Hotel Planibel
Features
- Terrace/Balcony
- Half board
The Planibel complex enjoys an excellent location close to the cable car and in an area which includes a varied selection of shops, restaurants and bars. The complex offers an extensive range of leisure facilities including an indoor pool, sauna and fitness centre. With superb views of the surrounding mountains and the ability to ski right back to the door, it is a popular choice with many guests returning year after year.
Location · located adjacent to cable car · under 1 minute walk to ski school meeting place · ski back to your door · close to shops, restaurants and bars
Features · restaurant · bars · piano bar with live music · night club · cafés · snack bar · mini-market · shops · ski shop · ski deposit for hotel guests · FREE leisure facilities for hotel guests including indoor pool (swimming caps must be worn, towels can be hired for a small charge or guests can use their own), sauna, steam room and fitness centre · extra charge for solarium · pool table · lounge · games room · card room · TV room · lift · 254 rooms
Meals · buffet breakfast · 4 course buffet evening meals · full board available at a supplement · Christmas and New Year gala dinners included
Rooms for 2 people sharing a room with twin beds, private bath and WC. Quad rooms are also available. Twin rooms for sole use are available at a supplement on request. All bedrooms have satellite TV, telephone, hairdryer, minibar and balcony.
Please Note The leisure facilities are open Monday - Saturday 2.45pm-8.00pm.
Official Rating 4 Star
La Thuile Resort Info
La Thuile is found on the Italian/French border, with summer road links to La Rosière in France. This is the home of the St Bernard dogs, named after the pass over the border. It's at the top of the Aosta Valley, where weather conditions can be variable, with high winds particularly problematic. There are 150km of lift-linked pistes, offering skiing for every ability level, although the Italian slopes are slightly better than the French. For beginners and intermediates, there's plenty of good terrain, but they will have to take a lift up, as most of the resort runs are tree-lined blacks. These tougher runs are lower down, so can have poorer snow. For experts there is enjoyable off-piste potential, as well as superb heli-skiing at reasonable prices. Snow is better in La Thuile, because of its north-facing slopes, but intermediates will find more challenges in La Rosière. This is also a great place to learn to board and is helped by an up-to-date lift system.
La Thuile is a relatively unknown resort outside of Italy and remains largely Italian in character. This means that, apart from over the weekend, it is refreshingly uncrowded. The locals are very friendly, which easily makes up for the general lack of spoken foreign languages. La Thuile mainly caters to the family market, so après-ski/nightlife is pretty limited. As with the majority of Italian resorts, organised childcare is not exactly the greatest strength. The town itself is attractively set in woodland and offers some decent eateries. Mountain restaurants and non-ski activities are not particularly brilliant.
Overall, La Thuile is a reasonably sized ski area that has largely dodged the wider European market. Well worth visiting, but not for those hell-bent on a week-long party session…
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