The authentic market town is attractive, convenient, and not too well known outside France.
Ski Resorts: An Encyclopaedia of the World’s Ski Resorts
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SKI RESORTS: AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE WORLD’S SKI RESORTS
If you're planning a ski holiday, it's likely that you already have somewhere in mind. But what if you've never been there before, relying instead on the recommendations of others? How can you know for sure that this resort will meet your specific requirement?
Fear not: we've got you covered. In each of our ski resort guides, you’ll find a whole guidebook of useful information about your favourite resort. Every resort we cover typically comes in a series of six: first, the all-important overview, with supplementary guides on where to eat, stay, learn, party, and a guide to the skiing itself.
Of course, you might have no idea where to begin. If that's the case, a thematic approach to your research might be more helpful. In our where to ski advice section, you'll find advice that recommends ski resorts based on different priorities, such as resorts that represent value for money or the best resorts for beginners. Go check out our where to ski advice now.
Our Most Popular Ski Resort Guides
For any number of reasons, you might prefer to jump straight in and read the resort guides that everyone else enjoys. It's not a bad place to start, as it carries the weight of popular opinion. The following resorts are simply the most popular in our archives - the ones that people keep coming back to time and time again.
LATEST SKI RESORT GUIDES
Some of the best on-piste skiing in the 3 Valleys is to be found in Les Menuires, and the eyesore architecture has kept prices far lower than they are in its neighbours.
The resorts have a super-snowy micro-climate – over seven metres a season in Lech, and over ten metres in Zürs.
The Zugspitz Arena is an alliance of six cute villages offering gentle pistes, good ski schools and reasonable prices.
Reasonable prices, fast lifts, and some scintillating, top-to-bottom pistes make the Skiwelt a canny choice for intermediates.
Valmorel is a purpose-built village in France with good nursery slopes and mainly intermediate skiing. Find out here if it is the right resort for you.
Austria’s highest ski village is only 34km from Innsbruck airport, and ringed with magnificent, unpisted terrain.
Flaine is known more for its Modernist apartment blocks than its underrated ski area which, due to its position at the edge of the Mont Blanc massif, holds its snow well.
The choice in La Tania lies largely between tour operator chalets that are mostly located in the woods immediately above the resort, apartments in the village centre, and a couple of simple hotels...
The only ski holiday guide you'll ever need to have an unforgettable time in Alpe d'Huez, France - one of the world's great ski resorts.