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Let me start by saying that I'm a 43-year-old expert skier (L6) who's been skiing since I was 4. Over the years, I've visited dozens of resorts and places, from France to Switzerland to the Dolomites, including the Aosta Valley, Piedmont, and Austria.
The Folgaria resort is excellent for what I'm looking for now: an expert skier waiting for their children to learn to ski properly (ages 8 and 4) so they can then ski together. It's a perfect place for families, easy and quick to get to, and offers excellent value for money. Honestly, after 15 years of DSS between Cortina, Val di Fassa, Alta Badia, and Val Gardena, I'm tired of paying exorbitant prices for everything from food to hotels, ski rentals, and ski passes. However, since I'm tied to two learning children, I can't use them as much as I used to (leaving at 8:20 and returning after closing time without ever stopping).
So if you have a family, want your kids to learn, and don't want to spend the ridiculous amount they charge elsewhere (often without providing any added value), Folgaria is the perfect place: despite the moderate average altitude, the lift operators and snow groomers always do an excellent job, ensuring snow and skiing throughout the season (we always go in February or late January at the latest to have the best chance of some powder).
A simple example: to have the SAME experience we had in Ortisei, spending a total of about €6,000 (because from Ortisei you either ski to Siusi or swear on Seceda to get to the Sellaronda), in Folgaria you only need half that, and that's enough to convince me for now, until my kids have learned properly.
Gigi Pieri
Excellent location
Luděk Matyáš
For me, the best skiing, you don't have to avoid people.....and a paradise for children
Jakub Sobieski
The resort is comparable to Szczyrk 30 years ago: some of the chairs are about 40 years old, none of them are closed (we supposedly get 300 days of sunshine a year, but we only got 6 days with precipitation, so windows would be useful), and there's no gondola. The chairs are very slow, but they still hit your legs when you get on, even with the conveyor belt. Some of the chairs don't have footrests, so your feet fall off with the skis weighed down. The individual slopes are interesting, with a nice incline and a good width, and not too long. The snow park has three larger jumps (but not big air), a corner, a few smaller jumps, two boxes, two rails, and a slope with hills for children. To get to the "clustered slopes" between Costa, Fondo Grande, Fondo Picolo, Punto Panoramico, and Serrada, you have to wriggle your way along winding, narrow, partially flat, and unsecured slopes. It's supposedly great for kids, but it's dangerous in places, especially since it's all on the side of a cliff (an adult friend fell because he couldn't see the edge of the slope in bad weather). Overall, I rate it a 2-a, but it's there and it works, but it's not worth going there. Ski passes are quite cheap, 275 euros for 6 days in February, but it's probably better to go to Aprica for the same price, even though Aprica has half as many slopes on paper.
The food in the restaurants/bars on the slopes is good, the prices are Italian, but on the lower side; I think it's cheaper than on the slopes in Poland.
There's a coach between the larger towns, and between Costa del Sol and Folgaria, there's a ski bus like the one in Władysławowo. It's supposed to be fun and great for kids, but it's hard to get on with ski boots and skis.
I did it, but it was my first and last time there.
Fabio Roventa
Generally, it's a low-altitude resort with frequent melting snow and rain. Avoid. Skiing these days requires a depth of 2 meters or more. For the last four years, skiing has been exclusively on artificial snow. Horrible.
Andrea Angeli
I've been going to Alta Badia for years... well, no complaints there, but with a family of two kids, the prices are impossible, while Folgaria was a revelation. We had a blast and saved a significant amount of money. And you can even afford half board, spa, and pool.
Ottavio
Convenient road access and numerous easy slopes
giuseppe
These slopes are perfect for beginners and intermediates. They aren't particularly crowded, except on weekends, but even then, skiing is relatively peaceful. Rentals are also efficient. Accommodations are lacking.
Marco Sardellittu
We were in Folgaria with a disabled child and his condition was not noticed at all, favorable access to the ski school for them, everything was wonderful... We will definitely be back.
Adam Kazbunda
Ok
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