Tag: gondolas
Ski vacation in France: When the gondolas wear Gucci
Luxury picnic in the snow, the sandwich for 52 euros: a visit to Courchevel, probably the most expensive winter sports resort in the Alps. source site
“A Haunting in Venice” in the cinema: When the gondolas wear mustaches – culture
The world is out of balance, the postcard beauty of Venice is cut up. In the very first shots of this film you can see St. Mark’s Square, of course,…
Gondolas on the mud, bare piles… A spectacular low tide phenomenon has dried up Venice
We know the high waters, which regularly flood Venice and jeopardize the foundations of old buildings. We know less about low water, such as can be observed in this month…
In Saint-Lary, we tear up the old gondolas put up for sale
No need to break “eggs” to get rid of them. The Saint-Lary ski resort, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, has found a much more trendy solution to recycle its old white Poma…
Dead and injured in Europe: Heavy storms in the video: Hurricane gusts tear away gondolas and drive the Ferris wheel
Severe storms are currently sweeping across large parts of Europe. There were several dead and injured. Various eyewitness videos from Italy show the devastating power of the storm. Severe storms…
Ideas for saving electricity in ski areas: slow lifts, fewer gondolas, cold water
Status: 08/16/2022 5:38 p.m The ski season is far away, but mountain railway operators are also considering how and where they could save energy. In Switzerland, they initially want to…
Two new gondolas for the Ochsenkopf – Bavaria
Two modern gondola lifts are to be built on the Ochsenkopf in the Fichtelgebirge and will bring people to the summit in summer and winter. The cable car system itself…
Season start of the ski areas in Austria: Gondolas without borders – trip
The Tyrolean tourism industry may now even have the weather on their payroll – or the Stubai Glacier ski area is simply incredibly lucky: Right on time for the kick-off…
Venice’s gondolas and the sustainability journey
Sustainability! Is there still a tourism provider who does not emphasize in the first three sentences of its “philosophy” how sustainable it is, wants to be or always has been?…
Kampenwandbahn – Protest against larger gondolas – Bavaria
The Kampenwandbahn’s plans to threefold increase its capacity are arousing more and more critics. The citizens’ initiative “Save the Kampenwand” fears that nature would not be able to tolerate even…