Geilo, Norway

Visitor reviews for Geilo

• December 08, 2005
  Mark from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  What a fab resort - excellent for beginners, skiers wanting to improve, and of course children learning to ski at the troll club, we're going back for our 3rd year in the same hytte on the Vestlia side. Definitely not a resort for wild party animals looking for nightlife or even those chasing difficult runs - better off in Chamonix or 3-Valleys for that. Its no more expensive than the high altitude french resorts (esp. Courcheval), but soooo much more friendly!

• February 18, 2005
  Mike from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  The nearest airport is Fagernes which is about a 1hr 45 min coach trip from the resort. Geilo is a small town with a good variety of slopes on both sides including a couple of longish cruising greens/blues on the north side and two board parks on the south side. Also on the south side you can drop over the back from the top of the express lift and access a nice long run on the plateau. Off piste is very limited but you can use the tree breaks between pistes for a bit of variety.
  As for apres-ski, check out Recepten in the Dr Holms hotel and Lille Blu, they start late (about 11 or 12) cos alcohol seems to have about the same per ounce value as platinum! You get 0.4 of a litre for between £5 and £8 depending on the bar you're in so DO take advantage of your duty free allowance on the way out. There are at least 3 mini supermarkets and a couple of good ski/board shops. The standard of accomodation is very good and the locals are friendly.

• February 03, 2005
  John from NORWAY
  

  Geilo is a nice place for beginners and to some extent intermediates.

  Having spent most of my childhood holidays here I know the place quite well. The slopes are wide and fairly well prepared. The quality of the accomodation is high and the after ski are suitable for the not so hip set.

  There are no off piste to speak of and the advanced skiers does not have a lot of choices.

  Bottom line if you are a beginner or mediocre on skis and are looking for a nice place with high quality on the hotels and restaurants Geilo is perfect. My personal favorite among the hotels are Dr. Holms albeit that the hotel these days are an aging beauty.

  Me ? I prefer Chamonix.

• March 12, 2004
  Tim from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  Geilo is great for beginers or people with young kids. Our daughter is 15 months loved the creshe where they were very welcoming. We cryed when we left her for the day but she had a great time. We are first time skiers and left a week latter confident on blue runs and managing reds. We are going back in April to fine tune our new found skills. If you into wild night life go somewhere else. We stayed in the Vestlia hotel which we are staying in on our next visit. Convenient for child care, ski lifs, ski school and good food. What more could you want. I suspect advanced skiers would find Geilo not challenging enough on the slopes but for us it was just great. Roll on April