Val Di Fassa And Carezza, Italian Ski Resort

If you've ever wanted to ski in the Dolomites section of the Alps in Italy, then Val di Fassa and the Carezza Italian ski resort may answer your craving. The panoramic vistas of the mountains-stretching from Belluno and Trento and from the Adige River by the Val Pusteria (valley) east to west-make this one of the most charming ski areas in all of Italy. The area is so great for skiing because of all the zones you can have access to when skiing. The Val di Fassa skiing area incorporates the Fassa to Carezza ski areas. The lifts and slopes in all of these is part of the Dolomiti Superski Area.

The heritage remains intact; however, the Italian and German influences have been strong for decades and will remain the dominant language and culture for the future. For now, though, visitors can find plenty of history as far back as two hundred years ago. It's not impossible to walk or ski past some of the oldest architecture in northern Italy.

Val di Fassa and Carezza offer some serious skiing. If you combine the Tre Valli's ski and Carezza ski areas, the size goes up to nearly 10 km above Alba and over 30 km above Moena. If you buy the right ski pass, there are over 200 kilometers of skiing in and around Val di Fassa, though this becomes more sizable if you include other accessible ski resorts in the area. If you buy the Dolomoti Superski ticket, you'll have more skiing than can possibly be done in a week or two.

In order to access the 200-plus lifts in the Val di Fassa-Carezza ski zone, you'll have to ride all 60 lifts. When the snow refuses to fall, there are plenty of snow cannons heaving artificial snow on all the interlinked ski runs. The other valleys in the area, such as Arabba, Val Badia and Val Gardena, give easy access to the whole Sella Ronda circuit. In order to complete this ski circuit, you'll have to start from the villages of Canazei or Campitello. Though most of these slopes are less than 2,000 meters, you'll have plenty of fabricated snow making your ski holiday a blast no matter the weather.

The skiing in Val di Fassa and Carezza include all the normal black, blue, red and green runs. In Carezza ski resort alone, you can find minimum of 30 km of pistes. The highest lift drops you off at 2350 meters with the lowest at just 1200 meters. Even so, the max vertical in the Carezza ski zone is 1150 meters. Additionally, there are all sorts of ski tours in the area, not limited to the somewhat famous Four Passes Tour, the Trevalli Tour, The SkiTour Panorama and Great War Tour. It's humanly possible to ski from various villages on a different tour each and every day of a six-day ski pass and never see the same scenery twice.

The ski passes in the Val di Fassa and Carezza Italian ski area are not as imposing as one might think for Alp skiing. The season starts a bit later than others, with pre-season skiing usually ending on December 23rd. A six-day ski pass will cost one adult around �'150 (�'100 child). The high season commences on December 24th with prices going up about 20-30%. The high season prices begin at about �'185 for an adult (�'130 child) and end on January 6th. Normal season prices start again afterwards at �'160 (�'115 child) and end for another round of high season prices on the first of February; this high season ends mid-March with one more session of lower regular season prices. All these prices take into consideration that you will buy a six-day individual ski pass. (A full season ski pass will cost about �'440 per adult and �'150-�'300 per child.)

The entire Val di Fassa ski area includes some great out-of-the-way ski and snowshoeing destinations. If, for example, you like cross-country skiing, it's very easy to get piste's maps upon your arrival to the Carezza ski resort. If you'd like to snowboard, there are plenty of places located throughout the ski region, though you may have to find ones in other nearby ski areas. Some runs have night skiing, using floodlights to light the slopes for 24-hour ski service. Additionally, the nightlife in the area includes all the favorite apres-ski venues, from bars to restaurants, pubs to clubs, health spas to discotheques, the chances of finding something on or off slope that you'll enjoy are guaranteed.