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If you like cobbled medieval
Italian towns and don't mind a lack of Alpine resort atmosphere, you'll find
the center of Bormio very appealing - though you're unlikely to be staying there.
The slopes, too, suit a rather specific and perhaps rather
uncommon breed of
visitor: you need to enjoy red runs and very little else, but you need to be
happy with a limited range of them - unless, that is, you're prepared to take
the free bus out to the Val di Dentro-San Colombano area or make longer outings,
to Santa Caterina or (further still) Livigno.
Bormio attracts some boarders,
but it has no special appeal. The slopes are too steep to make first-time boarding
enjoyable, and apart from some good long carving runs, there's little to attract
experienced boarders either: no park or pipe; limited off-piste potential, little
enthusiasm from the ski schools to teach boarding; and a mainly skier orientation
on the slopes. At least the main area's lifts are mostly chairs, gondolas or
cable-cars - though there are some drags. Nightlife is sedate and really gets
going only at the weekend.
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+ Good mix of high, snowsure pistes and woodland runs with artificial snow, giving some excellent long runs when conditions are right + Worthwhile neighbouring resorts on the Valtellina lift pass + Attractive medieval town centre - quite unlike any other winter resort + Good mountain restaurants |
– Slopes all of medium steepness – Rather confined main mountain, with second area some way distant – Many slow lifts on the mountain, despite modern access lifts – Long airport transfers - Crowds and queues on Sundays – Central hotels inconvenient for the lifts and slopes |
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