Travel Guide

Geilo, Norway is 800 meters high and has one of the highest Mountain in the world, which is 3.887 feet. Geilo is three hours from the capital, but with good road and rail links in the village. In the midst of incredible scenery just outside of the Fjord, Geilo is at the heart of Norway “Winter Wonderland”. The preservation of the excellent reputation as a family-friendly, Geilo saw the visitors from Europe and beyond since early 1900. Geilo remains a true Norwegian character firmly intact.

With more than Ski Geilo is home to the Highland 4-star hotel and numerous hosting and the famous Holms Ski Bar. Although primarily a ski resort Geilo also offers sleigh, the wildlife adventure, ski orienteering, tobogganing, snowshoeing, sled, kite-skiing, nightlife, snowboarding, freestyle snowboarding and much more.

Geilo’s reputation is one of the worlds top ski resorts located mainly in its ability to absorb for a family vacation. With more than 10,000 families, visiting the slopes each year, Geilo also offers a good education in the packages, he refers to as the “Family Starter Pack”. These are fees for the whole family, for the equivalent of 200 U.S. Dollar per day. This means that not only your whole family can learn, but it also means that families with no skiing, and, after the first day, they will be able, on their skis.

Geilo also increased his reputation among surfers in recent years successes Lillehammer, Voss and Hemsedal in its bid to include Norwegian Snowboarding Championship. With the four sides of each mountain is dedicated to the snowboarding and skiing, Geilo is now calling itself the first ski offers 5 functions in the snowboard. With a total of 110 runs, Geilo has 14% of the experts who have benefited from the skiers on the slopes, with the rest of his equipment for beginners and intermediaries, the greater number of visitors per year.
Geilo also offers a value for the money with the weekly family packages starting from $ 1000 including accommodation, bed and breakfast. This is reflected by the Geilo, as it is suitable for families with childcare, family dinners, and especially the abundance of Christmas, a visit from Santa with his reindeer tracks at Christmas and the Christmas period. Geilo can never be fully booked for Christmas, many families choose their children over the experience of Christmas in the fairyland in the winter.

Although Geilo offers amazing family packages, it would be unfair to say that Geilo is on a vacation with the family. Geilo has a very serious sport events as well as the training ground for the snowboard and ski teams. Geilo is available from August / September this until the end of March and also plans to invest in “Avalanche Technology” creates the snow out of the water to ski 24/365. If you have never been to Geilo, I recommend you go to him, even if the image of the family May the certain persons prior to the visit of the inclination, I would say that the control over them is the best do. On its website, it is clear that the snow falls, and a change in the difficulty of runs, Geilo is an installation that really for everyone, from beginner to professional.

There are many possibilities of accommodation and a good journey and their connections is really no excuse for not hope, in a plane and go today in Geilo. With thousands of people on the slopes, from different countries and with different Geilo is ideal for large families and young people. With packages starting from 350 $ per week, and well-known DJs play local places Geilo is also very popular among the young people already in Ibiza as the only place to be seen during the holidays.