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As winter approaches and the first cold snaps set in, winter sports and snowy landscape enthusiasts begin to fantasize about their next adventures. snow holidays in the Alps.
We can enjoy beautiful winter holidays in the Alps both when you are a skier and when you do not practice downhill skiing, cross-country skiing or even ski touring.
This article is intended above all as a starting point for thinking about your winter vacation in the Alps.
The links to articles from blog that you will find at the end of the reading allow you to discover destinations, interesting spots, advice on routes or means of transport (the train!) and various information on snow conditions or preparing your car to go to the Alps in winter.
To search for destinations, you can always go through the internal search engine (the small magnifying glass at the top of the page), through the general page of the blog and its "destinations" article and especially through the home page, which allows you to access the desired country, then the chosen Alpine region.
However, on this page you will only find links to articles about the Alps in winter.
Here are the three types of items you will find:
- Destination ideas for your winter vacation
- Ski resort tests to help you choose your resort for your winter holidays
- General information about the Alps, lifestyle and winter holiday planning.
Destination ideas for your winter vacation
In this category of articles you will find descriptions of interesting alpine regions to visit in winter, as well as in summer. But in winter they offer a little extra by the possibility of doing different activities or by the simple presence of snow that embellishes the landscapes and changes the atmosphere. These are not winter sports specific items.
Ski resort tests to help you choose your resort for your winter holidays
In this category of articles, you will find very precise descriptions of ski resorts and ski areas. Even if a last paragraph is always devoted to non-skiing activities, These articles are intended for skiers who are trying to figure out if the resort they think they have chosen is right for them. When you go on a winter holiday in the Alps, given the cost involved, it is better not to have any unpleasant surprises.
General information about the Alps, lifestyle and winter holiday planning.
Savoir choosing a ski resort depending on its location, accessibility, architecture or the landscapes that you will find there: here is a series of interesting complementary articles to perfect your knowledge of alpine destinations. But there are also articles in this category on snow cover and on the precautions to take before going to the mountains.
We find there ideas for non-skiing activities, and cross-cutting articles on themes that cross borders and bring together several destinations, such as Holiday Destination Ideas for Non-Skiers in winter.
Finally, this is where you can find advice on how to get to a ski resort by train, or vice versa, which ski resorts to choose if you want to go by train. winter holidays in the Alps by train.
Good reading !
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