Gloria and MarkMar 13, 20193 minYou can afford to ski in ItalyThis might sound like a deceptive title, but you can really afford to ski in Italy next year with a little bit of advance planning. If you can afford a trip out West in the U.S. or up to Vermont, you can ski the glorious Italian Alps. We're doing what seems like an incredibly luxurious vacation off the beaten path in the Dolomite Mountains for much less than a comparable trip to Colorado from the East Coast would be. We're estimating that we're spending no more than we would
Gloria and MarkFeb 12, 20182 minLiving the Italian ski life alpine styleThe area has been blessed with abundant snow this season. The Alpen Hotel Corona in Vigo di Fassa is the perfect place for a dream ski vacation. After a few days here, it becomes a second home. The entire staff is very friendly and helpful and we feel as if we've been immersed in a fantasy ski experience. If Disney could design a ski ride and village in the Italian Alps, this would be it. This part of Italy used to belong to the Austrian Hungarian empire and the Germanic inf
Gloria and MarkFeb 11, 20182 minSki week - Italian styleOur first stop was just up the road from the hotel at the base of our local Catinaccio mountain in Vigo di Fassa. We bought a 6-day Dolomiti Superski pass that includes 1,200 kilometers and 12 ski areas up and down the valley (265 Euros). Skiing just the local mountain is cheaper, but we knew that we wanted to try several of the resorts. Our hotel provides free transportation and the services of a mountain guide every day so exploring the different slopes makes a lot of sense
Mark and GloriaMar 21, 20172 minSkiing in the Italian Alps off the beaten pathWe had been intrigued by the Dolomite Mountains ever since we first saw the craggy snow-covered peaks from an airplane window shortly after taking off from Venice a few years ago. Subsequent flyovers kept us wondering what those snowy mountains would be like for skiing. Now the time had arrived to pay that mysterious looking mountain range a visit in person. We flew from Newark to Zurich on Swiss, the national airline of Switzerland and connected on their flight from Zurich
