The ski season may be coming to an end, but there’s still time to lace up your ski boots and hit the slopes. Go wine tasting on a glacier, scale the snow-sure slopes of the Matterhorn, or grab a late-season bargain in Belle Plagne before the powder snow melts.
Winter in the Austrian town of Sölden ends with a real highlight at Wein Am Berg – a wine and food festival, some of which takes place at 3,000 meters.
On the snow-sure Tiefenbach and Rettenbach glaciers, sommeliers at Ice Q Restaurant – featured in the James Bond film Specter – serve some of Europe’s best wines, all chilled in purpose-built snow bars with dramatic mountain views.
The experience includes a series of elegant themed dinners at the five-star Das Central hotel, as well as former skiing world champions, including Frank Worndl, guiding guests on the slopes.
Three nights from 20 April in a double room plus ski pass, ski guides, full board and festival entry costs £1,686 pp in a double room (weinamberg.at).
Winter in the Austrian resort of Sölden (photo) ends with a highlight at Wein am Berg – a wine and food festival, some of which takes place at 3,000 meters
Flights to Innsbruck, just an hour’s drive from Solden, cost from £149 return.
Zermatt, with its high slopes spanning the mighty Matterhorn and extending beyond the Swiss-Italian border, offers late-winter snow with excellent mountain restaurants.
Local guides ensure guests experience the best on and off the piste on this four-day trip organized by Freshtracks, the tour operator for the Ski Club of Great Britain. Singles are welcome and an annual adult ski club membership, required to take part in the trip, costs from £70. But it quickly pays for itself in membership benefits. Four nights’ bed and breakfast from 27 April at a 3-star city hotel costs £999 per person, including a guide and a Swiss Rail Pass for transport from Geneva or Zurich airports (skiclub.co.uk) . Flights are extra, from £60 return.
Grab a late-season bargain and visit the French ski-in-ski-out town of Belle Plagne (above) before the powder melts away
Lace up your skates for this mid-April getaway to Belle Plagne – one of the highest ski-in-ski-out villages in the Paradiski area with links to the resorts of Les Arcs and La Plagne.
The self-catering apartments at Les Constellations are located in the heart of the car-free resort and all have a patio or balcony facing the sun.
A total of seven nights in a studio apartment costs £390 (previously £487) for up to four adults from April 15 (pierreetvacances.com).
Return flights to Lyon, three hours away, from £60, car hire to the resort from £235 (sixt.com).
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