Weekend Ski Breaks in Switzerland

THE RESORTS WE USE IN SWITZERLAND ARE:-

Engelberg - hotel accommodation
Flims Laax Falera - hotel accommodation
Klosters / Davos - hotel accommodation

Engelberg is a traditional town totally surrounded by mountains. The scenery is stunning, with some magnificent views. There are many attractive hotels, restaurants, bars and shops and as well as two ski areas, Titlis and Brunni which cater for all standards.

Titlis - a snow sure ski area, the glacier is open all year round. The ride up to the top of the glacier (3020m) is on the world's first revolving cable car. This area is best suited to intermediate or advanced skiers and has access to some good off-piste sking, notable the Laub run.

Brunni - a smaller and more gentle ski area suitable for less confident skiers.

There are a few good toboggan runs, snow shoe trails and some fairly extensive cross country pistes.
The town other good sport facilities and it is possible to go on a tour of the monastery, an interesting building on the outskirts of the town.

Engelberg is approximately 2 hours drive from Zurich, one hour from Lucern. It is possible to travel by train, the Engelberg train station is right in the centre of the town.

For more information please see the Engelberg Tourism website

There are excellent indoor facilities for ice-skating, curling and tennis, and the indoor pools, whirlpools, saunas and solarium at various hotels are open to non-residents. A superb toboggan run from Foppa to Flims, some 60 kms of cross-country ski trails including 3km piste which is floodlit on certain nights of the week and many miles of cleared paths for winter walking complete the extensive package of facilities on offer. Night-time entertainment is varied and lively, with among the choices, a live music bar, a discotheque, and the Caverna, a traditional wine cellar with lots of atmosphere.

Skiing in the "alpenarena" gives you access to around 220 kms of pistes and the modern transport and lift system can cater for 34,000 passengers per hour. Good snow conditions are guaranteed on the Vorab glacier and the longest downhill run from there to Flims is a superb 9 miles. The 4 mile run from Vorab to Alp Ruschein is notable and of course the World Cup descent from Crap Sogn Gion to Laax is a real challenge. Cassongrat and La Siala are two further ski areas on the Flims side.

For more information please see the Flims/Laax/Falera Tourism website

Davos is definitely the place to stay if you are a snowboarder as the Jakobshorn (the main snowboarder's hill) is reached by 2 lifts out of Davos Platz. Davos does just look like a big grey town as you drive in but is very popular due to its huge joint ski area with Klosters and extensive facilities of the town.

For more information please see the Klosters Tourism website and the Davos Tourism website.

MAKING AN ENQUIRY

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