First snows of winter see start of Spain's ski season
Sunday, November 30, 2014 @ 11:01 PM
SKI stations across Spain 'officially' open today (Sunday) and up to 30,000 tourists are expected to hit the slopes between now and the end of the snow season.
Although the French Alpes and Andorra continue to be the European skiing community's mecca, Spain's underrated slopes are perfect for everyone from total beginners to experts and considerably cheaper in most cases.
Whilst Spain is more commonly associated with sun-drenched beaches to northern European travellers, the Pyrénées, the Sierra Nevada in the province of Granada – just a short drive from its stunning coastline – and the mountains of the province of Teruel in southern Aragón are frequently packed out with Spanish residents seeking some winter sporting fun.
Foreign skiers travelling to Spain exclusively for its snowy pistes continue to be in a minority, but the cost of a skiing holiday in the country – or a weekend or even a day trip – is far lower than elsewhere in Europe and, in the case of Granada and Teruel in particular, easy to reach by car in anything from half an hour to three hours for tourists staying in beach areas.
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