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Over 7000 skiers took Spain’s Sierra Nevada ski slopes a week early. For the first time in 20 years, the Granada based winter ski resort opened for business with bright sunshine and nearly 20 to 50cms of freshly fallen powder due to heavy snowfall the previous weekend. With sunny days and temperatures reaching 20º on the Andalucian Costa’s, a cheap fortnight of ski and snow might be the perfect credit crunch holiday solution.

Sierra Nevada, where eating and partying is as important as skiing, is one the highest resorts in Europe in the mountains. It was set to open on Nov 22nd but the date was brought forward due to quantity of snowfall. With over 33km of skiable piste open, the Sierra Nevada resort is one of 15 new ski resorts added by specialist ski operator Crystal Ski for its 2008/2009 ski season. Crystal Ski, believes that the British skier is resilient and highly likely to take his/her holiday in spite of the economic outlook with its customers saying that they would not take a short break and would eat out fewer times rather than giving up their main winter holiday.

Commenting on the findings, Chintan Mahida at new homes blog Nubricks.com, said ” Sierra Nevada is a perfect resort for families with low season ski passes costing just 32.50€ per adult per day and proximity to both beach and ski offer more bang for your buck, in a time when holiday money needs to stretch further with cheap flights via Ryanair direct into Granada or Jet2 and Easyjet to the Costa Tropical airport in Almeria.”

This winter Crystal also adds the Spanish ski resorts of Formigal, Spain’s largest resort which has recently expanded into four valleys. New direct flights to Huesca mean transfer time has been cut to just over one hour.

This news continues to show that Spain offers much more than just its ‘Sunny Spain” image and with that in mind countryside property developments in Granada such as Mirador de Iznalloz priced at just 65,209€ are being aimed at a whole new market of spanish property buyers.

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Spanish Sierra Nevada Ski Resort Season Starts Early