The summer is over, the leaves are beginning to turn a golden brown, the kids are heading back to school, that summer vacation is a distant memory. What does that mean? It means that it’s time to start thinking about skiing this winter!
Europe had an absolutely fantastic ski season last year – the best in a long time, with early and deep snow falls right across the Alps. Let’s hope that the upcoming season is just as good.
To help you prepare for your winter vacation, read on for our guide to the top 10 European ski resorts this winter.
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The Arlberg, Austria
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Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
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Chamonix, France
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Jungfrau Region, Switzerland
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Kitzbuhel, Austria
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Portes du Soleil, France/Switzerland
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Trois Vallees, France
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Val d’Isere, France
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Verbier, Switzerland
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Zermatt, Switzerland
The Arlberg is made up of five charming and picturesque towns in Western Austria. The towns are linked together by a number of runs and have 85 lifts among them. The biggest and most famous of the towns is St. Anton, a world class resort that lies deep in the valley. This is one ski mountain resort that has ski chalets on the steep slopes along with lifts located conveniently on the outskirts of town. It is ideal for the younger and more aggressive skiers. The other towns are Valluga, St. Christoph, Stuben, Lech and Zurs. The breathtakingly beautiful surroundings boast many vacation home rental opportunities.
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This is the leading resort in all of Italy and is one of the classiest and luxurious resorts in all of Europe. Offering the skier a variety of options in slopes as well as off-snow activities this historic village has become popular with holidaymakers. This ski mountain resort boasts of five major ski areas of which Tofana is the biggest. Chalets are available for vacation rental around the ski slopes as well as ski lodges that cater to scores of guests.
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Chamonix is home to Mont Blanc which is Western Europe’s highest summit and this sizable town has been the center of mountaineering and skiing. Accommodations can be found here to suit any budget with many Alps ski chalets scattered around the base of the slopes.
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Jungfrau region in Switzerland is where top skiers go to frolic on the summits of the Alps, mainly the Jungfrau, the Eiger and the Schilthorn. This is one of the most popular regions in Europe and offers visitors rental homes besides the hotels in the area.
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Kitzbuhel in Austria is one of the better known resorts in Europe and draws large crowds as it can be easily accessed via Munich which is only two hours by car. Three major ski areas converge in Kitzbuhel accommodating not only world class skiers but recreational skiers as well. Vacationers are amply provided with holiday home rentals spread around the area.
This is the world’s largest ski area and is comprised of dozens of small resorts just a couple hours drive away from Geneva. There are 212 lifts in the area to access the slopes. Portes du Soleil is favored by many families for their skiing holidays.
This is the fabled ski resorts known as the Three Valleys in France and comprises of Miribel, Courchevel and Les Menuires and Val Thorens. Holidaymakers can find suitable accommodation in any one of the numerous charming little villages in the areas surrounding the valleys. This is one of the skiing meccas of Europe.
Val d’Isere and the nearby Tignes are known together as L’Espace Killy is one of the popular European ski resort mountains in all of France. There are more than hundred lifts in the area catering to the new accommodations that dot the region. Even summer skiers are accommodated here and vacation rental homes are easy to secure.
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Situated high above the Rhone Valley Verbier caters mainly to the better class of skiers offering them well groomed pistes. This showcases the extreme terrain of the Alps and is best suited for strong skiers while others have other sports related to snow for their recreation.
Zermatt is one of the most beautiful regions with unsurpassed scenery presided over by the commanding peak of the Matterhorn. It is the first resort to be car-free and relies on carts for transportation beyond the train station. Bordering Cervinia, Ital on one side this caters to intermediate and above skiers.
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