Find information about the most beautiful winter sports resorts in Europe. From Austria to Italy to Switzerland, France and the Czech Republic.
The fantastic ski area of Les Portes du Soleil is something special: it stretches over two nations! The Alpine region of Les Portes du Soleil is located southeast of Geneva. About half of them are located in the Swiss canton of Valais, the other half in the French department of Haute Savoie (Haute-Savoie). The most important resorts in the Swiss part of the ski area...
If you want to spend your summer holidays in the mountains, Livigno is one of the ideal destinations. Livigno is part of the mountain municipality of Alta Valtellina, which is made up of 6 municipalities including: Bormio, Sondalo, Valdidentro, Valdisotto and Valfurva. It is the perfect place for mountain lovers and for those who want to relax in the cool air and...
Kitzbühel is a beautiful medieval town in the heart of the Austrian Tyrol with a truly huge ski area that spans three sectors. It’s best suited to intermediate and advanced skiers, and the opportunities to ski on the piste and do a lot of ground on the ski tracker are almost as big as the huge ski resorts of Paradiski and Trois Vallées in France. When Kitzbühel...
Saalbach-Hinterglemm in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria is best known as a winter sports resort. This is not surprising, because the alpine ski area there is one of the largest in all of Austria with around 270 kilometres of slopes. In addition, the cracks of alpine skiing meet in Saalbach-Hinterglemm every winter and compete in World Cup downhill races and other ski...
Les Deux Alpes is a small mountain community in southeastern France with less than 2,000 inhabitants. In terms of tourism, however, the place, which belongs to the arrondissement of Grenoble, has an incredible amount to offer, not only in the winter months. Les Deux Alpes, which is only 35 kilometres from the provincial capital Grenoble, is one of the most famous...
Val d’Isere is considered one of the most popular ski resorts in France and one of the best deep snow areas in the world. It is located in the French Northern Alps on the border with Italy. Thanks to its location, the season is guaranteed from the end of November to the first week of May. It benefits from the same Atlantic low-pressure areas as other French...
If you travel to Lech in Austria, you should give up the search for the Arlberg. For he will not find it. These seven letters stand for a region and for a passport. It is exactly 1,793 metres high and connects the provinces of Tyrol and Vorarlberg. Today, the “Arlberg” sees itself as the cradle of skiing and was apparently derived from the Arlen, a bush...
Schladming is located in the upper Enns Valley and is the tourist centre of Upper Styria. The small town has become known above all as a winter sports resort, to which the Alpine Ski World Championships in 1982 and 2013 contributed as well as the Ski World Cup races that regularly take place here. The most famous ski area in Schladming is the local mountain, the...
Chamonix is located at the foot of the highest mountain in Europe, Mont Blanc with its 4,810 meters altitude. It is therefore not surprising that both alpinists and winter sports enthusiasts appreciate the French town, which is officially called Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. It is not far from the Swiss and Italian borders. There are numerous high peaks around Chamonix, which...
The town of Kaprun in the Austrian Alps is not only one of the most famous ski regions in Austria, but also a popular backdrop for hikers and excursionists outside the winter months. With impressive nature and of course the perfect backdrop for one or two attempts at winter sports, the region knows how to attract holidaymakers from Europe and all over the world. It...