Hotel Reial Pirineus
Features
This Modern hotel, offers a high standard of accommodation in a good location, only a few minutes' walk to the slopes. It is a perfect base for families and friends alike.
Accommodation
Rooms for 2 people on halfboard sharing a twin room with TV, safety deposit box (extra charge), minibar, hairdryer, and bath, shower and wc. Rooms for 3 on request.
Facilities
Piano Bar
Lounge area and Large Screen TV
Extra Charge for Sauna
Steamrooms and Whirlpool
Ski Lockers
Facts
5 Minutes' walk to the La Solana chairlift
5 Minutes' walk to the resort centre
15 Minutes' walk to the ski school meeting place and kindergarten
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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