Any room left on the slopes?

By Peter Hardy, Daily Mail

Last updated at 10:43 17 November 2003


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調書をとる/予約する now for a happy half 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語

British families who have 調書をとる/予約するd holidays in the French アルプス山脈 and the Pyrenees over February half-称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 will experience overcrowded pistes and 潜在的に some of the worst 解除する 列s in a 世代.

For the first time in 15 years, almost every school in England and むちの跡s has chosen the same week - February 14 - for their winter break when 普通は the holiday is staggered over two, or even three, weeks. Only Kent's Medway towns are the major exception. The 状況/情勢 is made worse by the fact that the date 同時に起こる/一致するs with the start of the Paris school holidays.

Parisian families 伝統的に create traffic 大混乱 across a 列 of eastern フラン on the first 週末, as they 長,率いる for the アルプス山脈.

スキーヤーs 選ぶing for Andorra will find no escape on the slopes of the Pyrenees. Half-称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 同時に起こる/一致するs with the second week of school holidays in Montpellier and Toulouse 同様に as some Spanish cities.

スキーヤーs and boarders are advised to look に向かって Austria, Switzerland, or Italy. February 14 示すs the start of their highest week of the season in these countries, but 国家の school holidays will have ended.

Those 長,率いるing for U.S. or Canadian 訴える手段/行楽地s will find no solace - the week 同時に起こる/一致するs with 大統領's 週末, the busiest winter bank holiday in the American calendar.

Many Americans choose to take the whole week off. But the good news is that the 容積/容量 of スキーヤーs who (人が)群がる into 訴える手段/行楽地s is nowhere 近づく as 広大な/多数の/重要な as in Europe.

If you 港/避難所't already 調書をとる/予約するd, you have 行方不明になるd the 選ぶ of chalets, hotels, and even family apartments.

But plenty of accommodation is still 利用できる -the problem is travel. Flights are in very short 供給(する).

Direct Eurostar services from Waterloo to Moutiers and Bourg St Maurice have no seats left.

In many 事例/患者s, the easiest and cheapest 解答 is to 運動.

A 位置/汚点/見つけ出す-check this week of 小旅行する 操作者s, by specialist travel スパイ/執行官 Ski 解答s (020 7471 7777 www.skisolutions.com), (機の)カム up with 1,000 beds in popular 目的地s, such as Les Trois Vallees and Val d'Isere in フラン, and St Anton in Austria 同様に as Verbier, Saas 料金, and Zermatt in Switzerland.

However, for the 大多数 of these areas you will need to make your own travel 手はず/準備.

Where to look Telephoning individual 小旅行する 操作者s for what remains can be a 失望させるing 商売/仕事. But a number of specialist travel スパイ/執行官s have 十分な 詳細(に述べる)s of what is still 利用できる.

These 含む Ski 解答s (see above), Alpine Answers (020 8871 4656 www.alpineanswers.co.uk), 勢い Ski (020 7371 9111 www.勢い.uk.com) and Snow Line (0870 333 0064 www.snow-line.co.uk). Also check out on-line specialists Directski.com, www.Iglu.com, and www.lastminute.com.

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