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Topic History of: Club Daina apartments in arinsol
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John |
Been there 4 times. Once with Directski. Rep will probably give you your ski hire stuff on the coach (just insist on it if you have to!) but they do tend to hold the lift pass/ski school vouchers to get you to the welcome meeting to try to sell you stuff!.
As Ian said, chances are you will be using St Moritz in the village, but if your place is at the top of the gondola, no worries. Just tell the lift attendants and they will, in my experience, let you go up to sort out your stuff.
The Daina is fine, as far as I know. It is not that close to the lift or the village centre. Its probably 800 metres uphill. So when you go to collect your skis you will need to use the ski bus, certainly to return (The St Moritz shop is 100 metres below the gondola station in the village, from where you can catch the bus) .
With being a bit away, I recommend hiring a slopeside locker, at the top of the gondola. It will be about €50 for the week (don't have current cost, this was 2008) and just big enough at a squeeze. Some of the tour companies try to sell space in their lockers.. forget that and buy one of the slopeside lockers. When you get off the gondola at the top, its around the corner to the left of the building in front of you. Anyone will point you to it.
I'm sure you will have a ball. Very friendly resort. Ski school is great. Uniformly good instruction and a great laugh.
Hope this helps. .. John |
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Max |
great stuff. getting excited! Thanks for the info. |
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Ian |
Last year Direct ski had ski school classes in the mornings, i.e. a 10am start on Monday - I imagine it will be the same this year. I believe that if you book your ski hire through Direct Ski, and are staying in the bottom half of the village (which you are) then you collect your equipment from a shop in the village - probably Sant Moritz - rather than up the mountain, so you can do that Sunday afternoon/evening when you arrive.
Hope this helps,
Ian |
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max |
 Thanks. you have been very helpful. |
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kev |
Assuming no change from last season, the Gondola will open at 8.30am (weather permitting of course!).
You haven't mentioned if you have ski school booked.
If you are in ski school group lessons there are two start times for Mondays - depending on the tour operator. I can't remember which time Direct Ski have. It will be either 10am or Midday - if you are a 10am start then getting up the gondola early is highly recommended. If you have a midday start then frankly it's best to go up later, say around 10am otherwise the hire shops will be full of people needing to be ready for 10am.
Kev. |
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Max |
 Okay, thanks, It looks like we will be joining the masses on the Monday morning. We could get up early. Could you tell me what time does the gondella opens, please. |
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