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Bruneck / Brunico, Italy
Description: Brunico is a town which lies at the foot of the Kronplatz ski area and has a link via the gondola. The town is situated in the the Pluster Valley, in the South Tyrol region and dates back to the stone age. It's seen its fair share of history with floods in the 14th & 19th centuries, the plague in 1543 and various fires and earthquakes!! The town really started to take off in the 1800's with the opening of the Puster Valley railway which led to many visitors to the area. Today you will find a charming, picturesque town which still has some of the ancient walls from medieval times in the town centre. Many years ago this place used to be part of the Austrian Tyrol, so you will still hear German spoke frequently. There is the clue as to why it has two names. The Kronlplatz/ Plan de Corones ski field has some delightful slopes with a brilliant lift system which was built on tax breaks.
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Courchevel 1650, France
Description: Rather less famous than its sister at 1850m it is somewhat less cosmopolitan too. Not a bad thing either. It is a friendly place and give you great access not only to Courcheval but the Trois Vallee or 3 Valleys as well. The main road to 1850 cuts through but doesn't spol the attractive village centre.
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Boi Taull, Spain
Description: Taull, or Boi Taull as it is also known is a ski resort located in the heart of the Boi Valley, in the Catalunya Pyrenees. It's a friendly family orientated resort.
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Masella, Spain
Description: Second biggest resort in the Spanish Pyrenees and having a micro-climate lets you enjoy more sunshine than other resorts. It's a great resort for families and you'll find lots of Barcelonians driving up for the weekend to enjoy its pleasures
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Aosta, Italy
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Ortisei, Italy
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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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Cauterets, France
Description: Cauterets is found in the French Pyrenees and is an elegant old spa town. Generally you will find prices here so much cheaper than the big French Alps resorts. Cauterets is full of beautiful hotels and wonderful restaurants. The actual ski area is Cirque du Lys which you get to from the village either by the Lys cable car (2000 skiers/hour) or by car (but you will need chains) Eventually the ski areas of Cauterets and Luz-Ardiden should link which would make a combined ski area of 100km +
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Vigo di Fassa, Italy
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Candanchu, Spain
Description: Candanchu sits at 1,560m on the Spanish French border in the centre of the Pyrennes. It's about 380km north west of Barcelona. The Spaniards love this resort and you also get a few Americans visiting as they escape to a ski resort that hasn't been spoilt by tourism
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Stumm, Austria
Description: Stumm is a beautiful village and has one ofht emost attractive village squares in the Tirol often used for film shootings. It is located int eh middle of the woirld renowned Zillertal Valley, and is found opposite Kaltenbach. (check out the Kaltenbach resort page for more info)
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Tesero, Italy
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Zermatt, Switzerland
Description: Zermatt is a stunning resort with a car free centre. The 38 peaks surrounding the town including the 4478m Matterhorn make for an impressive site. Most restaurants and hotels are owned by a few families and Zermatt is both a winter and summer destination of choice. ON the down side the walking around can be a pain in the neck and that's without fallin and avoiding the electric taxis! Take care when choosing where to stay in theis sprawling town the best location for us a Snowbrianer is near the Gornegrat and Sunnegga railways because you are close to two lifts.
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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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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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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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La Chapelle d'Abondance, France
Description: Just 5km down the valley from Chatel you will find this charming rustic farming community a wonderfully quaint place.
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Paznaum /See, Austria
Description: See is a short journey of about 10 mins down the valley from Kappel It is an uncrowded resort well worth a visit for a short duration We see See as a quiet resort and well suited to families with its lower prices than Ischgl altough it could be prettier
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Castelrotto, Italy
Description: Castelrotto is the main town on the plateau Schlern. There is a beautiful town centre with a fantastic church whose tower dominates the sky line. This a really beautiful and sunny resort. It is located to the west of the Sella Ronda cicuit.
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Luz St Sauveur, France
Description: Luz St Sauveur is found in the famous Cirque Gavanie & Cirquie Troumousse Valley. A Beautiful Spa destination it was once visited by Victor Hugo, Napolean the 3rd and the Empress Eugenie. The ski area is made up of three interlinked parts.
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Kirchberg, Austria
Description: Kirchberg shares the same slopes as Kitzbuhel which is 5km away to the East. So please check out our resort page on Kitzbuhel. It also offers flood light skiing on Thursday and Friday on Gaisberg just across the road. For you inquisitive clients Kirch means church in German adn it probablly the first thing you will notice on arrival. Young and old mingle together and the apres ski is very good, with prices somewhat lower than its esteemed neighbour. Budget Hote - Hotel Kirchenwist T: 5357 2852 is inexpensive hotel right in the centre with good food. Lots of B&B's to choose from two of which are very cheap
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Wald, Austria
Description: Wald is a small cosy village at 900m and is in the middle of the skiing area. Probably a better place to stay for the less active amongst us. It is the sister village of Wald-Konigsleiten, where most snowboarders/skiers like to stay for the ski-in ski-out aspect.
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Holzgau, Austria
Description: Holzgau sits in the Austrian Alps close to the German border.
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Bourg Saint Maurice, France
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St Rhemy en bosses, Italy
Description: Situated in the Gran San Bernardo Valley Near Saint-Rhémy, the last town of the Gran San Bernardo Valley (1519m) lies Crévacol. The south facing position of Crévacol makes it sunny and an ideal place not only for ski lovers, but sun worshippers too. The panoramic terraces of the mountain restaurants at 2000 metres altitude, are perfect for sun bathing.
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Brides les Bains, France
Description: Bride-Les-Bains is the quiet spa town in the valley below Meribel.Created in 1848 it is renowned for it’s slimming cures. There is a high speed gondola lift that connects to the bottom slopes in Meribel in 25 minutes, so that skiers and boarders have access to the renowned three valleys – Meribel, Mottaret, Courchevel, Les Menuires and Val Thorens It was 'the Olympic Village' and thus home to the athletes participating in the 1992 Winter Olympics. Brides-les-Bains has a number of bars and restaurants as well as two nightclubs and the only casino of the Three Valleys, all with prices well below those of Meribel and Courchevel. For non-skiers or après-ski relaxation there is a splendid new spa area based in the town’s famous thermal health centre. The thermal resort at Thermes d'Orsi employs specialists and professionals including doctors, masseurs, dieticians and psychologists who can work out special weight loss and fitness programs, often involving a pleasurable dip in the 36 Celsius thermal pool at Salins, a hydro massage and a visit to the mud bath. Brides-les-Bains is widely recognised as offering an exceptional value for money gateway to one of the world’s most prestigious ski area
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Savognin, Switzerland
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Chaillol, France
Description: Situated in the Southern Alps and not far from the resort of Orcieres, Chaillol is a traditional French ski village.
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Belalp, Switzerland
Description: A small village situated on a sunny car free plateau. Lofty backdrop of the Aletsch Glacier and look over 4000m peaks in the Valaisa Alps. The Matterhorn, the entire Mischabel Group, the Weissmies Mountains and the Monte Leone are all in your line of vision. Belalp rises high above Brig which is the main town in the Upper Valais.
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