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Hi All Smile

Off on our second ski holiday mid January and we are finding ti difficult to know where to book Sad This is our criteria:

In Europe
Not a long season resort as we will likely visit it another time, early or late in the season.
Not Norway or Finland, as we have other plans for visiting these.
Good for intermediate skiers.
We are not drinkers or even sociable so apres-ski doesn't matter.
We'd like to have two day of none-skiing activity, which could be anything (but not churches unless they are unique in some weird way) but it would be great if its something exciting.
We prefer to fly out from Manchester UK but we can be flexible.
Not Andorra as we skied there last year (loved it).

If you've been able to take all that in and come up with a suggestion it would be great Smile
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Some of the cute Austrian resorts would seem to fit the bill, perhaps Zell am See, Fieberbrunn. Maybe some Swiss resorts too around Interlaken. Italian resorts like Selva or Cortina.
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Thanks so much I will get researching Smile
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Quote:

We are not drinkers or even sociable so apres-ski doesn't matter


had too chuckle when i read that above, i assume meant they don't need to socialise much (enjoy each others company?), as compared to not being sociable (grinches!!)

i may be wrong Toofy Grin
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Welcome to snowheads @alexb123a,

I couldn't quite get the gist of your first point after " in Europe " sentence, so confused if you don't mind if the recommended is not extended season.

But some suggestions.

Sestriere or Sauze d'oulx for ski areas paired with trip to Turn for days off for the city attractions.

What activities of non skiing do you look for? Do you use a rental car to get around for example?

Val D Anniviers in Switzerland for zinal / grimentz skiing, peaceful beautiful valley for skiing but not sure of other non ski attractions. You can reach the main Rhone? Valley floor via post bus as far as I know

Val Cenis for skiing and the valley Maurienne in which it sits is an ancient route through the alps to Italy. Old fortified monastery amongst other attractions plus next to the Bonneval Sur Arc ski area is the original village of the same name and well worth a visit ( just look at the pictures of this in searches) possibly the best cost options of the above and a great valley to visit.
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@alexb123a, Welcome to snowHeads! snowHead

I'd second jellylegs' suggestion of one of the Austrian resorts. If you choose one of the Zillertal resorts like Kaltenbach/Hochfügen, Zell am Ziller or Mayrhofen then it's easy to have a day trip by train to Innsbruck. It's a pretty city and one of the things you can do is visit the Olympic Ski Jump at Bergisel. The view from the top of the jump has a good view of the graveyard of the Basilica Wilten (which just might fit your category of a Church worth visiting due to its somewhat over the top Rococo interior decoration)! Laughing

Alternatively if you go to one of the Ski Amade region ski areas (Radstadt, Flachau, Wagrain, Alpendorf, Schladming and a few others) then again it's easy to have a day trip by train to Salzburg.
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Can't fault Ski Amade. Ports du Soleil another possibility - staying at Chatel, maybe.
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I'd suggest a village resort rather than a complex resort. They're rustic charm is usually simpler Laughing

Aosta valley - Courmayeur / La Thuile etc. Reasonable train distance to Turin for a day, Vallee Blanche is doable for a reasonable imtermediate, spend a day at Du Terme in Pre St Didier, or skip through the Mt Blanc tunnel to Chamonix where they all sorts of weird stuff.
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Thanks to all the other people with their suggestions. This is a lot of research, will keep me busy over christmas Smile
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Fly Manchester to Geneva, hire a car and then stay at the Bains de Saillon and drive to ski in Verbier, Crans-Montana or other Valais resorts. You may find you can fly direct MAN>Sion with Swiss but you probably have to go via Zurich, which won't be any quicker.

https://www.bainsdesaillon.ch/en/

Staying at a thermal resort makes for a different focus, with the skiing complementing the spa experience. Nearby places of interest for days out are Martigny (e.g. the Giannada Foundation http://www.gianadda.ch/210_expositions/) and Lausanne and Montreux. Other spas locally are at Ovronnaz and Leukerbad, both up in the mountains. See the myswitzerland.com website for offers and regional suggestions.

https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-gb/home.html

http://www.ovronnaz.ch/en/

You'll see reference to the regional 'Magic Pass' which is a thermal/ski resort pass for the whole area, so you could try all sorts of places. However, it doesn't include Verbier and the 4 Valleys Domain which you would really want to visit if you're there. So it might work out better to just pay as and when. You'd need to research the economics.
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