Location: Villars in Switzerland
Nearest Airport:
Geneva at 72
Miles
Nearest Ferry:
Calais at 575
Miles
Nearest Train:
Villars at 1
Miles
Nearest Motorway:
Aigle at 12
Miles
Nearest Beach:
beach at 19
Miles
Car: recommended
Daily Telegraph October 2005: Switzerland is where you will find the definitive Alpine ski village complete with little red trains and traditional mountain huts. Villars is a pretty resort with excellent skiing for beginners and intermediates, on wide, well-groomed slopes in a beautiful setting with views towards Mont Blanc and the Dents du Midi. Villars was once a stop-off on the Orient Express route to Istanbul, and has been popular with walkers since the late 19th century. There are plenty of easy blues at Bretaye, intermediates have the widest choice with red and blue runs all over the mountains as well as glacier skiing at 3,000m. Villars is also popular with snowboarders with fun parks at Bretaye and Les Chaux - the Radio 1 Snowbombing Festival is held here. Access to the slopes is via the gondola or the picturesque mountain railway line. Other winter sports include skating, horse riding, curling, hang-gliding, sleigh rides and swimming at the massive pool complex.