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New website promotes rail travel to the slopes
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:43 am
by Big Sis..
Snowcarbon.co.uk launched today aiming to make train travel to Europe's resorts easier and more attractive.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/o ... ort-skiing
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:27 pm
by christinedavid
That's a great website. We have often been to France skiing by train. It's great. It means an extra day off work on the Friday but you arrive in resort on Saturday morning and don't leave till about 5pm the following Saturday. So a possible 8 days skiing instead of the usual 6. It costs slightly more, but it's worth it. This year we're going to Wengen by train, but during the day. We're really looking forward to the scenery on the way.We're going First Class so it'll be a lot more civilised than the Snow Train to France, which is really a bit basic, to say the least.
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:45 pm
by Martha
Oh they got it live! nice one Ros. I think it's a great idea
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:48 pm
by Sue Dyer
I've caught the Eurostar to Moutiers a good few times, it runs there in the ski season. Direct from Waterloo (now St Pancras?) it was fab.
I preferred the day train to the overnight one. I've not been on the infamous ski train but my friend said eurostar was a million times better.
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:51 pm
by christinedavid
We've done the Eurostar too, but the overnight one. We went first class. The problem is there are only reclining seats and they didn't even turn the lights off, so we didn't get any sleep. If only they'd put sleeper cars on Eurostar...