Tours & Travel – Mariaestevez.com

Geilo in Norway stands 800 meters high, and has one of the highest ski lift in the world, beginning 3887 feet. Geilo is the position of three and a half hours from the capital, while a good road and rail links to the village. Set in the midst of stunning scenery just out of the bank Fjord, Geilo is at the heart of Norway’s “Winter Wonderland.” Maintain an excellent reputation as a family resort, Geilo has seen visitors from Europe and beyond since the early 1900s. Geilo remains pure, true to the character firmly intact norwegian.

With more than just skiing facilities Geilo is home to Highland 4-star hotel, and a number of lodging houses, and the famous Holms Ski Bar. Although primarily a ski resort Geilo also offers sleigh rides, wildlife adventure tours, ski orienteering, tobogganing, snow shoe walking, dog-sledging, kite-skiing, night-skiing, snowboarding, freestyle snowboarding and much more.

Geilo’s reputation as one of the world’s top ski resorts located mainly in the ability to manage the family for the holidays. With more than 10,000 families visit the slopes each year, Geilo also remember a very good offer in the package is referred to as the “Family Starter Pack”. This lesson involves the whole family for the same $ 200 per day. This means that you can learn not only with families, but also means that without the family ski experience, can go together, and after the first day, they will be able to ski on their own.

Geilo has also increased among Snowboarders reputation in recent years beating off Lillehammer, Voss and Hemsedal in a bid to host the Norwegian Snowboarding Championship. With four sides of mountain each dedicated to snowboarding and skiing, Geilo is now able to call itself Norway’s first skiing location to offer 5 runs dedicated to snowboarding. With 110 runs in total, Geilo has 14% expert allowing experienced skiers to enjoy themselves on the slopes, while the rest maintain the facilities for the beginners and intermediates account for a larger amount of their yearly visitors.

Geilo also offers exceptional value for money with weekly family packages starting from $ 1000 including accommodation, eating and sleeping. Element that stands out the most about Geilo is the way for families, with crèches, family Diners, especially those including bonanza Christmas Santa to visit with the reindeer slopes on Christmas day, and the time leading up to christmas. Geilo never fails to be fully booked for Christmas, with many families choosing to bring their children along to experience Christmas in this winter wonderland.

Although Geilo offers amazing family packages, will not be fair to say that Geilo is limited to family vacations. Geilo is very serious to host the sporting event of the world, and the land that the national team training ski and snowboarding. Geilo is available from August / September all the way until the end of March and also consider investing in “Avalanche Technology” which produce water from the snow to ski 24/365. If you have never been to Geilo then I would recommend that you give it a go, although the family image might make some people outside the slope I recommend checking it is the best thing to do. From their website clearly to see that consistent snowfall, and the variation of the difficulties in both runs, Geilo is a facility that can truly cater for everyone, from beginner to professional.

Have many options for accommodation, and also link with the travel they really have no reason to expect on the plane and going to Geilo today. With thousands of people on the slopes, from different countries and different backgrounds Geilo is suitable for families and young people together. Individuals with price plans starting from $ 350 a week, and is known to play DJ at a local club where Geilo is also becoming very popular among those young people who have seen Ibiza as the only place to be seen on the holiday.