like the Three Valley resorts of Val Thorens, Meribel and Courchevel.

And here's the map for the Italian ones:

http://www.j2ski.com/ski_resorts/Italy/Italian_Ski_Resorts_Map.html

Ally

I'm getting a bit of deja vu here :?:

Anyone had that before?

Brucie

Im not sure what you mean?

Brucie wrote:I'm getting a bit of deja vu here :?:

Anyone had that before?

Brucie, call me a pedant, but I think you can only have deja vu afterwards :D

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/7865.page

Hi SuziQ,
I believe Brucie is referring to the thread below, in which a compatriot of yours, LittleSki, was trying to organize a ski holiday for herself and her husband in Europe. Her problem was that her travel agent in Australia had booked her into a really unrealistic program - with a ridiculous amount of totally unnecessary travelling within Europe.

You are very sensibly asking for advice before booking anything. Congratulations!

I should think there are hundreds of ski resorts in France and Italy that are perfectly suitable for snow-boarding. You have to find a way of narrowing them down - like if you're going by train you want one with good train connections from Paris. And if you're going early or late season you need one with a good snow record, etc. etc..

Were you hoping that there were some ski resorts that you could visit as a day outing from Paris or Rome? I don't know about Rome, but as far as I know all the French ones are too far away from Paris - you'd have to stay in the resort.

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/7865.page

Ally