Hotel Cal Ruiz
Features
A firm favourite with customers, the Hotel Cal Ruiz offers simple yet comfortable accommodation in a relaxed and informal setting. Decorated with wood and local stone, it has a traditional feel and benefits from a great location just moments from the resort centre and ski lifts. Enjoy a drink or two in the hotel's bar, or relax in the sauna and hot tub.
Location · 1 minute walk to resort centre · 5 minutes walk to the ski lifts
Features · dining room · lounge bar with TV and pool table · café · sauna and whirlpool · extra charge for Internet facilities ·53 bedrooms · lift to all floors
Meals · buffet breakfast · 3 course buffet style evening meals with choice of main course, daily salad, starter and dessert buffets · Christmas and New Year gala dinners included
Rooms for 2 people on half board sharing a room with twin or double beds, private bath and WC. Single, triple and quad rooms are also available. All rooms have satellite TV and a safe.
Pas de la Casa Resort Info
Set high on the border into France, Pas de la Casa really does feel like a frontier town. Loads of French and British descend, looking for tax-free bargains and plenty of cheap booze, and this makes the après-ski extremely lively. It's tacky and rather ugly, but serves a purpose, while the snow record in the
Grandvalira ski area is excellent. Pas de la Casa is an ideal winter package holiday for 16-25 year olds on a tight budget. The skiing itself, which covers the linked areas of Grau Roig and Soldeu, is the largest in the Pyrenees, with 150km of pistes. It caters mostly to easy cruising, while boarders are much in evidence on the slopes.
There are all sorts of accommodation, from apartments to hotels, most of which you can ski to. These serve the various clientele, the young in the former, families in the latter. On-piste restaurants are better in Grau Roig, but most are no more than snack bars. The resort eateries are generally Spanish in cuisine and are largely cheap and cheerful.
Pas de la Casa is easy to knock if you are looking for bags of Alpine charm. But, if you want to have effortless skiing and lots of nightlife, it makes a cheap and understandably popular destination. It is, however, a long transfer from Barcelona or Toulouse.
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