Official Rating - 4* - Bed & Breakfast / Half Board
Stylish and elegant, thats the Norden Palace. The Hotel is a very high standard with a large, comfortable bar, which is a great spot for unwinding in the evening to talk over the days exploits on the snow!
As well as boasting a breath-taking view across the most important mountains: Mont Blanc, Grand Combin, the Matterhorn , Monte Rosa, at Pila you can avoid those tiring treks carrying your skis on your shoulders as it?s so easy to reach your hotel with your skis still on your feet.
How to get there
Closest airports TRN/LIN/GVA. The guests may get to Aosta from Turin Airport (TRN), Milan-Linate Airport (LIN) and Geneva Airport (GVA).
Accommodation and Facilities
50 rooms. This structure is modern and comfortable, very spacious and inviting atmosphere, complemented by friendly staff providing a warm welcoming service. The Historic centre of Aosta is 500m away, also Train Station and bus station are about 10 minutes walk away. The rooms are elegantly furnished, air-conditioning, TV with in-house movies available (charges payable locally) radio, telephone, minibar, safety deposit box, bathroom with hairdryer. Also available rooms more spacious, where it is possible to add an extra sofa bed for a child not more than 12 years old, or a sofa bed (double bed suitable for 2 children or 1 adult). Restaurant buffet breakfast. The Restaurant ?Taverne Provencale? restaurant offers typical traditional and international cuisine, dinner menu with a choice and waitress service. New Years Eve Dinner included for weekly stays booked in half board. There is a bar with a comfortable lounge area open from 17.00 until 23.00. The hotel has 24 hour access with a night porter Parking is available free of charge in front and behind the hotel.
Location
Hotel Norden Palace is centrally located, only 500m from historic centre of Aosta. The gondola to the ski area of Pila is walkable (approximately 10 minutes, 2 km). There is also a free ski bus that leaves from the hotel to the gondola. The main bus station is about a 10 minutes walk from the hotel from where there a regular bus service runs to Courmayeur, Turin and Milan. Buses run every half hour to Courmayeur. To the Turin Airport there are 2 each day. The train station is located opposite the bus station.
Ski Facts
A penthouse above Aosta, a hollow filled with fir and larch woods, Pila is an all-round skiing resort with everything needed to enjoy your sport or more worldly pleasures. In addition to offering you a sweeping view of the Alps from Mont Blanc to the Grand Combin and from the Matterhorn to Monte Rosa, Pila is where you never need to trudge around with your skis on your shoulders. Pila is a modern resort. You are free to roam over an area with 70 km of pistes just beyond your doorstep.

This information relates to the entire ski region.

Resort altitude: 582 ? 1800-2752 metres
Kilometres of piste: 70
Number of runs: Blue 3 / Red 22 / Black 3
Number of lifts: 12 / Cable car 3 / Gondola 1 / Chairlifts 8 / conveyor belt Baby 2
Snow Cannons: more than 300
Mountain Huts: 10
Snowboarding: The new FREESTYLE AREA at Pila is divided into two different sectors: The PIPE ZONE includes a Half-Pipe of considerable size. 120 metres long, 15 wide and 4 high. The SLOPESTYLE ZONE: a real snowpark dedicated entirely to the most hardened snowboarders and to all freestyle-skiers, a new means of expression for youngsters in modern skiing. It consists of two ?lines? of varying difficulty, so as to satisfy two different levels of riding. Also available for riders is a rail and rail-box series linked to snow structures of various sizes and difficulty. Kickers from 3, 6, 8, and up to 17 metres. A series of funbox and spines complete the many structures available. The SLOPESTYLE ZONE is conveniently served by a four-seat chair lift that climbs the entire length