Skiing in the attractive, medieval spa resort of Bormio, Italy
The mid altitude resort has a local glacier to guarantee snow in bad years. The skiing is predominantly blue, intermediate cruisers, with little but off-piste for the advanced skiers.
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Bormio, a traditional Italian town with impressive medieval architecture and appealing atmosphere. Bormio is located close to, but directly on a smallish ski area. The ski area in Bormio is compact at around 40km of ski pistes, with many Italian visitors as concerned with parading through the streets of Bormio, as they are with skiing in the small but very scenic ski area. The resort hosted the 2005 World Championships and received some good investment and notoriety as a result. The investment has seen an improvement in the lift infrastructure and snowmaking.
Bormio is exclusive and attracts many wealthy weekenders who swell the numbers, however, particularly during the week , the predominantly beginner / intermediate ski pistes are far from crowded. The après ski is refined and focuses on the bars and restaurants in the attractive centre of Bormio.
The skiing in Bormio
• Intermediates are the catered for, with less for beginners and very little for advanced skiers
• Ski terrain over 3000m on the local glacier ensures snow reliability
• glacier skiing available
• Bormio ski resort height 1225 m / 4019 ft
• top ski elevation 3017 m / 9898 ft
• vertical 1792 m / 5879 ft
• 39km of ski piste
• 24 ski lifts
The ski resort amenities and après ski
• Spa facilities
• Restrained and sophisticated après ski
• Good choice of restaurants
• Impressive swimming complex
• Attractive village centre
• shopping
Getting to Bormio
• the transfer from Innsbruck Airport to Bormio is 193km
• the transfer from Geneva Airport to Bormio is 524km
• the transfer from Turin Airport to Bormio is 338km
• the transfer from Milan-Malpensa Airport to Bormio is 239km
• the drive from Calais to Bormio is 1128km
• the drive from Cherbourg to Bormio is 1283km
• the drive from Caen to Bormio is 1160km
• the drive from Roscoff to Bormio is 1446km
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