Tag - Ski Resorts

With a few notable exceptions, the 20 or so restaurants in Wengen are almost all located in hotels and many of them serve just the sort of cheesy local dishes you’d expect to find in the Swiss Alps...

Wengen isn’t the liveliest resort in Switzerland, so if you’re looking for nightlife it would be better to stay in a resort like Verbier, Zermatt or Laax. A reporter summed it up: “The apres-ski is...

Wengen is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful places to ski. Its scenery rates alongside that of Zermatt, Chamonix and Banff Lake Louise as some of the most striking. “One of the most...

The Stats Altitude: 1274m Top Lift: 2320m Ski area: 221km of pistes Adult lift pass: CHF323 for six days Official Site | Ski Map | Webcam In a Nutshell Wengen is car-free resort with a large...

There’s plenty of choice, for a small resort. Whether beginner or advanced, skier, snowboarder, cross-country or kite-surfing enthusiast, the snow sports schools in Klosters can provide the...

Taken as a whole, the Davos and Klosters area is vast (encompassing 310km of pistes), diverse, and – at times – annoyingly fractured. It’s not as bad as Chamonix in this respect...

The restaurant in the Hotel Walserhof is the top dining spot in Klosters and in high season you must book well in advance. The restaurant in Chesa Grischuna maintains a high standard and warm...

There are dozens of nice bars and four nightspots in Klosters, but this isn’t party central. Most people prefer to spend the evenings in their chalets instead of going out on the town. If you...

  The Stats Altitude: 1192m Top Lift: 2844m Ski area: 305km of piste Adult lift pass: CHF332 for six days Official Site | Ski Map | Webcam In a Nutshell Don’t be put off by the connection...

Grandvalira is a large linked ski area with seven different resorts: Encamp, Canillo, El Tarter, Soldeu, Grau Roig and Pas de la Casa. The biggest and best-known are Pas de la Casa and Soldeu, and...