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Andy 05.02.2007. 19:57 |
As this was my family's first skiing trip we
decided to choose a low-cost option,and Kop seemed
to fit the bill perfectly. We travelled with
Thompson. Overall, I was impressed by the whole
experience and would not hesitate to go there
again. I think there are a few things that could
be improved though. Travel: 2.5 hour flight from Gatwick to Nis (the smallest airport terminal I've ever seen!), followed by a scenic 2.5 hour transfer by coach. Good journey overall. On arrival the coach stopped about 200 yds from our accommodation so we had to lug the cases a through the snow. Ski area: Plenty big enough to keep us occupied all week, but most of the runs are fairly short and the ski area is a bit disjointed. The network of runs leading down from lifts 7, 8 and 9 are a great area for beginners, and there are some good quiet runs on the far side of the main area. There are lots of places where you need to trek across the mountain to get from the top of one run to another. The signage on the mountain is poor in places, for example if you arrive at the top of the main chairlift (no. 4) in poor visibility there are no signs to guide you to the pistes, which can be a bit scary. The snow conditions were great all week and the pistes were generally well groomed, apart from the exposed areas at the peaks where the wind constantly blew the snow away. Piste map: definitely room for improvement here! The piste maps supplied by the rep were not very good at all. Some runs and lifts were marked incorrectly on the map, and a lot of detail is missing (e.g. the links between certain pistes). The Thompson/Crystal reps were well aware of this, and could surely produce their own maps for their clients. Accommodation: we stayed in the Konaci appartments on a self-catering basis. In a central location with everything right on the doorstep. The apartment was too hot and there was no way to turn the radiator off. Every night we had to endure the noise from the disco until 2:00am despite specifically requesting a room in a quiet area from the Thompson pre-booking service. The lift serving our block broke down every day. The room was a reasonable size and adequately furnished, though it needed a bit of attention (partly-blocked sinks, cupboard doors hanging off). If possible I would recommend getting a room on the outside of the building, i.e. facing away from the noisy central square. Eating: we chose to eat out each night, and found a variety of restaurants in the village serving decent food at reasonable prices (though not quite as cheap as I was expecting). The average price seemed to be about £10 per head for a main course, e.g. pasta or a local speciality, and a couple of drinks. I would recommend the following: Trattoria Kosava Koala Planinska Kuca - the best in my opinion Grand Hotel Some of the mountain restaurants are also open in the evenings and they are well worth a visit for the more adventurous, e.g. the one on the left side of the night slope as you walk up it (sorry I can't remember the name). This may sound like a lot of negatives, but as I said at the start we did have a great time and I would not hesitate to go back there. I think I would chose different accommodation though. |
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Treble 30.01.2007. 00:00 |
(21-28th Jan) Well I survived my 1st ever ski trip and even the FOUR HOURS we spent sitting on a broken down coach just outside Kop on the way back to Nis airport!! Would I go again?? Yes! Weather -------- I think we saw every kind going with rather too much fog! The snow cover was dodgy at the start but midweek there was a good fall and following that there was one beautiful sunny day and then more fog. The temp went gently down to about -4/5 but on our last morning it was -15. Lessons ------- I am probably the most nervous middle-aged beginner ever known, but I managed to get confidence on the button lift and did Blue run 7 four times, even if I did need to be talked down a bit of it and only fell down once in the whole week!! This was all thanks to my superb instructor Sara who I would recommend to anyone. I didn't book into a group because the only option was 4 hours a day which I knew would be too much for me to begin with and I also felt I would be likely to hold the group back and be unable to keep up. I therefore booked 1:1 sessions and was able to decide on a day-to-day basis if I wanted 1 or 2 hours. Both Sara and the Thomson rep were fantastic about it and so flexible. The cost was 21 Euros per hour for 1:1 and you could pay in sterling, Dinars, Euros or with credit cards - very reasonable compared with prices in the indoor Snow-dome I visited near Leeds. Arrival/Departure ---------------- Having paid to stay at the Grand (4*), I wasn't very impressed with being dumped on the road that the webcam overlooks and being expected to find our own way, with luggage, up a quite steep and very icy hill. I nearly fell several times and it was not a pleasant start for me. I told the rep I was very concerned about this and he said he would ensure there was help going back. On leaving, we were delighted to see a coach outside the Grand. However it was not ours - it was Coach no 1 and most of those who stayed at the Grand were allocated to it. We were to go on Coach 3 which served Konaci/Club A, and the best they could offer was to take our cases down the hill in a truck and we had to walk down. I do think they ought to pay more attention to the needs of older visitors, especially first-timers. Ski Hire ------- Last year Thomson/Crystal had this arranged in the Grand; this year it was in the Konaci appts which is quite a walk downhill - fine for all you agile youngsters, but we got lost on the way down there as I couldn't keep up, being scared of slipping over before I even got on my skis!! Local Facilities ------------- These are pretty basic as it is a small resort - don't expect to go home souvenir-laden, but on the other hand it is a delight to go somewhere that is not over-comercialised. One thing I wanted was to get a ski t-shirt but there were none to be found. Many people now speak enough English for the visitors' needs, but we found it was helpful to have learned a little Serbian. |
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Marc 29.01.2007. 22:02 |
Hi everyone. Here's my report (ramblings!) Started off the week by travelling down to Gatwick on the Saturday afternoon and booked into the Gatwick Europa hotel. Although the hotel was a bit shabby in a few areas it was a nice start to the holiday as we didnt have to get up early and travel down all in the one go. The hotel had a pool, jacuzzi, gym etc. All pretty good for the price of £130 for two twin rooms, parking for 8 days and transfer by bus. (as opposed to a cramped mini bus that you get from some hotels) Got to the airport about 3 on the Sunday morning to meet some friends that had travelled up from Eastbourne to join us for the week. Flight was fine, even though the film they showed was pretty boring (The Invincibles. Due to a good tail wind it only took about 2 hours, twenty minutes. A nice journey up on the coach took us 2 and a half hours and we were given loads of information from our crystal rep. As was mentioned in another thread, we wearn't very impressed with being asked to disembark in the carpark and trek upto our hotel (Club A) This wasnt an easy task with suitcases, ski bags and boot bags!! Hotel...... Club A....... Very clean and tidy, we had a triple room as my son was joining us for his first skiing holiday and the room was more than adequate for us. The food was excellent and there was loads of choice for both breakfast and evening dinner. Only two (very minor) gripes... Damn it was hot!!! We didnt have the radiator on in our room at all for the week and it was so hot. (Rather that than it being freezing cold!) and they only had bottled beer at 140 dinars each. I was quite happy with this until we have a drink in the grand where we had draught beer for the same price, but twice the amount. We had a couple of lunches in the grand hotel and the pizzas were excellent. The most expensive being only 500dinars. Skiing........ Monday and Tuesday wasn't a particuly enjoyable experiance with regards to the piste conditions. The whole resort was in desperate need of snow as there were bare and icy patches everywhere. It was a great relief to pull back the bedroom curtains on Wedneday morning to see a huge dump of snow had occured overnight. I'd had a text from a mate saying that 5cm was forcast for the Wednesday. Well more than double that must have come down in the early hours of the morning. It then skied on and off for the rest of the week including another largeish dump on Wednesday night. The Fog made it very "intresting" at times especially when we travelled up to the top on the "Pancic Express" chairlift on Wednesday morning. You couldnt see the Chair in front of you! Myself and a friend decided to take it slow and as there wasnt anyone else around at the time that we could follow, we took the run down under the lift. Well... We think it was a run, but it soon became apparent that it hadnt been pisted and it was great fun hacking down on our blades through a foot of powder!!!! Favorite run for me?..... The Black number 6. Great snow conditions later in the week although it wouldnt be a black in many resorts i've been to in the past. Ski School...... Three of our group booked into ski school and every single one of them had a great time. My son was the only beginnner out of the three and actually had two instructors. Marco for the first two hours and Dragona for the second two hours. He went from total beginnner to being a confident parellell skier in only six days! At the Ski School party on Saturday evening it was great for him to get an "A" on his diploma! The others went into intermediates classes and they said that the instructers improved thier techneques immensly as well as giving them good knowledge and stories of the local area, geography etc. (Alex was one of the instructers, cant remember the name of the other) Apres Ski.... As we were away as a family we didnt do the pub/club scene so cant comment on that side of things, but we did go out on the Skidoo evening. An evening that turned out to be rather intresting. We spent nearly an hour whizzing around the locals mountains in near blizzard conditions with my son on the skidoo with me. My Mrs and her mate were on the skidoo two in front of me and a we were nearing the end it very nearly ended up very nasty. As we were slowing down to go over and few humps and through some tress, she slowed her skiddoo to get through the pisted section and she managed to get her front ski over the edge of a ditch and managed to roll the skidoo into the ditch and into a tree with the skidoo trapped on top of them. Everyone hit the stop switch on thier skidoos and myself a friend managed to pull it off of them whilst they scrambled out. Luckilly they were both ok (apart from a few brusies) and after the skiddoo was pulled out they carreid on til the end. We were booked to go on the Quiz night but the Mrs went down with Flu so we gave that a miss, but the rest of the group went and had a great time, and came second. Sledging was also fun in the evening. To sum everything up, we all had a great time, and wouldnt hesitate to go back again. If anyone wants to take a look at our photos, here's the link...... http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slidesho... y=c5ju7c&Ux=0 Just hit the "play" button to start the slideshow. Anybody whose off soon and has any questions, just ask. Marc |
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Cafu 23.01.2007. 16:28 |
Just got back - Hvala Kopaonik Just got back from Kop last night, I have to say this is a fantastic resort. Thanks to all the people of Kop and Serbia in general for your hospitality and for all the advice prior to our trip. We stayed at the Hotel Club A which was OK, the Grand seems to be the most up market hotel in the resort though and serves a good pint Special thanks to Filip Kostic for teaching my wife to ski. Cheers |
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liz 18.01.2007. 00:34 |
Returned 15/01/2007.journey to Kop was a bit
scarey,coach couldnt get any grip on road,we
arrived at resort feeling OK , airport is straight
forwards but wait to get to Kop to change
currency.Stayed at Club A,basic but
comfortable,kind of nice to switch off from UK
comforts.Food OK,fun just to see what food has
been laid on,we ate out some nights,restaurant
next to police station is best,sking was great fun
but if you are hiring make sure you get best fit
boots u can,had to change mine 3 times.Reps are
great espacially Ivan.Go to quiz night as
listening to a Serbian rep pronounce some English
words is hilarious.Drink local beers as imports
not as cheap , came back home with money! thats a
1st.To sum up,have never been to such a beautiful
place ,lovely reps and ski instructors ,cheap and
comfortable,but most of all is not too commercial
yet and this is the real bonus of Kop.DO NOT TELL
TOO MANY PEOPLE ABOUT THIS SECRET GEM. |
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