When it comes to hitting the slopes, avid skiers and snowboarders often find themselves drawn to the security of widely known resorts. Little do they know but there are many underrated ski resorts hidden among […]
Mark Nicholls experiences the alpine chill of ice fishing in Switzerland – and also finds time to take in a few ski-runs Beneath several inches of snow, up to a metre of ice, and in […]
The Hotel Tirolerhof is a family-run luxury hotel at Zell am See in Austria’s SalzburgerLand. The chalet-style property is a five-minute walk from the heart of the town and a couple of minutes’ stroll from […]
Vitali Vitaliev discovers an alpine town high in the Retiche Alps, between the valleys of Valtellina and Engadina Those interested in Europe’s little-known geopolitical curios, I today invite you to Livigno – a 13-kilometre-long Alpine […]
The soaring spire of the village church pricks the skyline with needlestick precision. It is the highest, most slender, in the Salzburg Pinzgau region at 76m and when we arrive in the picturesque alpine village […]
Many hotels wax lyrical about having fabulous views, but Hotel Silberhorn is in a class of its own. Sitting on a rise above the village of Lauterbrunnen in the waterfall-laced valley of the same name, […]
Some things never go out of fashion, such as the sense of occasion arriving at one of Europe’s five-star grand hotels and being winged back to the more graceful era of belle époque. Built by […]
When it comes to summer holidays, many people choose to head for the sun, sea and Mediterranean beaches and all that goes with that type of holiday – crowds of people you’d perhaps rather not […]
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