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Vaujany, France
Description: Vaujany is a pretty, rustic village with ski slopes called the Vaujany/Oz area. They kindly installed a covered escalator to take you up to the higher reaches of the village. + village in 2 sections + pizzeria, bakery /bar and old rustic buildings
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Villard Reculas, France
Description: Villard-Reculas is an authentic little village in the heart of the L'Oisans, in the valley of D'eau D'Olle within the Grand Rousses Domaine. The pretty village faces south and has views looking over the town of Bourg D'Oisans and the Romanche Valley.
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Pra Loup 1600, France
Description: Named after the mountain wolf Pra loup 1500 is a charming mix of chalets, inns and country hotels, B&B and Tables D'Hotes in restored traditional buildings there are lots of great toboganning areas around the villages. Pra Loup 1600 is set on a mountain plateau within the forest, this area is more lively than 1500 and the appartments are taller.
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Pra Loup 1500, France
Description: Named after the mountain wolf Pra loup 1500 is a charming mix of chalets, inns and country hotels, B&B and Tables D'Hotes in restored traditional buildings there are lots of great toboganning areas around the villages. Pra Loup 1600 is set on a mountain plateau within the forest, this area is more lively than 1500 and the appartments are taller.
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Pyrenees 2000, France
Description: Pyrenees 2000 lies in the Cerdagne area within the Pyrenees Orientales sector of the Pyrenees. It's a typical little mountain village with a bell tower dating back to the Middle Ages. The ski resort was created in the 1970s
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Saalbach, Austria
Description: In a word - Charming. Saalbach is one of Austria's major resort and is combined with a separate village Hinterglemm 4km away. As middle to upmarket places go it combines the charm of an Austian resort with the convenience of a French one with lifts into three sectors of the slopes from the village centre. Prices aren't cheap but it has a justified reputaion as a party town.
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Morillon, France
Description: Morillon village was built up around the 16th century church of St Chrisophe in the beautiful Giffre Valley. The resort is on 35 miles (1 hour) from Geneva airport and a 15-minute drive from the motorway exit & TGV train station of Cluses. It is one of the 5 resorts that is part of the giant Grand Massif (Flaine) ski area with 77 lifts covering 265km of piste. At the same time Morillon manages to retain its individual character as a small resort much loved by generations of French families. It holds the official ‘Les p’tits Montagnards’ label for its superb children facilities. We warmly recommend the ‘Village des Enfants’, which cares for skiing and non-skiing children aged between 6 months and 10 years. Weekly torchlight descents, concerts, wine and food tasting, and a variety of activities for children are all part of an extensive winter programme of entertainment. Value-for-money restaurants make eating out a pleasure while a ‘traiteur’ produces first class regional food to take away. Morillon 1100 (Les Esserts), is the the purpose built sport resort 5.5km above Morillon village and is very much a pedestrian family friendly resort with 3000 beds in the middle of the forest. It offers a small selection of restaurants and bars, a few shops and mini-supermarket. The ’Village des Enfants’ children facility is based at Les Esserts.
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Hochzillertal, Austria
Description: A favoured resort of the demanding German public (www.skiresort.de) not least due to its excellent slopes which always get there fair share of snow. Little queues is always a plus and with slopes upto 2500m a snowsure holiday is assured in one of the most beautiful valleys in Austria. It is the home mountain of Gold Steff Eberharter.
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Maria Alm, Austria
Description: Maria Alm is a pretty Austrian village based at one end of the Hochkonig area. There is a free ski bus operates between any of the mountain bases (Maria Alm, Hintermoos, Hinterthal, Dienten, and Mühlbach).
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Prapoutel, France
Description: Within the French Alps lies the village Prapoutel, it's part of the Les 7 Laux which includes nearby villages Le Pleynet and Pipay. Prapoutel was a ski resort built in the 1960's by a local politician. It was quite inventive for it's time as it included conservational elements and a high speed lift from the accommodation area. The original plans were drawn up by the designer of Courchevel. The resort is very popular with the thousands of students from nearby Grenoble. It has some fantastic off piste which can be skied out very quickly. As one of the key Isere resorts there has been a lot of investment in new lifts.
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Val Louron, France
Description: Val Louron is a ski resort in the Aure-Louron area of the Haute Pyrenees in France.
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Chamonix Sud, France
Description: Firstly Chamonix is a town rather than a village and as such offers a lot to do besides skiing and snowboarding. As you arrive in the resort you just have to be impressed with the scenery – Mount Blanc towering above you. Chamonix is all go – lots of restaurants, hotels and visitors and a lively Saturday market. There are some beautiful old building in the centre an the cobbled streets and squares are car free so you can wander around at ease. There is some good shopping available stocking everything a winter sports person could require. Chamonix is a wonderful full sized town that is open year round. In winter people from all over the world come to enjoy the Snow. Since the first winter Olympics back in 1924 Chamonix played an important role in the history of the skiing. Chamonix has some of the largest glaciers in Europe. Mont Blanc which rises up majestically is centred on three national borders, France, Switzerland and Italy. There is a project underway to have Mont Blanc listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. Getting around the resort is easy with the free bus (use your C'arte D'Hote - Guest Card) which links the centre of town with all the ski resorts. The centre is pedestrianised and you will find Chamonix making a conscious effort to cut their CO2 emmissions. It's even free to travel on the train with your Guest Card between Servoz and Vallorcine. If you aren't given your free Guest Card at your place of accommodation on arrival go to the tourist office for details.
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Vielha (Lleida), Spain
Description: Vielha is in the valley d'Aran and is 9 miles away from Baquiera - Beret, Spains leading winter resort. Bacquiera itself is somewhat drab with high rise blocs and many people choose to stay down the mountain. (these people I am led to believe include the Spanish Royal Family! Can this be true?) There are many more hotels, bars and Catalan restaurants in the town. There are free shuttle buses to take you to the mountain each morning.
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Holzgau, Austria
Description: Holzgau sits in the Austrian Alps close to the German border.
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Bad Hofgastein, Austria
Description: Bad Hofgastein is the market town and spa village and the centre of activity in the Gastein Valley in Austria. The centre of the village is pedestrianised - it's a pretty town with lovely views of the surrounding mountains.
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Gargellen, Austria
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Bourg Saint Maurice, France
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Alleghe, Italy
Description: It's relatively unknown but a great little resort with some lovely restaurants. One of the best things is that it is in easy driving distance to other resorts like Cortina, Canazie and Arabba on the Superski Pass.
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Alpbach, Austria
Description: Alpbach is situated in western Austria and is part of the Tyrol province. A beautiful charming resort much loved by the British. There is even a British Ski Club for the Alpbach visitors. The resort looks south towards the Wiedersbergerhorn where most of the slopes are to be found. Try and stay in the main village for atmoshphere and the apres ski
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Ehrwald, Austria
Description: Ehrwald is a pretty little rustic resort set in the Zugspite area. There are two ski area and best suited for beginners and intermediates though there is one black run.
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Neustift, Austria
Description: Neustift is a pretty Tirolean village with a little local area of slopes called Elfer. Hotels and food are good and there is quite a lot to do in the village including bowling, swimming and saunas.
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Le Grand Bornand, France
Description: A quiet pretty village which is very good for Intermediates and close to La Clusaz. A lovely choice for a long weekend with the close proximity of Geneva Airport.
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Peyragudes, France
Description: Situated in the Luchonnais Area of the Haute Garonne department in the Pyrenees, Peyragudes is famous for being depicted in the opening scene of the James Bond movie, Tomorrow Never Dies. Do you remember the arms bazaar close to the Russian border and all that rugged beauty? Well that was the ski station Peyresourde. Peyragudes is in actual fact an almalgamation of the two village names Peyresourde and Les Agudes.
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Bernex, France
Description: Traditional buildings make this a charming mountain village resort, very close to the Swiss Border. It is 60km from Lausanne and more importantly 50km from Geneva. It is part of the Haute Savoie region.
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Morzine, France
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Thollon les Memises, France
Description: Thollon Les Memises is situated in the Haute Savoie with a beautiful view over Lake Geneva. It's cradled on the plateau and is described in the Michelin guide as "The most beautiful observatory of Leman" The resort is very sweet with a village atmosphere and good for families
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Les Aillons, France
Description: This is a pretty little village with limited slopes near to Chambery.
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Chiesa Di Valmalenco, Italy
Description: It's very pretty and a real hidden treasure. This is a great place to learn to ski in. It's not busy and you will enjoy a range of runs
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Brig, Switzerland
Description: Graceful old town with magnificient railway station. It’s the fulcrom for a dizzying series of major roads and rail routes, where people stop over on the way to Zermatt
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Lermoos, Austria
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