Hotel Benessere Alto Adige: How to Get Your Ski Accommodation Right

December 18, 2010 by David Page  

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Thankfully, because of the incredible selection of skiing holiday seasons now available, it's not necessary to look too much to find your own slice of snowy excellence. And with a huge variety of ski accommodation options to choose from, through hotels and hostels to bed and breakfast time, from self-catering flats and chalets to be able to spa hotels and enormous ski-in, ski-out resorts, you will end up spoilt for choice when it comes to deciding in places you want to lay down your careful bones following a hard days skiing.

Snowboard Resorts
When you are first considering your ski holiday, have the resort right. Think about your own ski stage - are you a beginner or even a more advanced skier? And also off the ski slopes, what are you looking for? Do you want quality family time? Would you like all night apres-ski activities? Or lengthy and lazy pampering spa treatments?

You might want to try more alternative winter activities also - Think about trying husky dog sledding? Then look at Whistler. Or heliskiing? Take a look at Italy's Selva Val Gardena. And if you are considering proposing to your loved one on a romantic sleigh journey, then Kitzbuhel in Austria is the resort for you! Offpiste, telemark, snowboarding -- whatever you want to do, emphasis first on the resort that may offer you those activities. After that, you may get down to the particular knitty gritty of lodging choices.

Skiing Chalets
Good top end ski companies often have diverse levels of chalet accommodation. Scott Dunn, for example, has 23 chalets situated in top resorts such as Courchevel 1850, Val d'Isere, Zermatt as well as St Anton. The business's 'Flagship and Premier' ski chalets (of which you can find 15) are defined by possessing understated personal service, gourmet food and also wine, driver service, REN products, as well as wellness areas or indoor pools.

Ski Accommodations
A hotel holiday ticks different boxes. Expect all the normal perks to remain in a hotel - room service, clean linen everyday, extensive wine lists and menus, bear in mind too a much larger number of guests means you get much more anonymity as well as sometimes more package/stay flexibility than a chalet too.

Different ski accommodations (and different providers) offer different levels of hotel and hotel service. Many resorts today boast a choice of small family run accommodations, larger boutique properties, traditional alpine style resorts or more corporate hotels together with hi tech business amenities. Again - think about what you need from your skiing holiday before you book your ski lodging.

Nowadays you can even find chalet-hotels, which some people think are the very best of both worlds - a hotel that boasts chalet style rooms (a bit like bungalows on a luxury beach holiday), where you can be part of the place (with area service and breakfast in bed) but with the person and independently cosy feel of a chalet as well.

Self-Catering
You can of course opt for self-catering too - simply no chalet staff, no hotel staff, but the independence to do exactly as you please, when you want to do it. And don't think self-catering has to be simple and luxury-free either. The Resort Champeray apartments within Portes du Soleil in the Alps consist of 11 beautiful contemporary apartments with exclusive hot tubs, assistant service and meals sent direct in your door.

Whatever you are looking for, you can be certain your best accommodation answer exists. Just do your research very first, and use lodge logic too!

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