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Velika Planina, Slovenia - Resort of the week

Killer skiing in Velika Planina.


Imagine getting into your car in Ljubljana, driving just twenty minutes through Kamnik to the lower cable car station. A few minutes later, finding yourself on ski grounds at an altitude of 1666 meters, where a chairlift and six T-bar lifts operate from the middle of December to the end of April! There is 6 km of ski pistes at Velika Planina, and ski tours are also possible. A ski-school is organized throughout the winter as well as a ski nursery in the snow.

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Saveurs du Val d’Aoste                                                



Saveurs du Val d’Aoste is the new quality label for the Valle d’Aosta food and wine sector. A spiraling icon that depicts a cup of friendship to represent the label. The Saveurs du Val d'Aoste unites the souls of local products and craftsmen in keeping with the traditional and cultural standards of Valle d’Aosta.
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Try the region’s traditional recipes in an architecturally and environmentally authentic Valle d’Aosta atmosphere. The Saveurs du Val d’Aoste label can be found in bars, alpine huts, hotels and stores that sell gourmet food and wine products. The label identifies stores where, exploiting the professionalism and "wisdom" of its proprietors, you can sample or purchase local products - with guarantee quality and origin. A label with a strong local identity that, championed by the regional Tourism and Agricultural Councils, guarantees that customers receive quality products and expert services in a continually evolving context where Valle d’Aosta agriculture, food and wine aim to create excellence by developing local resources and talents.

 

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Slow-Holiday. The New Way To Enjoy Your Holiday


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Slow-Holiday is the Room & Breakfast philosophy, and wants to support a new way of going on holiday. Where the important thing is to stop in order to get to know places. To enjoy the silence, the colours and the spaces. To get in touch with your senses, emotions and your own pulse again. Slow-Holiday is what you need to rediscover your inner wisdom, as an active and preventive method against stress. Our offer of services for the guest has been thought of with the goal of creating a network to promote all our places in this project, most of all in the Aosta Valley Territory. In order to do this, we want to underline the importance of different themes linked to nature, getting to know the territory itself in a deeper way.

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Into the white: Freeride and off-piste skiing           


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When it comes to off piste, Courmayeur shows its best. Thanks to an advanced system of lifts (managed by the two lift companies – Funivie Monte Bianco and Courmayeur Mont Blanc Funivie) the slopes of Mont Blanc and Youla – Val Veny offer an incalculable amount of skiable terrain. The world famous Valleé Blanche, the 24 Km route on the glacier that links Courmayeur to Chamonix, is the area best known ride and is easily accessible from town. Still, the locals and the connoisseurs head to the less known slopes of  “Toula Glacier” (3.462 m) and “Val Veny” area with its many gullies, bowls and couloirs, where untracked terrain can be found days after the last snowfall. Courmayeur and the south face of Mont Blanc are the freerider best kept secret!

Econnect: Restoring the web of life


The ECONNECT project aims at creating the best possible conditions for ecological connectivity across the Alpine range, to establish connections among protected areas across borders, so that the migration and conservation of wildlife is made easier throughout the Alpine space.
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International Festival of Pyrotechnic Art in Courchevel, France


From: Wednesday 10 February 2010 To: Thursday 11 March 2010. Every evening during this festival a specialist company will put on a firework show competing for first prize at the festival.Every year, almost 8000 spectators attend the shows put on by the firework artists, and taste the mulled wine and enjoy the other entertainments.
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Riders Profile Aline Bock


Scared is not a term found in Aline Bock’s vocabulary. The former Freestyle Snowboarder has had a great deal of success in Halfpipe and Slopestyle competition and this success continued to follow her. This earned her the title of Vice World Champion in total points for the Freeride World Tour 2009.
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Alpine Convention's climate portal now online


The Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention has gone online with its climate portal, in time for International Mountain Day and the climate negotiations in Copenhagen. The climate portal collates and disseminates information on events, activities and developments relating to climate change in the Alps.
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Reduced rate on discountcard for the top French Ski Resorts


We can offer a discountcard for the top French Ski Resorts at a reduced rate to viewers of thealps. The discounts cover, ski hire, ski school, bars, restaurants (resort and mountain), purchases in shops and activities.

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Trekking in the Appenine
Gran Sasso, a mountain near Rome.
Selvaggio blu
Primavera
Ice Climbing
Gran San Bernardo
Lombardia
Valgrisanche

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Door to door Geneva airport transfers

Make your transfer from Geneva Airport a stress free one. No more messing around with hire cars or trying to communicate with local taxi drivers, let Ski-Lifts meet you as you come into Geneva airport arrivals and take you directly to your chosen accommodation. Make your reservation here. thealps customers get 5% discount!

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The new way to enjoy your holiday
Mountain paradise. Heliski Monterosa week end from 639 € with www.monterosa.com
 Photogallery - dreaming away
Marco Spataro
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