Hotel de les Pistes
Features
Known locally as the Hotel de les Pistes. The New Envalira Hotel is ideally located just across the road from the piste and right on the doorstep of Pas de la Casa's famous nightlife. Ideal for couples and groups looking for value for money and comfort in a great location. The hotel has also been completely refurbished at the beginning of 2010/2011ski season.
Location · central location at the foot of the piste · 1 minute walk to ski lift · close to resorts lively bars
Features · reception, bar and breakfast room with flat screen satellite TV · extra charge for WiFi · ski room · lift to all floors · 24 bedrooms
Meals · continental buffet breakfast · 3 course evening meals taken at the neighbouring 'La Marsalles' restaurant · full board consisting of a packed lunch or 2 course served meal is available at a supplement
Rooms for 2 people on half board sharing a twin room with private bath and WC. Twin rooms with a balcony and/or mountain view, some with shower, triple rooms with one double bed and one single bed, balcony and mountain view, family rooms sleeping 2 adults and 1 child with mountain view, quad rooms consisting of 2 interconnecting twin rooms with shared bathroom and single rooms with balcony and mountain view are available at a supplement. All rooms have a hairdryer and flat screen satellite TV.
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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