Corvara, Italy

Visitor reviews for Corvara

• February 03, 2008
  Mark Wilson from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  I have just returned from a fantastic week in this part of the Dolomites. Amazingly good quality snow, both natural and man made! One review I read suggested Corvara can be on the quiet side, however, not if you visit the Taverna at Posta Zirm in Corvara, which is well known for its apres-ski atmosphere. The hotel is good value for money - with the facility to virtually ski in and ski out! The spa facilities are the best I have experienced in the area.Great food as well!.
  Notably, Corvara is ideally situated both for the Sella Ronda ski circuit, and the 200 plus kilometres of the Alta Badia circuit. You ski from valley to valley with the benefit of fantastic panoramas from each summit. No wonder this area is well frequented by some well known Hollywood film stars in more recent years.
  It's just as well there are less hotel beds in Corvara than in similar resorts such as Selva. The village should remain as it is - rather than become another anonymous mountain ski resort. Of the 30 or so ski trips I have made since starting this sport - this is by far the best for intermediate skiers seeking both ski safaris and the odd challenging run here and there.

• January 22, 2008
  Henry from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  I have been going to Colfosco, a small village outside Corvara for the past 7 years. This does sound sad but I have skied in France, Austria and Switzerland for the previous 15 years. The French seem only to want your money. In fifteen years of skiing in France I have only one good experience. In a local bar in Italy you will always be made welcome. The first year in a local bar they even made a cake for the last night, not ideal with beer but what a gesture. Now we are welcomed back as part of the family.
  The skiing is fantastic if you like hard packed, well groomed pistes. They are looked after so well you will not have rocks coming through like my last visit to Tignes (after only two day after 500mm of snow fell.) 90% of the Dolimiti super ski area is covered by snow cannons. I skied in Selva at the new year and it had not snowed for 3 weeks but the pistes were perfect so you don`t have to worry about it snowing as long as it is cold enough. The off-piste is very limited and not so good for boarders as some blue runs are a bit flat. The best piste for me is the hidden valley at Lagazuoi; steep, flat, wide, narrow, frozen water falls and you get pulled in the last km behind a horse and sleigh. Sella Ronda in both direction are a must, at 27km it can be skied in about 3 to 4 hours. At Utia la Cruc above Pedraces you will find a church. A short walk higher than the top lift it's a fantastic place to stop for lunch. Next to the church is a very good restaurant. A day in Alpe di Siusi is a good day out it's a bit flat but at the top they have a speed radar on a special run to see how fast you can go, our record is 105.78km/hour, see if you can beat that.
  Be careful not to miss the 3.00 bus back from Sultra or you will not get back for the last Dantercepies lift back. The Marmalada is the highest at 3342m but sometimes there are queues to get up the three cable cars. It is always cold at the top and the piste is in the shade and quite steep at the top. The food is fantastic on the mountain and in the village there are tens of restaurants. The black hill fpr pissa`s Peter`s stude for meat and local dishes and there are some a` la carte restaurants as well. The local wine is very good and not expensive.
  The lift system is second to none. Every year one or two lifts are built or upgraded. You can go 'round the Sella Ronda without going on one drag lift.
  Don`t fly to Innsbruck, fly to Bolzano, only 38 km away. Colfosco has an apres-ski bar 1 km up the mountain. It's open until 8pm which sound early but you try skiing down after four hours of beer and grappa. The piste is now floodlit but if you can`t manage that because of wobbly legs you can get a lift down on the back of a skido.
  There are no English tour companies that go to Colfosco so if you like to see and hear lots of English on your holiday it's not the place for you. Colfosco is the best kept secret in skiing. But now you know about it don`t go there it's rubbish.

• December 01, 2007
  cattinka from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  Corvara is one of the best ski places I've ever stayed. A well kept secret by the Italians, it boasts tree lined runes and snow coverage if you go with in the ski season. Plenty of mountain restaurants with excellent food for people who just like a hot chocolate and chicken and chips at lunch. We stayed in the hotel La Perla in Corvara, right up against the slope for ski in-ski out convenience.
  My only problem is that the village doesn't have a village atmosphere, but for me this wasn't a huge problem since I was either on the slopes or in the pool back at the hotel.

• January 02, 2005
  Ivan Hlupi? from CROATIA
  

  The No.1 resort in Italy for sure. Sella Ronda tour provides best skiing for all categories of skiers, but is sometimes too difficult for begginers. Great 'to the front door skiing' in Colfosco (2 km from Corvara). Just one problem. Too much road crossing on slopes of Sella and great amount of time spent on lifts. Marmolada is extremely icy and I reccomend it to experts only!

• December 29, 2004
  Lana Ruzic from CROATIA
  

  It is the best village in the whole Sella Ronda area. The skiiers can enter the Sella Ronda in both directions from Corvara, so within an hour of two of skiing you can reach Arraba, Val Gardena or even Marmolada. The other day you can go in direction of Alta Badia and ski towards La Villa and San Cassiano which is a better area for beginners and intermediate skiers. If there is enough snow make sure to reserve one day to go to Armentarola (Paso Lagazuoi) which is the longest and the most beautiful piste in Dolomites, as well as one day for Marmolada tour (you must visit the 1st world war museum on the top of the Marmolada cable car). Corvara as a village is a bit more luxurious than the rest of the places around Sella Ronda massif, but the hotels are definitely worth the price. I would not recommend the area to snowboarders because the resort gives the most to the skiers who are fond of ski-safari (meaning spending quite a lot of time on lifts)and skiing every day on different piste.