Christmas Chalets in La Villa

Italy · Christmas week 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026

We list 4 Christmas chalets in La Villa, Italy, sleeping 3. Where we have checked a chalet for Christmas week (19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026), its card says whether it was available and what the week cost. Further down is the snow measured in La Villa on Christmas morning since 1996.

1 chalet available for Christmas week when we checked on 12 October 2026, from £8,581 for the week.

See the chalets

A lived-in Ladin village at the foot of the Gran Risa World Cup run, with a gondola into the heart of Alta Badia.

Quick answers about Christmas in La Villa

Is there usually snow in La Villa at Christmas?
Usually, yes. At the Abtei/Badia - Piz La Ila weather station on the slopes (2,050 m, 2.1 km from La Villa), there was at least 30cm of snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 9 of the 12 years measured since 1996; the thinnest was 2cm in 2016. At village height, at La Villa in Badia (observer) (1,390 m, in the resort), snow was lying on 17 of 23 Christmas mornings. La Villa scores 56 out of 100 on our Christmas Snow Score. That is how often there has been snow, not a forecast: conditions vary from season to season and nobody can promise them.
What is Christmas actually like in La Villa?
The Gran Risa World Cup giant slalom, raced on the slope above the village, usually falls on the weekend before Christmas. Over the holidays the village pavilion hosts a few Christmas evenings with music and hot drinks, and Corvara's Christmas market and San Cassiano's Christmas village are a short bus ride away.
When is Christmas week in La Villa this season?
For Christmas 2026, Christmas Day is a Friday, so the Christmas week runs from Saturday 19 to Saturday 26 December. Most chalets in La Villa are let by the week, so that is the week to search for.

Your dates and group size

Sat 19 Dec – Sat 26 Dec 2026 · 7 nights · 8 guests

Chalets in La Villa you can book now

These links open our partners’ own sites for La Villa. Booking.com and Expedia open with Christmas week already selected.

These are commercial links: we may earn a commission if you book, and it does not change your price. How this works.

Getting to La Villa for Christmas week

Each link opens a live search for 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026, flying into Verona, one of the usual airports for La Villa. Prices and availability are on the partner’s site. Planning the flights, chalet and car hire.

  • Flights from London to Verona

    Kiwi.com · return, 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026 · any London airport; change it on Kiwi.com

    Search flights on Kiwi.com

  • Car hire at Verona airport

    Expedia · collect and return at the airport, 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026

    Search car hire on Expedia

Or book it together: Expedia’s flight + hotel search from London to Verona, with a stay in La Villa for the same week.

Flight + hotel on Expedia

These are commercial links: we may earn a commission if you book, and it does not change your price. How this works.

Chalets in La Villa

On 12 October 2026 we checked 1 chalets here for Christmas week (19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026): 1 was still available on Booking.com, from £8,581 for the week.

Your dates and group size

Sat 19 Dec – Sat 26 Dec 2026 · 7 nights · 8 guests

Some links below are commercial. If you book through one we may earn a commission, and what you pay is unchanged. How this works.

La Villa is a working Ladin village on the valley road between Corvara and Badia, overlooked by the turreted Ciastel Colz and a parish church dating from 1516. It is less polished than its neighbours and more of a lived-in place, and it is known far beyond the valley for the Gran Risa, the World Cup giant slalom run that finishes in the village.

The Piz La Ila gondola rises from the centre to the Alta Badia pistes, so Corvara, San Cassiano and the Sellaronda are all within easy reach. The Gran Risa is a steep piste, but most of the skiing around it is easy cruising, which makes La Villa a sound base for a mixed-ability group.

Christmas in La Villa

The Gran Risa World Cup giant slalom, raced on the slope above the village, usually falls on the weekend before Christmas. Over the holidays the village pavilion hosts a few Christmas evenings with music and hot drinks, and Corvara's Christmas market and San Cassiano's Christmas village are a short bus ride away.

Our Christmas atmosphere rating: 3 out of 5

Where this comes from
  • www.alta-badia.org — Ladin village; Gran Risa ends in the village, World Cup since 1985; Piz La Ila gondola; Ciastel Colz; church of 1516
  • www.alta-badia.org — Gran Risa giant slalom every December; 2026 races 20 (GS) and 21 (SL) December
  • www.neveitalia.it — 2025 Gran Risa races on Sunday 21 and Monday 22 December
  • www.dolomitireview.com — La Villa pavilion hosts a small number of Christmas evenings (2025 dates reported as 6, 12 and 26 December and 2 January)

If you are not skiing

Limited in the village itself; the Piz La Ila gondola leads to the huts for lunch, and Corvara and San Cassiano are close by bus.

Christmas Snow Score

56/ 100

1,315m2,550m

Usually reliable

56 out of 100 — normally open at Christmas, with more of the lower runs depending on the year. The strongest factor here is the measured Christmas snow record. At least 30cm of snow on the ground on 9 of the last 12 Christmas mornings at the Abtei/Badia - Piz La Ila station (2050 m). Snow in the Alps varies from one December to the next, and no resort can promise cover on a given week.

What went into it

Measured Christmas snowAt least 30cm of snow on the ground on 9 of the last 12 Christmas mornings at the Abtei/Badia - Piz La Ila station (2050 m)
45% weight75
Village altitudeThe village sits at 1315 m and loses its snow first
20% weight34
Top of the ski areaThe skiing reaches 2550 m, and high ground holds cover in a thin December
15% weight29
Snowmaking coverageSnowmaking covers 90% of pistes and opens the season when snowfall is late
12% weight90
Glacier accessNo glacier
8% weight0

The Christmas Snow Score compares resorts on how often there has been snow on the ground on Christmas morning, measured at weather stations over the last thirty years, with altitude, snowmaking and glacier access. It describes how reliable a resort tends to be, not what the snow will do this year — Alpine conditions vary from season to season and nobody can promise them. How the Snow Score works and how the resorts compare

Resort figures from the source we checked on 22 September 2026.

Snow on Christmas morning in La Villa

How much snow was on the ground on 25 December, each year since 1996, measured at the nearest weather stations. This is what the resort’s Christmas Snow Score is built on.

On the slopes: Abtei/Badia - Piz La Ila, 2,050 m

2.1 km from La Villa. At least 30cm on the ground on 9 of 12 Christmas mornings measured since 1996. Typical depth 47cm; least 2cm in 2016; most 127cm in 2020.

0cm75cm150cm1996: no reading1997: no reading1998: no reading1999: no reading2000: no reading2001: no reading2002: no reading2003: no reading2004: no reading2005: no reading2006: no reading2007: no reading2008: no reading2009: no reading2010: no reading2011: no reading2012: no reading2013: no readingChristmas 2014: 14cmChristmas 2015: 3cmChristmas 2016: 2cmChristmas 2017: 69cmChristmas 2018: 30cmChristmas 2019: 122cmChristmas 2020: 127cmChristmas 2021: 58cmChristmas 2022: 48cmChristmas 2023: 47cmChristmas 2024: 41cmChristmas 2025: 31cm30cm1996200020052010201520202025
Christmas morning snow depth at Abtei/Badia - Piz La Ila, year by year
ChristmasSnow on the ground
202531cm
202441cm
202347cm
202248cm
202158cm
2020127cm
2019122cm
201830cm
201769cm
20162cm
20153cm
201414cm

Measured on the morning of 25 December by Provincia autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige (CC0 1.0).

In the village: La Villa in Badia (observer), 1,390 m

0.5 km from La Villa. At least 30cm on the ground on 2 of 23 Christmas mornings measured since 1996. Typical depth 10cm; least 0cm in 2001; most 78cm in 2008.

0cm50cm100cmChristmas 1996: 28cmChristmas 1997: 17cmChristmas 1998: 6cmChristmas 1999: 27cmChristmas 2000: 6cmChristmas 2001: 0cmChristmas 2002: 7cmChristmas 2003: 20cmChristmas 2004: 9cmChristmas 2005: 23cmChristmas 2006: 10cmChristmas 2007: 3cmChristmas 2008: 78cmChristmas 2009: 10cmChristmas 2010: 38cmChristmas 2011: 17cmChristmas 2012: 27cmChristmas 2013: 13cmChristmas 2014: 0cmChristmas 2015: 0cmChristmas 2016: 0cmChristmas 2017: 18cmChristmas 2018: 3cm2019: no reading2020: no reading2021: no reading2022: no reading2023: no reading2024: no reading2025: no reading30cm1996200020052010201520202025
Christmas morning snow depth at La Villa in Badia (observer), year by year
ChristmasSnow on the ground
20183cm
201718cm
20160cm
20150cm
20140cm
201313cm
201227cm
201117cm
201038cm
200910cm
200878cm
20073cm
200610cm
200523cm
20049cm
200320cm
20027cm
20010cm
20006cm
199927cm
19986cm
199717cm
199628cm

Measured on the morning of 25 December by Provincia autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige (CC0 1.0).

How La Villa compares with the other resorts we measure: the Christmas Snow Report.

Common questions about Christmas in La Villa

How high is La Villa?

The village sits at 1,315m, and the lift-served ski area reaches 2,550m. Altitude is the commune of Badia, which La Villa sits within. Ski area figure is Alta Badia. Altitude matters at Christmas because high ground holds snow in a thin December; the measured Christmas record on this page shows how that has played out year by year. Figures checked on 22 September 2026 against the source listed on this page.

Is La Villa good for families at Christmas?

La Villa is one of the better family choices we cover. The beginner terrain is good, which matters with children. This is our editorial judgement rather than a measurement, and the resort page explains the reasoning.

Can a beginner learn to ski in La Villa at Christmas?

Yes — La Villa has good beginner terrain. One thing to weigh at Christmas specifically: nursery slopes are usually the lowest terrain in a resort and so the first to be thin in December. Here, that is worth taking seriously in a poor December.

Which airport do you fly into for La Villa?

The usual arrival airports are Verona (VRN), Innsbruck (INN), Venice (VCE), Milan Bergamo (BGY). Transfer times swing widely with traffic and road conditions on a Saturday in Christmas week, so treat any published drive time as a minimum and ask your transfer company for a figure they will stand behind.

Can I book a chalet in La Villa through this site?

We list 4 chalets in La Villa, but we do not take bookings ourselves: we are not a travel agent and we take no bookings or payments. We link to partners who do, and the links on this page go to their live Christmas availability. If you book through one we may earn a commission, which does not change your price.

Other Italy resorts