Category - Ski Resorts

Classic Ski Resorts

Les Deux Alpes has a wide choice of ski schools. The ESF and ESI St Christophe are the main teaching establishments. The British-run European Ski and Snowboard School offers tuition in English for...

The resort has a lively, young nightlife and there’s always a party going on. Les Deux Alpes has long boasted some of the most frenetic apres in France: “The nightlife is amazing,”...

The mountain restaurants are mostly self-services, but with some good exceptions. La Molière (+33 476 80 18 99) is at the foot of the pistes, and Le Diable au Coeur (+33 476 79 99 50), at 2400m, has...

A choice of gondolas and cable-cars provides the main mountain access for Les Deux Alpes (“the lift system was fast and efficient with minimal queues”). The most important of these, the...

In Neustift itself there is Grillstube (+43 5226 3147), which has great steaks, and Café Anni Platzl (+43 5226 3613) for good pizzas, but the restaurant in the Hotel Jagdhof serves by far the best...

The Stubai has five ski schools: Neustift Stubaier Gletscher, Neustift Olympia, Alpin Schischule Neustift, Stubai, and Fulpmes ski school. The Stubaivalley Mountaineering School has been taking...

There are four ski areas in the Stubaital, rather bitty, but fast and fun in places. The highlight is the Stubai Glacier, 20 minutes’ drive from Neustift and served by twin gondolas that form...

Neustift is the main village in the valley, and the best base for a family holiday by a long chalk. As well as being the base in the valley for family-skiing specialist Esprit Ski, it’s also...

This isn’t party central. “The village is very quiet, not buzzing with much nightlife at all”, complained one reader of Neustift. Aumis Pub (+43 5226 3613), Rossini (+43 2556 30 500...

The Stats Altitude: 1000m Top Lift: 3333m Ski area: 130km of piste Adult lift pass: 216.50€-238.20€ for six days Official Site | Ski Map | Webcam In a Nutshell A cute village in a stunning valley...