Congratulations to the lucky winner Aideen Sheehan from Co Dublin.
Topflight wants one lucky winner and their partner to join them on the Andorran slopes!
The winner and their guest will be treated to a stay at the four-star Hotel Piolets in Soldeu, courtesy of Topflight, Ireland’s Award-Winning Ski Tour Operator. This package includes accommodation at the four-star Hotel Piolets in Soldeu with breakfast and evening meal included. Hotel Piolets offers an excellent standard of stylish accommodation along with great facilities, in a fantastic location in the heart of the village. Next to the Grandvalira ski slopes in Soldeu, just 100m from the main gondola and with the ski lift, equipment hire and all of the resort’s shops, bars and restaurants just a minute’s walk away, you are very much at the centre of it all as a guest of Hotel Piolets.
The leisure facilities in this hotel are widely considered to be the best in the whole resort. Guests can make use of an indoor pool, a sauna, steam room, hot tub and fitness room. The hotel’s restaurant is a buffet-style affair complete with show cooking. After refuelling, why not try a drink or two at the hotel’s stylish bar to wind down for the evening.
The prize will also include return flights from Dublin, return transfers, lift passes, ski hire and ski lessons during the stay.
At Topflight, not only does your holiday include all of the above but you also get the benefit of Topflight’s Resort Manager’s in the resort too. The resort manager will be in touch with the lucky winner prior to travel for any last minute questions.
Once the lucky winner and their partner step off the plane and throughout their stay, Topflight’s knowledgeable team are on hand, should you have any queries. The winners will be met in the airport arrivals area. Topflight pride themselves in making sure that everyone has everything they need to enjoy the perfect ski holiday, whether you’re a ski novice or an expert on the slopes. All Topflight customers enjoy this wonderful level of service on all their ski holidays.
Duty-free shopping, tapas restaurants and a relaxed vibe on the slopes. Is it any wonder Andorra has become such a favourite among Irish skiers and snowboarders?
Set high in the Pyrenees between France and Spain, this tiny principality has invested hugely in upgrading its lift systems, terrain, snow-making and activities in recent years and to add to that, it also has a really strong snow record. Topflight feature the resorts of Soldeu & El Tarter & Pas de la Casa in the Grandvalira ski area and Arinsal in the Vallnord area.
The Grandvalira lift pass gives you access to the slopes around popular Soldeu and the party-lovers choice, Pas de la Casa. Arinsal in the Vallnord area is situated in the west of Andorra and while it’s quieter and smaller than hotspots like Pas de la Casa, it’s home to a freestyle area and plenty of good nightlife.
Whether you choose Grandvalira or Vallnord, you will find the same friendliness, value-for-money and excellent ski schools. Andorra is regarded as having some of the best ski schools in Europe with English-speaking instructors and a high level of instruction.
Andorra’s slopes offer a wide variety to suit beginners, improving intermediates and perhaps unexpectedly, off-piste fans who make a bee-line for the free-ride slopes of Arcalis. Whether you’re bringing the family, are looking to party hard or fancy a girlie ski, spa and shopping break, there’s something for everyone.
One of our favourite things about Andorra is that you can take time out from skiing or boarding and spend a day in Andorra La Vella, the capital. Luxuriate in the Caldea Spa with its 25,000 square metres of hot springs, thermal spas, jacuzzis and saunas or browse the city’s many shops for duty-free bargains. Top it all off with dinner in a tapas restaurant and you have a recipe for pure winter holiday happiness.
For more information on Topflight’s range of ski holidays in Andorra, France, Austria, and Italy, visit topflight.ie or call the team at 01 240 1700 or 028 2108 0007. You can also connect with them on Facebook and Instagram.
Good luck!
Terms & Conditions
1. Promoter and Data Controller: The Irish Times DAC, The Irish Times Building, P.O. Box 74, 24 - 28 Tara Street, Dublin 2.
2. The promotion is open to residents of ROI aged 18 years or over except employees of the Promoter, their families, agents or anyone professionally connected with the promotion.
3. To enter the promotion, entrants must submit a completed entry form together with 12 valid tokens (one token from any of The Irish Times daily newspapers from Monday to Saturday for three weeks) and a completed tie breaker by post to The Irish Times, Topflight Competition, PO Box 6094, Dublin 2. All entries must be accompanied by the entrant’s name, address, e-mail and telephone number. You must also tick the box indicating that you have read and accept these terms and conditions.
4. Entry forms will be published in The Irish Times newspaper between Monday, September 9th to Saturday, September 28th, 2024. Valid tokens will be printed in The Irish Times newspaper from Monday, September 9th to Saturday, September 28th, 2024 inclusive. Double token will be available on September 9th, 16th and 23rd, 2024.
5. No applications from agents, third parties, organised groups or applications automatically generated by computer will be accepted. No incomplete, illegible, photocopied or corrupted entries will be accepted. No entries not in accordance with the entry instructions will be accepted.
6. Closing date for receipt of entries by the Promoter is 2pm on Saturday, October 5th, 2024.
7. Responsibility will not be accepted for entries lost, damaged or delayed. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt. Entries will become the property of the Promoter.
8. The prize is: The lucky winner and their partner will stay at the four-star Hotel Piolets in Soldeu with breakfast and evening meal included. The prize will also include return flights from Dublin, return transfers, lift passes, ski hire and ski lessons during the stay. The winner will also get the benefit of Topflight’s Resort Manager’s in the resort too. The resort manager will be in touch with the lucky winner prior to travel for any last minute questions.
9. The prize is not refundable, non-transferable and there is no cash alternative, any transfer of the prize will be null and void. Holiday to be taken during winter season 2024/2025 excluding Christmas, New Year & Mid-term break. Should booking issues arise, Topflight reserve the right to change the accommodation or destination to one of an equivalent standard.
10. The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss, damage or consequential damage of any nature in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise caused by the acceptance of the terms and conditions or in connection with the prize.
11. The decision of the Judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
12. In the event of unforeseen circumstances the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for an alternative prize of equal or greater value.
13. The winner will be notified by phone call or email by 5pm by Friday 11th October 2024. The winner must claim the prize within 1 month of the notification. If the prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and the Promoter reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner selected in accordance with the Promotion rules.
14. All prizes are subject to additional terms and conditions of the supplier of the prize to the promoter.
15. The winner may be required to participate in unpaid publicity arising from this promotion.
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