Jet2.com has announced its biggest-ever ski programme, including flights to six ski destinations from Manchester Airport this winter. Jet2 will operate up to 20 weekly flights to six top ski destinations from Manchester – Andorra (via Barcelona), Geneva, Grenoble, Lyon, Salzburg, and Turin. In addition, Jet2 will operate flights to […]
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Blue Air releases summer 2018 schedule from Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Blue Air have released details of the flights for summer 2018 from Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The airline’s initial schedule from Liverpool with their based aircraft once again features six flights per week to Rome, four to Milan and three to Alicante, with flights operating from the end of March […]
Much Better Adventures launches Epic Weekends collection
Much Better Adventures has kicked off 2017 with a bang with the launch of its series of Epic Weekends, a collection of over 60 mini active breaks designed for time-poor, experience-hungry professionals. The new series offers customers unique experiences in the likes of the Norwegian fjords and High Atlas Mountains, […]
Sestriere: Fill up on food and skiing in Italy
The Olympic rings stand proudly in the centre of Sestriere. The resort, just an hour’s drive from Turin, hosted the downhill events during the 2006 Games and was home to one of the three athletes’ villages. That accommodation has since been turned into a hotel, while the resort’s ski lift […]
Bulgaria and Italy ‘best value ski resorts’
Skiers should head for Italy or Eastern Europe for the best value this winter. Bansko in Bulgaria remains the cheapest of 20 European resorts surveyed for the Ski Resort Report compiled by Post Office Money with help from Crystal Ski. Second is Kranjska Gora in Slovenia, where prices are up […]
Canazei: Great skiing, taken as red
A first look at the Canazei piste map can be a little daunting. A network of red runs with not a blue run in sight – the paste map doesn’t offer much help as there are no route numbers to guide you. The make-up of the runs by popular consent […]
Corvara: Gateway to the spectacular Sellaronda
It’s a simple choice, fifty-fifty. Left or right, green or orange. Ahead lies 26km of skiing heaven, the circular Sellaronda route in the Italian Dolomites. Our starting point – the first time – is Corvara on the south-west side of the huge Sella mountain. We are taking the orange route […]