Chalet suite at Blanket Bay, New Zealand.
Dream of a mountain honeymoon? Blanket Bay, New Zealand is a summer and winter mountain honeymooning hotspot.
At the edge of Mount Aspiring National Park, Blanket Bay offers its own Ultimate Alpine Honeymoon.
Going on holiday to the mountains can be one of the best holidays of your life.
With beautiful scenery, fresh springs and snow-covered chalets, they can be one of the most fascinating places to take a break.
Search and rescue dog in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Mountain rescue dogs, aka K-9 rescue dogs, can really be man’s best friend in the mountains.
“In the rugged Grand Teton backcountry of Wyoming, dogs are more than pets — their keen sense of smell helps locate avalanche victims,” says explore.org.
Have you skied and traveled the mountains of South America? The 2010 ski season is now open at South American resorts including Chile’s Ski Portillo.
Called The Spirit of the Andes, this Chilean resort already has 50 cm snow on the trails and a full calendar of events.
Here are upcoming events at Ski Portillo:
For more info, check out SkiPortillo.com.
Image courtesy of Ski Portillo
Are you planning a France holiday this winter? You can plan an unforgettable Paris city break, stay at fine Paris hotels, dine out, visit museums and shop til you drop.
If you’re craving some adventure, France is also offering some of Europe’s best ski festivals. In the French Alps, Pierre & Vacances says these are the best 4 ski festivals this winter:
The Pierre & Vacances group features 120 ski residences and hotels in 40+ major ski resorts across the French Alps and Pyrenees. The accommodation ranges from self-catering studio apartments to luxury chalets.
For more info, check out Pierre & Vacances online.
Image courtesy of France Tourism Development Agency
If you love luxury mountain hotels, then take a look at the new Grand Tirolia Golf and Ski Resort in Kitzbühel.
In the Tyrolean Alps, this 5-star resort, which opened in late 2009, is becoming known for its “refined ambience and warm, down-to-earth hospitality” in the Austrian town.
Amidst a “wildly, romantic landscape”, the resort features luxury suites and rooms, gourmet cuisine and an exclusive Aveda spa. The hotel’s interior style “blends an international atmosphere with the region’s great tradition of tourism and architecture.”
Says Ulrich Drewitz, chief executive:
“Our aim in developing the resort was to create a vibrant symbiosis between sports, recreation, relaxation and the lifestyle that is so characteristic of our marvelous Alpine surroundings. Our luxurious design, natural building materials and sophisticated choice of color and lighting are just a few of the ways in which we have realized a truly exclusive ambience of well-being.”
In Jackson Hole, luxury log lodge Bentwood Inn is teaming up with The Wilderness Society to offer winter travelers WinterGreen Vacations.
For guests who stay at Bentwood Inn from January through March, 2010, the inn will donate 2% of their lodging to The Wilderness Society. The inn is located down the road from the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and the South Entrance to Grand Teton National Park.
WinterGreen Vacations is a beta-testing program with 17 small, eco-friendly and independently-owned selected inns and B&Bs across the United States. In 2011, the program hopes to go national with potentially thousands of U.S. inns and B&Bs.
One of western Canada’s most popular ski and mountain biking destinations, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, is expanding.
The resort has announced a 40-year development plan which is aimed at making the resort a world-class ski destination.
Development plans include:
Says Steve Paccagnan, President and CEO of Kicking Horse Mountain:
“This is an exciting time for Golden, Kicking Horse Country and Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. Kicking Horse Mountain Resort has the natural assets to be one of the finest mountain resorts in North America. With this news we are excited to enter our next decade continuing to be a major economic contributor to our community and playing a key role in supporting the province`s goal of doubling tourism by 2015.”
For more info, check out Kicking Horse Resort online.
Image courtesy of Tourism BC.
Zermatt specialist Mountain Exposure now has star quality in its luxury chalet dining.
The company has introduced award-winning, Michelin-starred chef Gerry Kirwan at its flagship property The Lodge. He will be creating gourmet dinners and breakfasts for groups of up to ten clients until season end in late April.
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