Spring brings warmer temperatures and lots of sunshine, making skiing conditions ideal for a magical end to the season. Arc 1950 Le Village is a car-free, family-friendly resort where everything is planned to ensure that guests of all ages can make the most of their holiday. Different services including a crèche, ski lessons for all […]
The French Pyrenees have reported excellent snow conditions this season so we went to try them out. Our road trip took us to Saint-Lary, La Mongie – which is also the entry point for the Pic du Midi observation point and the new Sky Walk attraction – and Cauterets where we […]
The Pyrenees2vallees ski area in the south of France is reporting excellent snow conditions. The area – which includes Saint Lary, Peyragudes, Piau Engaly and Val Louron – saw up to 60cm of new snow over the weekend. Peyragudes saw the most snow with over 60cm, while St Lary (50cm+), Piau Engaly […]
Crystal Ski Holidays have created an interactive tool to help you find the ideal ski holiday. The tool that allows you to compare 50 of the best ski resorts around the world in seconds by applying filters like costs of a lift-pass, number of bars, slope difficulty ratings, or even the […]
Crystal Ski Holidays has been named winner of Best Ski & Winter Sports Holiday Company in the prestigious 2017 British Travel Awards (BTA). The announcement was made at a glamorous awards ceremony in London and attended by more than 1,000 travel industry professionals, including representatives from all leisure travel genres and […]
Jet2.com has announced its biggest-ever ski programme, including flights to six ski destinations from Manchester Airport this winter. Jet2 will operate up to 20 weekly flights to six top ski destinations from Manchester – Andorra (via Barcelona), Geneva, Grenoble, Lyon, Salzburg, and Turin. In addition, Jet2 will operate flights to […]
Crystal Ski Holidays has added Nassfeld in Austria to its 2017-18 programme. Nassfeld is the largest resort in the southern Austrian region of Carinthia near the Italian and Slovenian borders with a selection of mountain huts and restaurants. Nassfeld and Sonnleiten are mid-mountain lift bases, with accommodation, while there’s more […]
Powdair has announced its new operating routes from Sion in the Valais region of Switzerland, to eight international airports in the UK, Belgium and Germany. The airline, that commences flights from December 14, 2017, will significantly cut transfer times to some of Switzerland’s most popular ski resorts for winter sports […]
Low-cost airline Eurowings has announced it will launch a new route from Manchester Airport to Salzburg this winter. The German airline will launch a twice weekly service to the Austrian city from December 2017. Salzburg is famous for being the backdrop to the Sound of Music and will provide passengers […]
Murren in Switzerland is most famous for its starring role in the James Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. At the end of the 1960s, the film-makers were taken by the futuristic revolving restaurant on the Schilthorn mountain and the scenes involving the imaginary Piz Gloria were shot there. Murren is the […]