Baqueira/Beret, Spain

Visitor reviews for Baqueira/Beret

• January 02, 2008
  Richard J from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  Had great skiing in December 07 and more snow came as we left. Great resort and very cheap when skiing. It is Alpine scale and no crowds, worth the visit.

• September 27, 2006
  David T from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  Baqueira is a great resort, with a mix of slopes to please everyone from beginners to expert, plus there are some interesting off-piste and itinerary runs. There are English instructors in the valley, (check out http://www.davidtapley.co.uk) and the skiable area seems to grow year on year. The lift company continues to add new lifts and queuing is rare. Oh, and they serve free cava and cake on Monday afternoons in the 1800 restaurant !

• March 10, 2006
  tracie from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  Been to Baqueira which was great - fantastic pistes and plenty of off-piste ranging from easy to hard so good for groups of different levels. But I went with an English company which was a mistake, it works out much cheaper to book into a spanish hotel(and you get better service.) The English company we went with, 'Ski Miquel' were not very good -lift passes are included in the Spanish prices and the food is excellent because the Spanish won't stand for anything else! If you hire a car at the airport you may as well stay in one of the lovely villages a few minutes away from the centre - much more atmosphere, arties and salardu are great.

• February 21, 2006
  Mery from SPAIN
  

  I have been in very different skiing resorts, not only in Spain, and Baqueira is the best one in Spain and one of the best ones in Europe. In Baqueira you will found good snow, a great variety of pistes.
  at night and during the evening you can find a lot of things to do, there are a lot of shops and sports to do.
  I have been going yo Baqueira for five years and I will continue going, the people, the ski, the pubs and the ski club "White Pirates", are the best of the world.

• January 17, 2006
  Michael Jones from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  Though I have not explored the whole resort the skiing is generally superb and in good conditions has enough off piste to please most visitors. The Spanish holidays should be avoided as life is extremely manic and parking difficult however for the most of the time the slopes and lifts are relatively empty.

  Baqueira is deemed expensive and many Spanish actually cross over into France to ski Superbagneres and Peyragudes which though not as expansive are good value particularly after recent snow.

  For anyone thinking of Baqueira you could try linking up with Peak Times (www.peak-times.com) as we will be operating a ski safari for the 2006/07 season which will enables guests to ski in 4 resorts (including Baqueira)in 6 days.

• December 31, 2005
  Pere from SPAIN
  

  Yes, the best resort of Pyrenees, but the more expensive, and the services are becoming worse.

• December 09, 2005
  oliver from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  This place is fantastic - went there in 2002 and will go back for certain again one day. We stayed in the Tuc Blanc hotel which was really handy for the lifts - in other accommodations there tends to be a bit of an uphill shlrup to indure to get to the lifts... Really good to be in such a big ski area with no Brits about. We drove from Barcelona in about 4 hours. Only drawback is that ater a ski day it is really hard to fall in with the Spanish evening timetable - Dinner after 9.... They all have a siesta AFTER skiing and then wake up again for dinner. The plus side of this is that the pistes are empty in the mornings.

  A real treat to be able to drink rioja at lunchtime.

  The snow was great when we were there (Jan '02).

• March 24, 2005
  david from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  I've skied Baqueria for the last few years and always had a good time. Ideal for intermediates but also offering some interesting off piste and itinerary routes for the more adventurous. There are several BASI trained English speaking instructors in the resort if you need to tidy up your skiing (email me if you need their contact details). All in all a top resort, no queues, usually plenty of snow and a shorter transfer than Andorra !

• January 04, 2005
  Andre from PORTUGAL
  

  Great resort, with an infinity of pistes to explore (a weeks´ time is short), delicious 'tapas' and tap beer on aprés-ski and top restaurants (duck 'maigret' highly recommended). I was there in mid March, and there was great snow

• August 24, 2004
  Bruce from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  I spent last season (03-04) in Baqueira. We had an appauling season, with aweful snow for most of the season. Baqueira is renowned for late season snow, and it was only in March that we actually got dumped on regularly.

  Its an expensive resort for spain, and the apres ski is mostly lame (unless you wear polo shirts and are extremely snotty). There are some great runs, and the resort is huge, which means that crowds are seldom a big problem if you venture away from the main lifts.

  I would reccommend staying in Salardu or Arties if you have a car, else Vielha.

  The main problem was snow. The resort just isnt snow-sure enough. With lots of snow too, the resort is mostly flat(ish), so it can be a problem. I went to Chamonix for a week after the season, and that is a steep mountain. Felt like i was a beginner even though I was boarding all season.

  The best thing about Baqueira is that there were 10 english speakers there the whole season (maybe 20) ... so you can avoid annoying larger louts that you get in Andorra and in the Alpes.

  Would reccommend it highly, althoguh check conditions before going.

  Hope this helps.

• January 19, 2004
  Lucas from CANADA
  

  baqueira is probably the best ski resort in the pyrenees,due to the fact that it has plenty of snow coming from the Atlantic.Meters of snow can be found at altitude,and if you?re a good skier,baqueira is for you,because of the extremely challenging terrain that can offer if you look for it.(I?m talking about Marconi,pasarell,Teso dera Mina,manaud...?
  It also has a very nice ski school,and if you just don?t want to ski you can always stay in nearby Vielha and look for some fine dining at Arties or Salardu.
  baqueira beret offers more than 1900 Ha of skiing(5000 acres) and every year it expands and grows bigger and bigger,but without loosing anything.
  This resort is comparable to Lake Louise(In Canada) and maybe even better than some ski resorts in other countries that proclame themselves as the best ski resort in the world

• January 14, 2004
  i?igo from SPAIN
  

  Baqueira is my favourite ski resort in Spain. It has really long slopes and more than 80 km for skiing. In adittion, it has the best apres-ski of all the ski resorts in Spain, with great restaurants, pubs and discos.

• November 19, 2003
  David from SPAIN
  

  Baqueira is th best ski resort in Spain, is the most biggest ski area in the country, good snow, good ski school, goods pubs & disco. all is perfect

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  Tim from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  We have operated a small ski school (www.bbskischool.co.uk) in Baqueira for the last five years. Baqueira is an amazing place, if you didn't find the slopes or the apres-ski, then you didn't try hard enough!!