Sundance Resort Naeba

Resort was very clean, spacious, excellent beds and pilllows. In house food was brought to the room and was very tasty. The staff were exceptionally helpful and friendly despite the language barrier. There is a communal kitchen and microwave in the room with a good size fridge. There is also a laundry. Great apartment for a stay with friends.

Stayed as a family for a week so our 3 adult kids could ski & snowboard at the nearby Naeba ski resort. A few points about our stay in Naeba: · The 2br maisonette apartments were very spacious, with comfy western-style beds (although the smaller upstairs sofa lounger wasn’t great according to daughter #2). One problem we did have was that since the apartment and beds were so comfortable we all slept in each morning · The apartments are heated with under floor heating which kept the temperature at around a pleasant 16-17 degrees. Be aware though that it is on a 12hr timer. Our first night it turned off during the night so we woke up to a rather chilly 12 degrees · The washing machines and dryers were free which was a real bonus · The Wyndham staff were excellent even though they didn’t speak English (Google translate came to the rescue). They organised luggage forwarding and taxi back to Echigo-Yuzawa station with a minimum of fuss. · The meals and drinks they provided were mostly cheap and very nice. For a bit more variety we had a few meals out at the Prince Hotel (which has 20+ takeaways, cafes & restaurants) and one meal at the nearest restaurant heading towards Naeba village (a 5-10 min walk away) · Wyndham Sundance Resort Naeba is quite close to the Naeba ski resort and the massive Prince Hotel: a 5-10 min walk · The ski field opened a week later than planned, on the 23rd Dec with only 5 out of the 15 lifts operating. Even though we only arrived a few days later on the 27th the kids said that the skiing was fine with only very short queues for the lifts for the 1st few days. However, after a big dump of snow one night and the next morning, the crowds came out of nowhere so it may get quite busy during peak winter holiday season · My wife and I did the Dragondola ride, a 7 km gondola ride to a nearby ski resort. As non-skiing tourists it only cost us around AUD$28 each for the return trip. It is one of the longest gondola rides in the world · The one thing that Naeba lacks is a local taxi service. Taxis are only used to get to/from Echigo-Yuzawa station for the Shinkansen trains, at around AUD$100-$120. The only way to get around Naeba itself is to walk, unless you hire a car elsewhere else and use that. There is also a local bus service to/from Echigo-Yuzawa station which is specifically timetabled to meet (some of) the Shinkansen trains All up, I could say that we had a very good time there and that Wyndham Sundance Resort Naeba is highly recommended. Just, if you are planning to go there, ensure that have your transport plans worked out