Advantages: Good snowfall, half pipe cheap Disadvantages: very limited runs
...I visited pas de lacasa this season. It is considerably cheaper than many other resorts. I usually go to steamboat, colorado, so this season was a big change for me, but the difference in price was also a very big change.
Pas de lacasa usually has very good snowfall and i think that it was almost as good as the champagne powder at steamboat. Pas de lacasa also has a very good half pipe along with a small board park.
There is very little piste and in 2 days, i think is possibly to ride both mountains, although the hill is quite good for intermediates
Andorra is a small country on the boarder of france and spain. Andorra is also tax free and so everything is considerably cheaper over there....
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Advantages: cheaper and quieter than the Alps Disadvantages: long transfer
...Andorra has always been a great resort to learn to ski and board due to both the fantastic ski schools and cheap prices. This has given it a reputation for being a bit cheap and cheerful but over the past couple of years it has been trying to shake this image and go more upmarket. We have visited Andorra 4 times in the winter and once in the summer, and over the past year or two we have seen so much work going on, they are pouring in what seems like unlimited funds it's unbelievable. Which is all good!
Andorra la Vella is a shoppers paradise but it is sooo busy traffic wise.
Pas de laCasa is the most popular resort but also in my opinion the ugliest (but hey you're not skiing in the town - it has fab pistes!), whereas some of the other resorts are prettier with old stone buildings etc.
Arcalis/Pal An undiscovered couple of gems...
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Advantages: Fantastic Ski and snowboard school Disadvantages: Not great Apres ski
...We stayed in Pas de lacasa which is a 2 and a half hour transfer from Tolouse. It is not a pretty town, but has a lovely backdrop of the mountains. We stayed in self catering accomodation which was clean and basic. Food and drink in restaurants was not as cheap as advertised online (although drink in supermarkets is cheap, 1 litre of smirnoff vodka 7.40 euros which is £4!) The service was friendly and it helped we spoke french and spanish, but food was pretty poor and food came out at different times which is not good for a big group. I really enjoyed my two snowboarding lessons which are excellent and a must for all learners that go there. I went for the one on one lesson, you learn so much quicker that in a big group.Overall a great place to learn and go tax free shoppping, but definately a budget holiday resort....
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Postmodernism, eh? It's a funny old bag of fish. Even the holier-than-thou critics don't quite seem to know what it's all about. They argue whether it's
a) a revolt against modernism,
b) a progression of modernism,
c) both of these and more
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