PORTILLO:

Located in the 5th Region at 149 km / 93 miles from Santiago and 2.860 m / 9.383 ft above sea level, this ski center is one of the oldest (since 1949), most beautiful and famous of Chile. Portillo has been South America's premier destination ski resort for more than 50 years, internationally famous for its majestic Andean setting with the Del Inca lagoon in the middle and powder snow. But Portillo is not just for skiing or snowboarding, socializing and relaxing, it is also for renovating and restoring the body and mind in a natural environment that is nothing less than spectacular. There is no neighboring town, meaning Portillo is totally self-contained.

CLIMATE:

• Average annual snowfall: 6,1 m / 20 ft
  
• Sunny days: 80%

PROGRAMS:

Available from 16.06.2007 – 06.10.2007, based on a 7 night (Saturday-to-Saturday) stay !

All rates are per person and based on a Saturday-to-Saturday stay. All packages include:

• Seven days unlimited access to ski lifts
• Seven nights' lodging
• Four meals per day (breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner)
• Complimentary use of pool, jacuzzi, fitness center, gymnasium, aerobics and yoga classes, cinema, game room, children's activities, daycare center (3 to 7 years old), disco, piano bar, ski check, boot check and timed racecourses.
• Day care for children ages 3 to 7 is free of charge. Daycare for children ages 0-2 has an additional cost.

Check-In and Check-Out

Arriving guests will receive their rooms by 2:00pm.

Check-out is before 11:00am. If guests check out before 10am, they will receive an 8th day of skiing FREE!

CUISINE:

Hotel Portillo
The main dining room is a special place. Giant picture windows lend a magnificent view of the lake, and the handsome leather-paneled walls are 50 years old. Our maitre Juan Beiza assigns guests a table their first evening, which they dine at throughout the week.

Breakfast: 8am - 10am

Lunch: 12:30pm - 2:30pm

Tea: 5pm - 6pm

Dinner: 8:30pm and 9:45pm (served in two seatings)

Tío Bob´s Restaurant
This slope side restaurant offers stunning views of Lake Inca and the Andes surrounding it. For lunch Tío Bob's offers barbecued meats and fish, and a delicious variety of salads. This restaurant is open from 11am to 3pm. Guests who lodge for a full Saturday-to-Saturday ski week at the Hotel Portillo receive one free lunch at Tío Bob's. Tío Bob's can also be rented to host a private nighttime party where guests ride up the chairlift to get there and to come back down.

Cafeteria
Portillo´s self-service cafeteria on the first floor opens at 7:30am, but otherwise has the same hours as the main dining room. Guests of the Inca Lodge take their meals here, as do day visitors to Portillo, and the Ski School. The cafeteria is open to all guests of the hotel.

The Bar
The bar is one of the most popular attractions at Portillo due to its charming atmosphere, with leather-padded chairs and a giant stone fireplace. A bar snack menu is available, including delicious fondue and sushi. Every evening, Portillo´s guest band plays live music, and guests often convert the bar into a dance floor! The bar can also be rented for private parties.

La Posada Restaurant
This cantina-style restaurant can be found at the entrance to the hotel's parking lot just across the International Highway. This is where Portillo´s employees hang out, and many guests love to visit La Posada for its local flavor, and dance to regional music. Sometimes parties at the La Posada can make the walls shake! The La Posada can be rented for private parties.

Accomodations:

Hotel Gran Portillo
Grand Hotel Portillo features 123 cozy and very comfortable rooms (doubles, family apartments and suites). The rooms do not have TV. Instead, the guests are encouraged to take part in Portillo´s many activities to utilize the facilities and to disconnect from the day-to-day routine. Rooms come with telephones, safe deposit boxes, hairdryers, mini-bars, and Internet access (Portillo has Wi-Fi connection throughout the hotel as well as a modern Internet Room).

Double Lake Room
Double Lake rooms come with two twin beds or one queen size bed. These rooms have fantastic views of the beautiful Inca Lake, the Plateau slope and the resort.

Double Valley Room
Double Valley rooms come with two twin beds or one queen-size bed. Double Valley rooms have view of the Andes Mountain, the road and the Conejo slope.

Double 6^th floor
The double rooms located on the 6th floor have lake view and balconies. The view and the extra balcony space make these rooms some of our most popular.

Suite
Suites are located on the 2nd and 6th floor, each one with lake view, featuring bedroom with a queen-sized bed, dressing area, living area and balcony. The windows are larger than in the doubles, enabling guests to further enjoy the impressive view of the Inca Lake.

Entertainment:

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Skiing facilities:

• Vertical drop: 812 m / 2.664 ft
• Longest run: 3,2 km / 2 miles
• 12 slopes: 10% Beginner, 35% Intermediate, 35% Intermediate-Advanced, 20% Expert
• Altitude of Hotel: 2.850 m / 9.350 ft
• Altitude at highest ski point : 3.310 m / 10.859 ft
• Ski-in / Ski-out access from the hotel to the slopes

Equipment Rental

Whether you need skis, boots, poles, or snowboard equipment for the entire week or for the day, Portillo offers a variety of performance equipment for beginners, intermediate and advanced of any age. Portillo rents performance equipment, with a complete supply of shaped skis, a limited number of Powder skis, as well as high performance skis. A one-stop shop to complete your Portillo experience. Portillo's Rental shop also offers helmets and snowshoes and provides an array of services such as equipment maintenance, binding adjustment, and ski and snowboard waxing.

Ski School:

Private lessons
Portillo’s Ski & Snowboard School is composed of 35 skiing and snowboard professionals from 10 different countries.
The following are some notable facts about Portillo Ski School professionals:

• 95% are certified at the highest level in their respective countries

• 4 instructors are members of the National Demonstration Ski Teams of their respective countries (1 from the USA, 1 from Spain, 1 from Slovenia and 1 from Chile), including Jesús Puente, the Ski School Director.

Group lessons
Group lessons are for ages 7 years and up, of all ability levels. Portillo will match you with skiers or riders of compatible ability, from first timer to expert. Group classes are held from 10:30am to noon and 3pm to 4:30pm. Participants and instructors meet right outside the ski in & out access 15 minutes before the beginning of classes (10:15am for the morning classes and 2:45pm for the afternoon classes).

Kid´s Camp
The Portillo Ski School Kid’s Camp for children 4 to 6 years old operates Sunday through Friday from 10:30am to noon and from 3:00pm to 4:30pm. The Kid’s Camp is designed to introduce little ones to the world of alpine skiing or snowboarding while also giving their parents and older brothers and sisters free time to enjoy their own day on the mountain - or take a class themselves.