Geilo Customer Reviews

Great for kids, ultimately meaning great for my wife and I. End of the season it was incredibly quiet and last day higher lifts were closed. Apparently it was fully booked for our first week, but pistes were very quiet, good for 3 young kids learning ages 4-8. Loads of snow, confidence building slopes. Transfer via train on the way there is amazing on the train, but with 3 tired kids on the way back it made for a long trip as obviously not excited about going home! Norwegians were very hospitable and we had an issue, but sorted to our benefit in the end, hassle free!

The resort was ideal. The people were really friendly and helpful. The Geiolia ski centre has lovely, well maintained uncrowded runs. No queues for the lifts. Lots of blues and greens so very good for ski lessons. Ski instructors were kind and lots of fun with excellent English. Picking up the hire skis / boots was really well managed; with the prior information requested everything was ready for us.

Geilo is not a particularly beautiful resort but there are lots of well maintained runs and we loved that we never had a queue to get on a lift. The resort was quiet and the runs are wide so it often felt as if we had the place to ourselves. Our son enjoyed ski school which took a slightly unconventional approach but was great fun. Make sure you allow plenty of time to collect equipment and lift passes as there are not that many staff and the pace is quite 'relaxed' so don't expect a rapid turn around however, quality of the equipment and levels of service were super. It was easy to procure provisions and there are also a good selection of restaurants. Don't believe the horror stories about the costs associated with self-catering in Norway - it is perfectly possible to feed a family very reasonably.