The ski hotel in Val Thorens, France, has been chosen for the fifth time as the “European ski hotel” for the 2020-2021 season, becoming the top award destination for the organisation of European destinations.
This rating is based on votes from more than 640,000 readers from 173 countries and includes Covid-19 fitness measures and restrictions.
European Best Destinations (EBD) is part of the European Commission’s EDEN network (“European Destinations of Excellence”), which works to advertise sustainable tourism on the continent, which counts as the world’s top ski holiday destination.
Like Val Thorens, Europe’s tallest ski hotel and EBD’s Clean United label, the ski hotels below are committed to welcoming travelers in a pleasant setting this winter.
Clean United Label is committed to complying with the rules and recommendations of fitness protocols and other recommended measures to help the coronavirus.
Due to the fact that fitness regulations impose social estating, which means fewer places for accommodation and fewer people in the mechanical ski lift cabins, EBD recommends that travelers stay in e-books, ski passes and their flights well in advance.
Every winter for 50 years, Val Thorens has provided holidaymakers with magical experiences. At 2300 meters above sea level, Val Thorens is the point of the 3 Vallées, the largest ski domain in the world.
Val Thorens owes its exceptional reputation mainly to its geographical location, but also to pioneering technological transformations, such as the track service drone, which helps patrol boats’ paintings on a basis.
“This award recognizes imagination, risk determination, pioneering spirit and team paintings, based on a non-unusual philosophy, ‘Live United’,” explains Vincent Lalanne, station manager. “It is a wonderful duty and a legal duty of excellence that drives us to paints for the improvement and satisfaction of our customers. “
Val Thorens has won five times the name ski hotel in Europe, as well as several times the name ski hotel in the world.
“The ultimate award-winning ski hotel awaits you this winter for a fun holiday in Europe,” EBD adds.
Opening and final dates: 21 November 2020 – 9 May 2021.
Health measures: Val Thorens joins Clean United Label to comply with rules and recommendations to help the virus.
Travelling to France: Restrictions are allowed from the EU country.
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Kitzbahel is a selection of maximum productivity for skiers looking for some of the highest productivity ski slopes in Europe. It rankd first among the highest productivity ski resorts in Europe during the New Year and the first among the best ski resorts in Europe.
Kitzbahel claims a slogan as ‘the ultimate mythical destination in the Alps’, a city that effortlessly combines culture and sophistication. The legendary Hahnenkamm, a long-standing culture and a pioneer in alpine golf, adding the Snow Polo World Cup, and other winter sports have contributed to its international reputation.
Today, Kitzbahel remains a contrasting position, where rustic Tyrolean guest houses represent the streets of the medieval city with boutiques by foreign designers.
Opening and end dates: October 19, 2020-May 3, 2021
Sanitary measures: mask by public transport, cable cars and shops. Free trial Covid-19.
Travelling to Austria: Access to a country with a solid Covid-19 scenario is unrestricted.
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The Alpe d’Huez hotel is the best combination of fun, rest and play and is identified as one of the favorite hotels for families, friends, couples, beginners and experienced skiers.
It is also one of the most productive ski hotels to ensure snow and has been awarded the most productive ski hotel in Europe 3 times, identified for its infrastructure that provides indoor and outdoor sports and cultural activities.
Opening and ending dates: December 5, 2020-April 24, 2021.
Sanitary measures: Soil markings have been established in department stores and hotels for social remoteness, as well as hydroalcohol gel dispensers and cleaning criteria.
Travelling to France: Restrictions are allowed from the EU country.
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Cortina d’Ampezzo is a world-renowned beach hotel in northern Italy. It is located 40 kilometers from the Austrian border and stands out for the quality of its tracks and its modern infrastructure. Cortina d’Ampezzo – or Cortina – is the most outstanding mountain hotel in Italy.
Skiers enjoy 120 kilometers of level slopes, from initiation tracks to Women’s World Cup slopes spread over 3 ski areas, each with its own unique features: Faloria-Cristallo, Tofane and Lagazuoi-Cinque Torri-Giau, with magnificent prospects of the Dolomite Mountains and beautiful valleys.
Opening and end dates: November 14, 2020 – April 14, 2021.
Sanitary measures: Cortina d’Ampezzo prepares to host the World Ski Championships, which will take place from 7 to 21 February 2021, in health situations (including social remoteness, mask and signposted routes).
Entry restrictions: Express access regulations for all countries must be in ViaggiareSicuri
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Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn has been one of the ski holiday destinations for many years.
This Austrian hotel is one of the largest ski spaces in the Alps, with 270 kilometres of pistes and a wide variety of activities, a foreign environment and herbal landscapes.
Opening and final dates: November 27, 2020 – April 11, 2021.
Health measures: To ensure a safe holiday, station workers working with consumers have been tested since 1 September. To date, nearly 25,000 tests have been carried out on tourism professionals (hotels, campsites, hostels).
Travelling to Austria: Access to a country with a solid Covid-19 scenario is unrestricted.
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Every year, Zermatt is among the most productive EBD ski resorts in Europe, among the most beautiful ski resorts in Europe, the most productive destinations for exercise and among the most sumptuous ski resorts.
The Zermatt-Matterhorn Mountain ski hotel with its stunning Alpine landscape and 360 kilometres of slopes at altitudes between 1620 and 3883 metres in Switzerland and Italy offers unlimited opportunities for skiing.
The village at the foot of the Matterhorn, surrounded by an alpine landscape and covered in snow at 1620 meters (the point of the station), looks like a fairy tale.
There’s Zermatt’s Snow Park, committed to freestylers and snowboarders.
Opening and ending dates: November 30, 2020 – May 1, 2021.
Sanitary measures: Everyone must respect hygiene and social distance standards and wear a mask on public transport, elevators, elevators and shops.
Travel to Switzerland: from the U. S. /E. A. A. countries, in addition to the UK, it is allowed. All travellers entering Switzerland from countries or regions explained as Covid threat spaces must be quarantined for 10 days. The Federal Office of Public Health maintains a list of the countries concerned, which is updated.
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Elegant and casual, Megeve is one of the ski resorts of France and a favorite of celebrities, actors and royalty.
With 260 kilometers of pistes, in the center of the Mont Blanc massif, the ski domain of Megeve enjoys an exceptional setting that allows you to fully appreciate the 445 kilometers of the Evasion Mont Blanc ski domain.
“When skiing in Megave, skiers can see ancient historic farms scattered along the slopes while enjoying local produce at one of the many high-altitude restaurants,” EBD suggests.
Opening and end dates: December 12, 2020-April 18, 2021.
Sanitary measures: Megeve applies the recommendations of the French state regarding the reception of travellers (social remoteness, mask in enclosed places, cabins, elevators).
Travelling to France: Restrictions are allowed from the EU country.
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With more than 140 kilometres of pistes covering all grades and degrees of skill, 35 ski lifts without chairlift lines, the ski hotel S. lden-Hochs. lden is synonymous with quiet and relaxing ski fun, as all accommodations are located directly on the ski slopes.
In Selden and Hochselden, ski spaces connected on the “glacier slopes” of eternal ice rise above the village of ‘Eztal’ and offer the best snow situations since early September. This is the moment when the meadows and forests of the valley wear their most colorful clothing, from yellow to red and dark red.
Snow is guaranteed between 1350 and 3340 meters above the sea point from October to May thanks to a fashionable snow-making formula covering approximately 80% of all pistes.
Opening and final dates: November 19, 2020 to May 2, 2021.
Health measures: Selden’s motto for this winter is ‘solidarity with distance’. Employees of hotels, department stores and restaurants undergo weekly testing on a voluntary basis and sanitary and fitness measures are often adapted to the official needs of the Austrian government.
Travel to Austria: Access to a country with a strong Covid-19 scenario is imaginable without restrictions.
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Gstaad is one of the best known ski resorts in the world and the prestige price of the logo is incomparable.
The world-famous logo is related to luxury and high society, so it’s no wonder Gstaad is among the most beautiful ski resorts in Europe and luxury ski resorts in Europe.
With a tourist history dating back more than a hundred years in the region, the original Alpine lifestyle still prevails in Gstaad, home to some 200 agricultural enterprises and more than 7,000 cows. The chalet-style architectural houses dominate the villages of the region, of which the ski hotel is its tourist center. Some of the comfortable buildings date back to the 15th century.
Opening and final dates: 6 November 2020-2 May 2021.
Sanitary measures: All ski lifts and ski schools, as well as most hotels at the destination, will be offering visitors return insurance, in case the government imposes an additional blockade by Covid-19, the booked will be refunded.
Travel to Switzerland: from THE EU/E. A. A. countries, adding up to the UK, it is allowed, in principle. All travellers entering Switzerland from countries or regions explained as Covid threat spaces must be quarantined for 10 days. The Federal Office of Public Health maintains a list of the countries concerned, which is updated.
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A gigantic ski area, full of events, new traditions and incomparable slopes, St. Anton am Arlberg is known as the “cradle of alpine skiing”.
With a cable car system, the Arlberg is Austria’s largest interconnected ski hotel and the fifth largest in the world.
Opening and end dates: The winter season will begin on December 4, 2020.
Health measures: For a relaxing holiday and this winter, St. Anton am Arlberg is committed to taking cutting-edge health measures that will serve as a style region for the Covid-19 winter risk management tourism project.
Travelling to Austria: Access to a country with a solid Covid-19 scenario is unrestricted.
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