Port del Comte (Port del Comte) - the southernmost ski resort in the eastern Pyrenees. Here, a simple relief and relatively gentle slopes, overgrown with a dense pine forest. In general, the resort is focused on family holidays, and the season lasts from late November to late March. The resort has about 50 hotels (there is even one hostel), there are apartments and guesthouses. Children can "pass" to the ski kindergarten or go to a special fan-park for kids.
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How to get here
Flight to Barcelona, then it's better to take a transfer or rent a car at the airport, because getting public transport is quite problematic. From the capital of Catalonia to Port del Comte about 160 km, en route by car no more than 2 hours. Another nearest international airport is in Girona, it's the same 160 km and 3, 5 hours en route.Search for airline tickets to Barcelona (the nearest airport to Port del Comte)
The roads of Port del Comte
Port del Comte - a relatively new area of skiing in the Pyrenees, it was opened only in 1972, because here periodically something is discovered, completed and built. But almost everything that they do - with an emphasis on family tourists.
In Port del Comte, two skiing areas: Hostal-Sucre, the left slope of the valley, descents from the Sucre peaks, Pew de Morreres, Querol and Bophia) and Estivella (Estivella, right slope, more difficult trails with Klok -Roda and Plat de Llorry).
A total of 36 tracks, most of which are designed for the average and more or less confidently skiing .More specifically, 13 "red" and 11 "blue" .Profi can also be pleased - for them, laid 5 "black" tracks, well, and newcomers have identified the zone as much from the 7 "green" slopes .The total length reaches an impressive 41 km .In order to maintain the snow cover in a worthy condition, all the slopes are equipped with 200 snow cannons, and as a driving motor there are 15 lifts (five chairlifts, eight rope towers and two cabins) .Opening hours of the lifts are from 9:00 to 17:00, the last climb is at 4:30 pm .
The height difference is small - 1700-2400 m, the longest trail extends 1, 6 km.
Ski pass
The cost of ski passes in Port del Comte is low compared to other European resorts. For example, a subscription to ski lifts for one day will cost in high season at about 30 EUR, at a low around 25 EUR, ride for a weekend at 60 and 50 EUR, respectively.
Infrastructure
As it was mentioned above, about 50 hotels are open in Port-del Comte, as much as you can find in the district, and at lower prices, which will be beneficial for tourists with a rented car. Of course, there are also all kinds of restaurants with cafes, and solariums, medical centers, finally, equipment rental and a ski school, which employs 50 instructors. Alas, in Russian they do not speak, and even English is not mastered by all - the fact that the Port-del Comte resort is "home", that is, for its own, for the Spaniards, is affected.
Children will enjoy spending time in a specially open for them fanparke, as well as on the toboggan run with cushions-tubes (1, 5 hours - 10 EUR). Well, adults can be advised to go on foot on a snowshoe. The resort is located side by side with the national park, so that the surrounding beauty does not need advertising. What is not here, it's the trails for cross-country skiing and lighted descents.