Hotel Font D’Argent
Features
- Terrace/Balcony
- Half board
The Font D’Argent has established itself
as the leading hotel in Pas. This modern
hotel offers very good standards of
accommodation and excellent local cuisine
in a central village location just 50m from
the slopes. Hotel’s relaxing spa center
offers a wide range of treatments.
Bedrooms: 75. Twins offer bath, shower,
satellite TV, minibar, hairdryer, safe and
phone. A comfortable sofa or armchair bed
accommodates a 3rd person.
Meals: Excellent hot & cold buffet
breakfast and 3 course buffet dinner.
Facilities: Cocktail bar, restaurant, top
floor sun terrace, TV/video and games
room, ski lockers. Relaxing spa area with
jacuzzis, saunas, steam room (free) plus
solarium, massage and treatments (extra
charge). 2 lifts.
Special Attractions: • Christmas and
New Year’s Eve buffet dinners and New
Year party.
Official Rating: 4 stars
Pas de la Casa Resort Info
Set high on the border into France, Pas de la Casa really does feel like a frontier town. Loads of French and British descend, looking for tax-free bargains and plenty of cheap booze, and this makes the après-ski extremely lively. It's tacky and rather ugly, but serves a purpose, while the snow record in the
Grandvalira ski area is excellent. Pas de la Casa is an ideal winter package holiday for 16-25 year olds on a tight budget. The skiing itself, which covers the linked areas of Grau Roig and Soldeu, is the largest in the Pyrenees, with 150km of pistes. It caters mostly to easy cruising, while boarders are much in evidence on the slopes.
There are all sorts of accommodation, from apartments to hotels, most of which you can ski to. These serve the various clientele, the young in the former, families in the latter. On-piste restaurants are better in Grau Roig, but most are no more than snack bars. The resort eateries are generally Spanish in cuisine and are largely cheap and cheerful.
Pas de la Casa is easy to knock if you are looking for bags of Alpine charm. But, if you want to have effortless skiing and lots of nightlife, it makes a cheap and understandably popular destination. It is, however, a long transfer from Barcelona or Toulouse.