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Country: Italy
Resort: Prato Nevoso

Beginners *****
Easy: *****
Intermediate: ***
Advanced **
Expert *
Non-skiers **
Apres ski **
Snowboarding ****
Village height: 1500m
Top Lift : 2092m
Marked runs: 100kms
Longest run: 3km
Slopes face: E, SW, W
Snowmaking: Excellent
Glacier: No
Lifts: 19
Chair lifts: 6
Drag lifts: 13
Lift Pass: Prato Nevoso/Artesina
Photo needed: Yes
Extension areas: N/A
Ski bus: Yes, excellent & free
Mountain restaurants: 8
Kindergarten: No
Creche: No
Transfer time:

2hrs from Turin
14hrs from Calais






OUR SUMMARY
Terrific value! Loads of skiing for your money. Top snowboard destination. Purpose-built for skiers with all hotels ideally located. One of the fastest growing lift systems in Italy.

Purpose - built for ease of use, the main features of this popular circuit are convenience, value and unexpectedly high mileage. There are plenty of wide, long runs which invite ambitious intermediates to work hard and get off that plateau! The pistes link well and there is plenty of skiing both above and below the tree line often in brilliant sunshine. Piste maintenance is particulary good and there has been a lot of investment in recent years. Over the past few seasons we have seen a remarkable improvement in the lift system due to the very considerable investment in new chairs, snow-making and re-shaping the pistes. The lift company are really trying hard here. Prato Nevoso has excellent natural conditions because the warmer winds from the South meet the cold alpine air and precipitation is excellent. We can't remember a bad snow Winter here.
There are 2 separate resorts, linked by lift and piste. Prato Nevoso is really exceptional for beginners, whereas Artesina, with its long intermediate runs, is good for enthusiastic piste-bashers. The scope would not disgrace a much bigger resort. Many of the runs are on wide-open snowfields so visibility is good and supervision is easy.
NEW There are now 2 brand new moving-carpet type lifts, especially for beginners, one outside the Hotel Galassia and one in the village. These are over 50m long and allow novices to practise on gentle slopes in safety without having to manage conventional lifts.
We have always had excellent co-operation from the ski school and we rate Prato Nevoso as an excellent choice for fast learning, whether as a beginner or a developing intermediate. You can get straight on to the snow from our hotels in Prato Nevoso. From the Hotel Italia, the coach drops you right by the lift. It couldn't be more convenient.
Prato Nevoso is quite well developed and has a friendly atmosphere. There's something of a local community with school, church and a gallery of shops, bars and restaurants. Prato is also the home of the Italian Snowboard Club and top competitions are held here at the recently enlarged floodlit Snowpark. The people in this ski hire shop are all mad-keen and delight in teaching youngsters to snowboard. The snowboard park is rated one of the best in Italy and is floodlit every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday night.


Pleasant village, well stocked with shops and holiday facilities. Big snowboard venue with expert instruction and knowledgeable hire shops.
snowboarding park skating rink skidoo hire heli-skiing many shops and boutiques night clubs cinema piano bar restaurants and pizzeriaso pharmacy tourist info
church snowboard museum
In Frabosa
doctor, pharmacy and post office church 4 bars information office emergency service swimming pool (swimming hat must be worn)


"Every member of staff was friendly, extremely helpful, efficient and polite" IH Wiltshire



Hotel Mondole - Prato Nevoso (cap 270)
Ideal position, ski-in ski out. Excellent facilities including a swimming pool. Well furnshed and attractive.

The Mondole is a large 3 star chalet-hotel with an ideal position, close to the village and on the slopes. The adjacent beginners' drags immediately access the whole system and you can ski back straight into the bar!
The family provide a good service. The interior is virtually all wood with criss-crossing beams creating a pleasant mountain atmosphere. The rooms are for 2 to 4 and all have full bathroom (a few have shower), TV and telephone. There are also a few family style apartments.
Basement Club, good for meetings, karoake, and evening entertainment bar lounge with billiard table lounge with giant screen TV and video children's games room with table football, table tennis and video games continental breakfast 3 course dinner terrace with sun loungers
ski deposit direct access to the slopes swimming pool

Hotel La Capanna - Prato Nevoso (cap 78)
Brilliant position almost on the piste. Smart, clean and pleasant. Nice people, good food.

This is an excellent, modern, 3 star hotel, in the centre of Prato Nevoso, very convenient for the skiing. You cross the road, put on your skis and gently schuss 100 metres to the nursery slope which connects with the other lifts. Mariano will make you feel right at home.
He's a great character who can't do enough for our guests. He loves producing little surprises and impromptu snacks and will be one of the key reasons why your stay in the Capanna will be happy, comfortable and fun.
Standards throughout are high. It's smart, clean and pleasant, with attractive tiled floor, pale pine walls and Alpine decorations. The food is good and there is a warm atmosphere.
Very much a focal point of the resort, the Capanna restaurant does a thriving passing trade. The bar is also popular with locals and ski school. All rooms have shower, WC and telephone. The bathrooms are newly refurbished.
large bar lounge with TV second lounge with video games, pool table and TV buffet breakfast lift


Hotel Galassia 3 star (cap 250)
Good hotel with excellent facilities including a swimming pool. Located at the top of the village with ski in-ski out convenience.

The Galassia is situated on a run, at the top of Prato Nevoso, a 15min walk down and a 20min walk up. You can see the centre of Prato down the blue run. Just outside the hotel is a brand new moving-carpet type lift which is perfect for novices and enables them to get their ski legs straight away so they can manage the blue down to resort.

The public areas are built in dark wood and are quite impressive. The bedrooms are attractively furnished in pine or dark wood. All have en-suite facilities, usually half bath with shower, WC, and bidet.
swimming pool (swimming hat needed) solarium jacuzzi Turkish sauna massage long lounge with sofas and great views smart bar conference room games room with table football, video games and flipper beautiful dining room indoor boule reading room children's room private car park ski store panoramic terrace laundry buffet breakfast and anti-pasti buffet at dinner


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