Last winter we hopped up to Newark and then onwards to Milan. We were not skiing, but everyone else was.

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Anonymous wrote:Get theeself to Zurich or Milan. Take train to Zermatt.

Is this the same answer for Cervinia (which is better for newer skiers)?

Zurich is much farther than Milan from Cervinia. The closest airport is actually Turin, which doesn't have nearly as many flights as MXP, but if you can get a good quick connection, would save you about an hour in travel time vs. MXP. Since both require one stop from DC, it's worth checking both.

Even though Cervinia looks like it's about 15 miles from Zermatt as the (very cold) crow flies, the Matterhorn in between means it's actually a 3.5 hour drive around the mountains to get there. So Zermatt is an easy 3 hour train ride straight from Zurich, but Cervinia is and 8.5 hour trek through Milan and Turin from Zurich

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get theeself to Zurich or Milan. Take train to Zermatt.

Is this the same answer for Cervinia (which is better for newer skiers)?

Zurich is much farther than Milan from Cervinia. The closest airport is actually Turin, which doesn't have nearly as many flights as MXP, but if you can get a good quick connection, would save you about an hour in travel time vs. MXP. Since both require one stop from DC, it's worth checking both.

Anonymous wrote:Get theeself to Zurich or Milan. Take train to Zermatt.

Is this the same answer for Cervinia (which is better for newer skiers)?

Get theeself to Zurich or Milan. Take train to Zermatt.

Anonymous wrote:None of these are nonstop from IAD.

That's because there are no nonstops from any DC airports to anywhere in Italy except United's flight to Rome. Which of course is not anywhere close to skiing, and also only runs from late March to late October.

You cannot get a direct flight to Italy in the winter.

None of these are nonstop from IAD.

Anonymous wrote:Whoever flies direct to Naples. That’s closest to the best Italian resorts. Otherwise fly to Venice.

You’ll need to rent a car.

WTF are you talking about?

Anonymous wrote:Whoever flies direct to Naples. That’s closest to the best Italian resorts. Otherwise fly to Venice.

You’ll need to rent a car.

Naples fo skiing? That's like suggesting someone go to Savannah for skiing.

Venice is a good option, as others thave stated, with good skiing within 2-3 hours.

Fly to Venice and rent a car or take the bus to Cortina. It's around 2 hours on the bus. Once in Cortina you can get round by bus unless you want to go to resorts like Val Gardena. The Ski Dolomiti pass covers a ton of ski areas in the region.

Fly to Geneva and drive to Courmayeur. I think 1.5 hours and you drive through the Mont Blanc tunnel. We went from Chamonix so not totally sure on distances

Fly to Milan and drive to Cervinia (and you can ski Zermatt as well). About 2.5 hours.

Cervinia, flying into Milan. You can ski over to Zermatt, Switzerland.

Whoever flies direct to Naples. That’s closest to the best Italian resorts. Otherwise fly to Venice.

You’ll need to rent a car.

You don’t need to limit your self to Italy. You can access, Italy, France and Swiss slopes easily via Milan or Geneva.

There were a couple of threads last week on this.

I'm so tired of hearing DH's family talk whistfully about skiing in Italy, that I'd love to show them with a potential easy itinerary. Skiiers of all ages and abilities.