Resort Guide for Courmayeur, Italy

Resort Profile

Courmayeur has retained its traditional old mountaineering village core despite the modern sprawling hotel developments which are inevitable given its accessibility and consequent popularity with skiers and boarders from Milan and Turin.

The Mont Blanc tunnel is an essential link with Geneva which becomes only a 90 minute drive, there is also access from France via the Grand St Bernard tunnel but it takes much longer .

The middle of the village is charming, cobbled and car free with a church and renowned Alpine museum. Otherwise the traditional streets are lined with one or two fashionable shops, specialist delicatessen, bookshop, and dozens upon dozens of bars, cafes, and restaurants.

Here is another Italian resort where skiing and boarding often assumes a lower priority to people watching. Especially popular with the Milanese and Turinese, the range of friendly mountain restaurants ranks alongside the best in Europe for choice and quality, and lunch is a serious business here. The bus service around town is not good, but timetabled, and a car is a distinct advantage other than having to park it.

Resort Statistics

	Resort Height : 1224
	Top Station : 2624
	Bottom Station : 1224
	Vertical Descent : 1100
	Drag Lifts : 23
	Chair Lifts : 8
	Opens : Dec - April
	Expert Rating : 9
	Intermediate Rating : 9
	Beginner Rating : 7

Accomodation & Après Ski

Apres ski, predictably, is lively from the minute the ski wear gives way to fur and glittering trinketry late afternoon, until the last bars finally empty. Accommodation should be sought near the lift station and close to the centre of town. There are certainly plenty of hotels around but the best are expensive. The Hotel Pavillion is 200m from the lift station and has its own pool and sauna.