What the...?? If you check out the Alpine snow forecast at the moment, it looks a lot more like winter than spring. A weekend of heavy snowfall awaits.
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Both the Soldeu and El Tarter ski schools are run by Grandvalira, who operate the main ski schools in the valley. In Soldeu and El Tarter they not only have English-speaking instructors but around...
All accommodation can be booked through a central reservations office on +376 890 501. In Grandvalira Soldeu the stars are the three hotels that come under the umbrella of Sport Hotels. They are just...
Both Grandvalira Soldeu and El Tarter have a good selection of restaurants to choose from, with both international dishes and the local Catalan cuisine. Hort de Popaire (+376 851 211) in Soldeu is...
The main street in Grandvalira Soldeu behind Hotel Himalaia is lined with shops, bars and restaurants. Nightlife is frenetic all season but, unlike brasher Pas, revellers here are not confined to the...
In the Alps, winter is officially over. Tignes, Val Thorens and Les Grands Montets in the Chamonix valley all closed on Sunday – leaving only a handful of glacier ski areas still in operation. But...
The Alpine glaciers are going to see fresh snow this weekend: and for a time it may settle lower down, too. Our snow forecast page tells the story. Heavy rain will move in from the north-west this...
Restaurants in American ski resorts are rubbish. Well, that’s not entirely true, but on the whole they’re no match for their charismatic European counterparts in the like of Zermatt, Val Thorens, and...
You never know with spring. Sometimes it gets hold of a region and squeezes the life out of a ski season before the end of March. In other years, it has a much looser grip. In Colorado this year...
It’s hard to beat a powder day in April. By rights, you should have long ago packed away your skis: and it feels miraculous to have snatched one last day of winter from the jaws of spring. Not that...