The central Planai ski area is reached by a gondola that rises from the edge of Schladming. Alternatively, you can drive up an all-weather road to a car park just below the mid-station. A network of...
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Schladming centre has a good choice of three- and four-star hotels, but the quiet surrounding villages of Haus, Pichl, Rohrmoos, and Ramsau provide the better budget choices. The four-stars in...
Schladming has ‘the normal lively bars, but there’s not enough going on for a young group where apres comes first,’ commented a reporter, and ‘the nightlife was more than adequate for a geriatric...
The excellent Schladming ski schools meet at Rohrmoos, and the Planai nursery slopes are well-organised with several gentle blue runs. The lower slopes of Rohrmoos are also well suited to learners...
Schladming has an abundance of friendly huts – over 40 of them – scattered across the mountainside. Seiterhutte is a traditional wooden chalet with a glass and aluminium extension. It serves...
Morillon is a traditional Savoyard village and Morillon 1100 Les Esserts is the purpose-built resort above it. Together they offer a small selection of restaurants and bars, a few shops and a mini...
Morillon is not a great place for a party aside from a couple of bars – the Madison Pub, which is a bar/grill with a pool table and live music, and Bar Le Bon Coin (+33 450 90 10 57). It’s a...
The Grand Massif is a great ski area, but the best skiing is normally considered to be in Flaine’s snowy bowl and the peaks encircling it – which is quite a trek to reach from Morillon...
You are spoilt for choice at lunchtime on the mountain, with restaurants skiable to in Flaine, Les Carroz and Samoens as well as the more local ones. On the ridge above Morillon, try the Refuge...
Morillon, much like its neighbour, Flaine, is well suited to beginners and families – with a low-key atmosphere. Morillon village has its own nursery slopes and – conditions permitting...
