The French resort’s ‘Grande Première’ weekend marks the beginning of the winter season — and, for once, the weather is ...

Les 3 Vallées (3Vs) – home to seven of France’s leading ski resorts – has long been a top family ski destination, with many a ...

At one end of the world’s largest ski area sits Europe’s highest resort, Val Thorens - T Loubere/OT Val Thorens The resort’s position at the head of the Belleville Valley, surrounded by a horseshoe of ...

Forget a ski-in, ski-out hotel, how about a ski-in, ski-out resort? Welcome to France's Val Thorens, which has been declared the world's best ski resort nine times, including for 2024/2025. Here, no ...

The light was beginning to fade as we reached the Pointe Collet Blanc. We’d traversed in through a series of increasingly untracked bowls from a lift 500m above Val Thorens and just a few minutes ...

Val Thorens, the highest ski resort in Europe at 2,300m, has again been named ‘Best Ski Resort in the World’ at the annual World Ski Awards, the only global initiative to recognise, reward and ...

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. Val Thorens, the highest ski resort in Europe at 2,300m, was again named the ‘Best Ski ...

‘A skiing holiday? You? Really?” Incredulity was the common response when I told friends I was off for a week to the French Alps. To be fair, their doubts mirrored my own. I have notoriously bad ...

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