My partner and I were in Courmayeur a few years ago for a weeks skiing in March. We stayed in the Hotel Berthod, a nice 2 star b & b. It's a family run place that's been owned by the same people for over a hundred years. The rooms are traditional with huge baths - always a big bonus when you're skiing.
The village has plenty of lively pubs, such as Bar Roma (good apres ski) and The American Bar. Everywhere we ate was excellent and inexpensive. Pierre Alexis deserves a special mention, even though it's not easy to find you shouldn't miss out on it.
The skiing is a bit inconvenient as you have to reach the mountain via a cable car, then plooch through slush to the chair lifts. There are hire shops and lockers up there though, a much better option than lugging your skis up and down everyday. When we were there you couldn't ski back to the village, but I've seen rumours on the net that this has been remedied.
The skiing was ok, I'd only done 3 weeks skiing over a 10 year period when we went here, so found some of it difficult (the snow was heavy and wet), however I don't think it would be too challenging for advanced skiers. We had lessons with Scuolo Ski Monte Bianco (Or something like that), they were ok but nothing special. There was a fair bit of queueing here at times, and it's pretty impolite compared with France.
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Advantages: Pretty village, great Mountain food at reassonable prices, very Italian Disadvantages: little for beginners or advanced skiiers, few English children in Ski school
mgmkibrg 15.02.2005 (15.02.2005)
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Advantages: Pretty village, great Mountain food at reassonable prices, very Italian Disadvantages: little for beginners or advanced skiiers, few English children in Ski school
mgmkibrg 15.02.2005 (15.02.2005)
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