I stayed in the Manzano apartments during February half term 2011. I went with my two children, aged 4 and 5, and my parents. The five of us stayed in a family room, which we found to contain two sets of bunk beds and another single bed. The apartment was clean and comfortable, and was great value for the price we paid.

There was a maid service who came to change the towels and empty the bins on the Wednesday (we went Sunday to Sunday). The people who work in the apartments were so wonderfully friendly and cheerful - they were lovely!

The cafe-restaurant-bar area downstairs has TVs and music, games machines, pool tables and lots of comfortable seating. Each room is assigned their own locker downstairs for storing skis and boots. In the basement level there is a ski and boot hire shop, so you don't need to leave the apartments to get your equipment organised.

We chose the half board option, which meant that we had our breakfast in the cafe-restaurant of the apartments (a choice of cereal, full cooked breakfast, etc) and was great quality, again with good service. If you go for half board, it will mean that you will have dinner in the Hotel Olympiades, about 100 metres down the road. It was a three course dinner, the food was beautiful and the staff there were amazingly friendly, welcoming and fun.

Regarding the resort itself: the buses cannot drive through Pas as the roads are too narrow and winding. The buses drop you off in a central location and the luggage is transported off to the various hotels, leaving guests to be led by the reps. It is very 'hilly', and if you have any mobility problems this may be a little troublesome, particularly if you suffer from altitude sickness. There is a good, reliable bus service from Pas into the capital, and to the other resorts in Andorra.

We had a ton of snow whilst we were in Pas, yet it was scorching hot during the day time and we were often skiing in just a long-sleeved T-shirt instead of ski-jacket. Great selection and spread of runs - something for everyone. Also, children must be 6 to attend ski-school, not 4 (as in other places), but there is a creche for children aged 1-4 and a 'ski-garden' for those aged 4 and 5, which costed around 35 Euro for an afternoon session - it is considerably less if you book it before you go.

We booked with Crystal ski, and the rep, Sam, was absolutely brilliant - really helpful despite being ill! We went on a husky sleigh ride, which was around 35 Euro per person, and skidoos are 45 Euro for half an hour, 90 Europ per hour. There is also a spa at another nearby hotel. There are lots of shops, restaurants, bars and loads of things to do for those who do not ski. All in all, a great holiday!

We stayed in the apartment at the last week in Jan/first week in Feb and had a great time. We traveled with 10 people so we had two apartments. The apartments were close to the slopes – apart from if you are a complete beginner then you have to cross the slopes to get to the beginner ones. Great for nightlife and skiing – access to the whole ski area is great with lots to do. The skiing is beginner and intermediate with not lots to do if you are expert. On the whole we had a great holiday and would recommend it to a group that wanted to get away on the cheap. Alcohol is still really cheap when you buy it and drink it in the apartments (9euro’s 1.5l vodka absolute as well!!!) but can be a bit pricey when you head out. Happy hours is the best time and a bar call pas 83 has a band on 5-6 each day a great way to relax after a day on the slopes One recommendation don’t get fooled by the reps when they push a ski locker next to the slopes, as the apartments have a lockable area per apartment downstairs. Its only about 300 yards to the slope and you will spend longer waiting to get your stuff out of the locker on the slopes!!! Save yourself 20 euros

Firstly about the apartment... The Manzano Apartments are at the top of a big windy hill so the walk from the bottom of where u get dropped off from ur transfer is LONG especially after a 3 and half hour coach trip from Toulouse! However the Manzano is not bad at all, the ski shop is just underneath the first floor and was very helpful. Our room was massive.. there was 5 of us and we opted for a 2 bed apt, and it was big enough to hold 8, the bathroom was really big alot different from ur usual tiny foreign bathrooms!! The kitchen was well equipped and all of us got proper beds. The negatives about the Manzano are it is quite expensive, the food is expensive £12 for a very small breakfast! Drinks are only cheap if you buy when its happy hour.
The reps were great, if ur going with people like Neilsons, this is a good idea cus u can opt to do all the different events with them, which is great cus you get to meet new people and they generally do deals which saves you lots of money.
The nightlife is good, but as for being like Ibiza or Magalluf... definately not, which was good as it was still laid back enough for older people. It has a few really good bars, and one or two nightclubs that are worth a look. I was worried by some of the reviews that Pas was gonna be an absolute nightmare, filled with lots of british louts! However it wasnt like this at all, yeah people were getting drunk but it was mainly families and older groups of friends, which was nice as it gave it a really nice atmosphere.
As far the skiing/boarding... well we had awful snow conditions, we had snow storms, blizzards and even rain in the first few days which obviously made it very difficult to ski and alot of the chair lifts were closed and if they were open then it was too windy and cold to actual go up them! In the last few days when the weather was a little better, me and my partner got an awful sickness bug that was apparantally going around Pas, so overall we had one good day of skiing, and in my opinion it is better when you get over the other side of the mountain Grau roig and Soldeu, lots of runs, not many blues though mainly reds.

So overall... the apartment was lovely and big, careful when using the showers as sometimes all the hot water goes when using it one after the other! Pas is not cheap unless its happy hour! Paddys is the only place that is not badly priced for eveything. Long Transfer, however they do stop so does break the journey up! Great nightlife - Lively but not too over the top. Be careful of illnesses over there - there was so much of everything going around, so take medication cus £100 later and a journey to the doctor is rubbish on xmas day!
If you can try and ski over to the other mountains as they are alot better than just hanging around Pas.
We probably wouldnt go back to Pas de la casa but i would recommend that you try it just to experience something different. It says its not family friendly but when we were there... there were more families there than younger people.

Myself and 2 friends stayed in the Manzano for a weeks skiing. We had booked an apt for 4 but on arrival we were upgraded to a 6 bed at no extra charge as they just happened to have one available. The apartments were very clean and well equipped. I was worried we would be freezing but they were actually quite warm and there were plenty of extra blankets in the apartment should we have needed them.

The ski shop was excellent, really good quality skis and boots and the staff were extremely helpful. The ski lockers were great too altho we did decide to get one nearer the slopes as we were only beginners and the trek to the beginner slopes were a killer.

Overall we found the staff to be very friendly and helpful. On arrival we found the hairdryer in the apartment wasn't working and they had it replaced the next day. The lift broke the day after we arrived and they had someone out straight away to fix it. There was also a problem with the hot water the last night of our stay and again someone was called out and it was fixed within an hour.

This hotel is up a bit of a hill however it is owned by the same family that own the Olympiades which was only down the road and right beside the slopes, great place for lunch, dinner and just sitting out on the terrace watching all the action on the slopes if you've had too many drinks the night before. They also had discount vouchers in the Manzano off the food in the Olympiades.

Overall i would recommend these apartments and I would definately stay there again. I would say however that if going again we would definately book the bigger apartment as we just about had enough room for all our girlie stuff.

The nightlife in PAS is great, lots to do, we booked a few nights out with the tour company which made the holiday as we got to meet alot of people during the week.