Ski Cortina Long Weekend

The most magnificent mountain scenery in the entire Alps? That's saying something, and Cortina d' Ampezzo has it. Sited among the amazing granite spires of the Dolomites, Cortina is a unique destination. The resort has hosted World Cup downhill skiing for years, and is known as an uppercrust resort. It is a bustling town in its own right, and offers some of the most chic and fashionable shopping opportunities anywhere. The dining in town is exceptional.

As for the skiing: besides its World Cup run, it offers 140km of piste and over 50 lifts; gondolas go to mountains on each side from the town itself. Although the town itself not particularly high up, the snowmaking covers almost all the ski areas, and so snow reliability is good. It is one of the best areas for learning to ski, with a great choice of magnificently-sites progress too from the beginner slopes. For experts, the cable car to the Tofana at 2830m provides a spectacular and demanding adventure. Heli-skiing and snowboarding are likewise well served.

You are surrounded by history at Cortina. The resort is the site of the 1956 winter games, and you can still do the bobsleigh run. For the truly adventurous, there is the eighty-kilometer Great War Ski Tour, on site of the front lines in 1915 , which takes in the Armentarola slope and the Falzarego Pass.

Photo Credit

Gallery Photos by DGBandion, Stefano Zardini, Giacomo Pompanin and Archivio Guide Alpine, courtesy of Cortina Tourist Office

• Four day trip
• One of finest resorts in Italy
• Two days on the piste
• Two days of instruction available
• Fantastic Mountain setting, among the Dolomites
• Great skiing for all levels

No skiing experience is required, but the more experience and practice you have, the better you will be able to enjoy the slopes.

We recommend that you follow a fitness plan in preparation for your trip, an example of one will be sent to you when you have confirmed your booking.

Although the fitness plan we will send to you has been devised by a fitness professional, this is only provided as a guide and you should seek professional advice before starting your own fitness regime.

A detailed kit list will be issued once we confirm your booking.

You will need to have the appropriate insurance for this trip. Our insurance partner TAGIS promises extremely competitive rates, and will be able to advise you on all your insurance needs.

Make sure your insuranceapplies to winter mountain sports, and that it includes helicopter rescue from mountains, and repatriation. In addition, if you wish to do other activities besides standard skiing activities, such as Ski Touring and Winter Mountaineering, please select TAGIS's Adventure Pack A.

Please click here to enter the TAGIS insurance site.

Season: December to May

All requested dates are unconfirmed until minimum numbers have been booked.

Bespoke event: minimum 6 people.

Please note: This event is subject to our confirming availability. We will do this upon receiving booking and a deposit payment. Please do not incur any extra costs until we have confirmed the trip.

2011-12 Price: £749

Trip Price includes:

• Professional event organisation: expert logistics back up with years of experience at organising events
• Airport pickup and drop off and in resort transfers
• Two nights twin room hotel accommodation with breakfast
• Single rooms are available at a supplement
• Liability insurance
• We have public and product liability insurance.
• Financial protection in accordance with 1992 Package Travel Regulation, meaning all prepayments are protected against the unlikely event of our insolvency

Trip Price excludes:

• Ski Instruction for two days (available as add-on)
• Ski Equipment hire (available as add-on)
• Lift Passes (available as add-on)
• Meals
• Private Travel Insurance:Participants must have their own personal travel and accident insurance that includes winter sports