Breuil Cervinia – Italian ski resort

Breuil Cervinia – Italian ski resort

The Italian ski and mountain climate resort of Breuil Cervinia, located in the picturesque valley of the Aust– is an amazing opportunity to enjoy excellent trails for more than six months of the year! Nothing surprising: the climatic features of the region allow you to open the ski season at the end of October, and finish it only at the beginning of May. Here you will find not only incredibly clean mountain air, but one of the highest ski slopes in the world - about 3500 m above sea level!

What is the peculiarity?

According to experts, Breuil Cervinia is exactly what fans of rapid descents and a stunning variety of trails will certainly appreciate. Moreover, thanks to the many lifts, you will easily get:

• Valtournanche is not only the highest mountain, but also an almost year-round Italian ski resort;
• to the Swiss Zermatt – it is among the best alpine resorts in the world.

Thus, there are many transnational ski trails at guests' disposal, the total length of which exceeds 360 km. All conditions are created here for the most diverse areas of skiing, snowboarders, as well as fans of extreme sports.

The resort of Cervinia is located at an altitude of just over 2000 m, in the valley of the Aosta Valley, in the north-west of the Apennine Peninsula, near the border with Switzerland. Surrounded by the peaks of the Alpine Mountains - the majestic Matterhorn, Brighthorn and Monte Rosa, the resort is the embodiment of the dream of a fan of downhill skiing and a fan of thrills.

How to get to Breuil Cervinia?

One of the most important advantages of Breuil Cervinia is an excellently developed infrastructure that provides excellent opportunities for a variety of comfortable holidays filled with bright, unforgettable impressions. The guests are invited to:

• engage in all kinds of winter sports;
• extreme and quite traditional entertainment;
• all opportunities to explore the unique nature and local traditions.

How to get here?

You won't have any difficulties with this!
The two nearest airports are in Milan (190 km) and Turin (125 km in total) and accept flights from different countries of many airlines. The easiest, fastest and most comfortable way to get to the place is considered to be a taxi or a pre-ordered transfer to Cervinia.

Rent a car

Have you decided to use the carsharing service? By rented car, you need to take the A5 highway (Turin - Aosta) to get to the exit in the direction of Chatillon/Saint-Vincent, and then continue along the SR46 regional highway for the last 28 km. Usually this way takes no more than two and a half hours.

Getting there by public transport

In addition, you can also take trains or buses that will take you to the station in Chatillon, and then make a transfer and take a bus to Breuil Cervinia.

Popular slopes and trails

Visitors to the resorts of Breuil-Cervinia and Valturnas have the opportunity to use common slopes and trails. In addition, you can purchase a ski pass here – a ski pass that gives you the right to use the trails of the Zermatt resort, located on the territory of neighboring Switzerland.

• The most popular ski areas:
• Plan-Maisonette - 2555 m;
• Lagi-Cima-Bianke – 2982 m;
• Rosa Plateau – 3489 m .

The length of various trails, fairly evenly encircling the slopes of the mountains, totals more than 140 km. Are you going to go on vacation with the whole family? An excellent choice, because there are plots of varying complexity:

1. As many as 12 trails adapted for those who have just begun to comprehend the technique of skiing - they can be distinguished by the blue markings.
2. 26 "red" trails of medium difficulty class - for those who are quite confident in their skating skills.
3. One "black" highway with a length of eight kilometers.

The main trails for beginner skiers are concentrated in the Plan-Maisonette area, however, the most popular "red" trails Fornet-2 and Plan Torrente are also very close. But the famous "black" highway Giacciaio Tedulo originates at the peak of Tedulpass.The most popular among freeriders and snowboarders, the "red" Ventina Giacciaio track, one of the longest and most dynamic, starts from the top of the Rosa Plateau. Fans of rapid downhill skiing will certainly appreciate the Bardoney track, located in the Lagi-Cima-Bianche zone. For the convenience of vacationers in Cervinia, there are 15 lifts located within walking distance and capable of serving up to twenty thousand guests per hour.

Schools for beginners

For novice skiers who want to improve their skills, there are the widest opportunities to improve their skills in the process of individual or group classes. You will be taught to ski, will be introduced to various directions of this sport. Group classes are usually attended in the morning on weekdays. Cretaz and Plan Maison zones have all the conditions for effective and safe training, there are convenient lifts and many wide, gentle slopes.
Among the most popular schools:

• Breuil Ski School - there is an opportunity to study in Russian, children and teenagers can be enrolled in group classes.
• Scuola Di Sci Del Cervino is one of the oldest in the world, there are more than a hundred instructors, and training is conducted in seven languages.
• Scuola Sci Matterhorn-Cervinia, with its main office at Plan Maison, conducts training for children and adults, both in groups and in the format of individual classes.

Gastronomy

Visiting one of the best resorts is not only an abundance of snow and the best trails, but also unique Italian cuisine and the most exquisite wines. There are about seventy cafes and restaurants, many of them have terraces with views of the snow-covered mountain slopes.

Among the most popular bars and restaurants:

• Roose Nere is a restaurant with a snack bar where you should try amazing grilled meat.
• Chalet Etoile, a restaurant near the foot of the Matterhorn, is famous for its original dishes and very refined cuisine.
• La Bricole e Bricolette is a complex consisting of a bar, a restaurant, a steakhouse and a snack bar.

Entertainments

Since 2003, Indian Park has been operating here – almost an ideal place for freestyle and snowboarding enthusiasts. The descent, almost 100 m wide and a kilometer long– is one of the best places to perform dizzying stunts.

Note that the resort of Breuil Cervinia has taken care of guests who prefer cross-country skiing or ice skating. Those who wish can use the three-kilometer circular track or go to the skating rink. If you come in the summer, the Cervino Golf Club will help you maintain excellent physical shape.

For fans of exotic and even extreme entertainment, the resort offers:

• to participate in karting competitions at the Ice Kart cartodrome with ice tracks;
• take a flight on a paroplane or balloon;
• take a ride on a motorcycle sled or a dog sled;
  mountaineering;
• go hiking and admire Lake Lago Blue.

In order to be able to keep the children busy during the breaks between skiing, a children's playground is open here throughout the ski season. Well, adults who have retained their strength for other entertainment are invited to nightclubs, restaurants and bars.