Resort: St. Anton (Austria) At an elevation of 1,300m., St. Anton is a small town with a year round population of 2,500 people; it is just over an hour to Innsbruck Airport. It is at the centre of the Arlberg Ski-Circus and is certainly one of Europe’s top ski resorts, drawing keen skiers from all over the world. It offers some of Austria’s most extensive and most challenging skiing.
Resort: Lech (Austria) is very much its own character; the word ‘genteel’ fits well. This small village provides a great diversity of slopes for all grades of skier and boarder, but with more focus to the beginner and intermediate skier. Lech makes up a part of one of the world's best ski domains, providing good connections into the neighbouring mini-resort of Zürs and the world class St Anton. Experts will head for off-piste skiing, heli-skiing and the challenges at the neighbouring St.
Resort: Val d’Isère (France). This resort is one of the biggest names in skiing that attracts people from all over Europe and beyond as it has some really superb skiing together with lively après ski and good shopping. The traditional Tarentaise village is at height of 1,850m. in the Savoie region and dates back to the 13th century. One side of the village has attractive chalet-style architecture, the other side far less attractive with high-rise buildings but inside them can be another story.
Resort: Obergurgl (Austria). Most of the ski resorts in Austria are relatively low in elevation but the small resort of Obergurgl is relatively high at 1,930m, with only 500 year-round inhabitants. It is the highest parish in the country and it shares its skiing area with Hochgurgl another 200m. higher, they are two of the most snow-sure resorts in Europe as it includes glacier skiing. The villages are known as the ‘Diamonds of The Alps’ perhaps their well-preserved architecture is a contribution to that title.
The Resort: Morzine (France) is brilliantly located for skiing in the extensive Portes du Soleil region that boasts 650 kms of ski pistes and it is just an hour’s drive to Geneva Airport.
The Resort: Megeve (France) is another fabled ski resort where ‘old money’ i.e. those who are comfortable and relaxed about their wealth take their holidays. Most guests are not looking for extreme challenges on the slopes but want extensive ski runs (440km), for them it is a combination of good facilities for the children, superlative restaurants, and a beautiful resort in picturesque surroundings. It has great style and is very chic but in a quieter presentation, there is great appeal to the fashionable Parisian set.
The Resort: Zermatt (Switzerland). This world class summer and winter resort has so much tradition and heritage as well as a magnificent very near neighbour; the spectacular Matterhorn Mountain which overlooks the entire region. Everything is here with a combination of a great selection of restaurants, bars, coffee shops and other interesting diversions, plus shops and boutiques which offer high fashion alongside jewellery and endless brands of watches. In contrast, there are many ancient farm buildings tucked away where livestock still live during the winter months. The heliport provid
The Resort: Courchevel 1850 (France). Their own small, challenging airport has 6,000 private aeroplane movements each ski season which says it all. These guests come for the cluster of very individual, small 5* hotels and the new breed of mega-chalets, gourmet restaurants galore, night clubs and boutiques selling the world’s most desirable, as well as the most exclusive jewellers such as Moussaieff. However, there is another side of the resort where guests are not so challenged in price terms whilst they can enjoy the best facilities with endless skiing opportunities on a family skiing
