Now nobody likes to see their parents with their kit off but baby, South Tyrol is a winter wonderland.
It’s safe to say that our Tyrolean pals don’t have the same reservations as the British or Irish about baring it all.
Which I found out myself when I bumped into the same couple I’d sat next to in the sauna, the next morning in the breakfast room.
Where I was sorely tempted to say to the young man ‘oh, I didn’t recognise your wife with her clothes on.’
My Soll tale I told to our Tyrolian guide and our Topflight trekkers in Ehrwald.
Bettered, of course, by mine host.
Who told us that he would sauna buck naked in the public baths with his parents as a child.
Fun for all la famiglia
Mind you, we wouldn’t recommend you all getting in the buff in Italy’s South Tyrol.
But they do put la famiglia first at the AKI Family Resort PLOSE.
Where in the winter, PLOSE Mountain region becomes a veritable playground for families.
AKI Family Resort PLOSE provides all the kit required for a great winter escape for children of all ages.
Slip and slide down 10 kilometres of sledge runs on toboggans.
Or head down the family-friendly rail-guided Plocebo bobsleigh track.
While you can enjoy quiet family explorations along the many mountain and forest trails.
Or indulge in more high-energy ski and snowboard adventures on the popular pistes.
Ski kids
From AKI Family Resort PLOSE, take a 10-minute ride on the shuttle bus to the ski resort, which welcomes families of all ages.
And scoot off on whatever stretch of the 40 kilometres of pistes suits your purposes.
Including two designed specifically for children and beginners.
All connected through seven state-of-the-art lifts.
Even toddlers can take to the slopes and learn to ski.
With the magic carpet ski area, where equipment and instruction for kids are available free of charge.
Get some therapy
After a day on the slopes, soothe tired muscles at AKI Family Resort PLOSE’s family sauna and fun snowflake shower.
And select from the family-friendly spa menu with tailor-made therapies and combined parent-child treatments.
And who doesn’t love a heated pool and relax before a seasonal family dinner?
In the mountain-view restaurant.
Parents’ time
Of course, as much as we love our bambini, parents do need their space.
And will relish the tranquil adults-only forest spa and saunas.
While the children are happily entertained at the AKI Kids Club.
Now we all know that a family that dines together reclines together (OK, we made that up but still).
And AKI PLOSE offers gourmet cuisine and child-friendly buffets with live cooking stations.
Serving fresh and nutritious ingredients filled with flavour.
Before settling in for a cosy night together in your home-from-home family suite.
Deal me in
Prices from: €750per suite/day (occupied with max. 2 adults and 2 children).
With AKI Fullboard, buffet breakfast, lunch buffet, and four-course á la carte dinner.
To get to South Tyrol from Britain or Ireland.
We’re advised that Bolzano has limited international flights.
So probably better considering Innsbruck in Austria or Verona, Venice or Bergamo.
And maybe stay a night in any of these much-vaunted destinations, particularly the often overlooked Bergamo.
