Skiing Articles

The tiny Principality of Andorra, in the heart of the Pyrénées hides one of the best ski areas in Europe. The hugely impressive Grandvalira offers up 210km of varied terrain that will glue smiles onto the faces of each member of your family.

Of the six resorts and villages within the ski area, El Tarter sits in the middle making it easy to fully explore the area. It’s also probably the best choice for families, and here’s why…

Ask any skier or boarder to list their favourite ski resorts to learn in and they’re likely to include at least one French resort.

With around 170 resorts, renowned ski and board schools plus a great selection of easy green and blue slopes in each resort, it’s easy to understand why!

Here's our favourites - give them a go and we’re sure you’ll be hooked!

Family ski holidays are always special. Seeing your kids make their first few turns on skis or watching them fly down a toboggan run with massive smiles on their faces are memories you’ll never forget.

The research, organisation and weeks leading up to the holiday can be a bit on the stressful side, so we’ve pulled together our top tips to help your family ski holiday run without a hitch...

Along with Sauze d’Oulx in Italy, Pas de la Casa in Andorra has the reputation for being a party resort. There’s no doubt that if you want to party hard, Pas will fit the bill, but this ski town has grown up a lot in recent years.

Forming one half of the impressive Grandvalira ski area, Andorra’s highest resort is now home to a huge variety of après venues and the choice nightlife has something to suit everyone. Our essential guide will tell you the best places to party in your boots til dawn or to find a peaceful tavern and settle in with a good book…

Everyone loves a good photo and the French Alps provides some of the best epic photos in Europe, but where to go? You may well have been to some of these resorts and never known these jaw-dropping scenes were even there.

This guide will help the ultimate selfie hunters find the shots to take in the French Alps...

With around 170 resorts, France isn’t short on places to ski and snowboard. It’s home to some of the biggest and best resorts in the world. It’s the most popular ski destination for us Brits and Europe’s highest ski resort, Val Thorens lies at the heart of the French Alps.However…

It’s not always the cheapest place to take a holiday. Yes, you get the big ski areas, great lift systems and excellent resort infrastructure, but it comes at a price.

We’ve pulled together six easy ways for you to save money when skiing in France…

It’s still seen as a bit of a minnow on the world ski resort stage, but those who have been skiing or snowboarding in Andorra will know otherwise.

If anything, that status does those who head to Andorraa favour, so here are six reasons that make Andorra that little bit different to other European resorts.

Planning a group ski holiday is a big responsibility, particularly if it’s your first time. It’s probably most people’s only trip to mountains of the season, so you don’t want to get it wrong by not asking your group some simple but quite key questions.

Ask your group for the following info and your trip will run as smoothly as a speed skier’s latex suit…

It goes without saying that Italians are passionate about sharing their love of food and wine. Each region is proud of their local specialties which not only vary depending on the ski resort you stay in, but are different from the traditional pasta and pizza we normally associate with Italy.

Wherever you visit though, you’re sure to get the freshest produce using local ingredients for recipes passed down from ‘nonna’s’ kitchen.

Many ski resorts get labelled as ‘a true all-rounder’, but few actually live up to the reputation. Happily, Livigno absolutely is a true all-rounder.Its wide slopes are ideal for building confidence and you’re never too far away from a little refugio for a rest and drink stop.

Even though the mountain is an intermediates paradise, beginners certainly are not forgotten about, and here’s why...

If you've been looking for a last minute ski deal, you're probably wondering which resort will have thebest late season snow.. One resort could be having a bumper season and then have a heatwave the week before you go and leave you needing water skis instead of carvers!

It doesn’t matter if you’re going late because you have young kids or if it’s a second (or third) holiday of the season, you don’t want what will probably be your last trip of the year to be marred by poor snow!

Fear not as we’ve picked three super-highresorts ideal for your end of season ski holiday…

The weather in Europe seems to be getting crazier every year. Temperatures are soaring, snow is arriving earlier each year, then melting again, then us skier’s and boarder’s start panicking about if there’s going to be snow for our annual pilgrimage.

Good news! You don’t need to go through the panic stage anymore. Many French resorts can guarantee that you’ll have plenty of the white stuff to play around on, and it doesn’t always need to be glacier skiing either.

This guide will show you the top places to go for an early season ski holiday in France...